I learned to read music 45 years ago in school band. I hadn't read a single note since 1978. I even had occasional nightmares that I'm sitting in band, coductor raises baton and I can't read or remember anything. I picked up the fiddle last year and had decided to just do tab. I couldn't stop myself from looking at the music notes. After about two weeks of being completely blank, it came back like a flash flood! While it's maddening spatially, clarinet gets lower the farther away from your head your fingers move, fiddle gets higher. There's a kind of intuition I'm fighting, but I'll get there.
I have a fingering chart that is visible from my bed. I find myself looking at it at night before bed. Something just popped out and you no doubt have known this but I was amazed. In learning C, G, D & A major, I just couldn't remember which was which. On a first position chart, where high second & low third fingers are side by side, it's there. String G D A E finger H2 B F# C# G# L3 C G D A C major- Be yourself, natural always G major - F# D major - F# & C# A major - F# & C# & G# It's becoming more just something I know by looking at the signature but it gave me a solid point to go from. Silly but it worked for me.
Wow...very helpful. I had the great fortune to purchase a very well cared for 2018 Ricard Bunnel violin at a local thrift shop for 50 dollars including case and bow and accoutrements. Now begins the monumental task of trying to teach myself to play!
Holy moly, that was an ah ha video for me. Thanks so much. I can really see how you blocked the notes together and the lines vs. spaces note vs. finger numbers..... WOW! Never thought of it like that. This was a really good video for me. Thank you! Starting the violin at 54 is hard enough, but this was helpful.
I'm an adult violin learner, but not completely new to music. I'm 45 years old, but I played violin in 6th grade, and trumpet in 7th and 8th. It's been a minute since I've read music, but it's slowly coming back to me. What I found really helpful in this video was the part about the spaces vs line notes with regards to fingerings. Thanks for that tidbit Joel! I appreciate your videos. And yes, I have one of your violins.
It really is a matter of repetition. The more you read them, the faster you'll get at recognizing 3rds, 4ths, etc. I'd recommend getting any etude book that has exercises that are just 3rds, 4ths, Octaves, etc, and practice the exercise over and over. That'll be the fastest way for your mind to associate with what you see on the page VS what you need to do with your fingers.
Playing double stops is very frustrating, any good book that you recommed for practicing double stops so to make the process less frustrating? Thanks a lot.
Unfortunately, I don't know of any books I'd recommend for learning double stops. Double stops have to be learned properly from the beginning with a specific strategy, and it's hard to get that from a book. For this particular technique, it's difficult to circumvent the need of an instructor in my experience.
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I learned to read music 45 years ago in school band. I hadn't read a single note since 1978. I even had occasional nightmares that I'm sitting in band, coductor raises baton and I can't read or remember anything. I picked up the fiddle last year and had decided to just do tab. I couldn't stop myself from looking at the music notes. After about two weeks of being completely blank, it came back like a flash flood! While it's maddening spatially, clarinet gets lower the farther away from your head your fingers move, fiddle gets higher. There's a kind of intuition I'm fighting, but I'll get there.
I have a fingering chart that is visible from my bed. I find myself looking at it at night before bed. Something just popped out and you no doubt have known this but I was amazed. In learning C, G, D & A major, I just couldn't remember which was which. On a first position chart, where high second & low third fingers are side by side, it's there.
String G D A E
finger
H2 B F# C# G#
L3 C G D A
C major- Be yourself, natural always
G major - F#
D major - F# & C#
A major - F# & C# & G#
It's becoming more just something I know by looking at the signature but it gave me a solid point to go from. Silly but it worked for me.
Wow...very helpful. I had the great fortune to purchase a very well cared for 2018 Ricard Bunnel violin at a local thrift shop for 50 dollars including case and bow and accoutrements. Now begins the monumental task of trying to teach myself to play!
Holy moly, that was an ah ha video for me. Thanks so much. I can really see how you blocked the notes together and the lines vs. spaces note vs. finger numbers..... WOW! Never thought of it like that. This was a really good video for me. Thank you! Starting the violin at 54 is hard enough, but this was helpful.
I'm starting out too... I failed music at school... All I remember is Every Good Boy Deserves Food and FACE... but this vid is really helpful.
Very useful tips !!
Thanks a lot!
If you can read music slowly, you can read music quickly! 😉✌️🎻
Kidding aside, thank you for this very informative video!
Us TwoSetters are everywhere! Lol.
So nice and very useful information. I enjoy your videos a lot.
thank you.
Well, thank you very much for the kind words, and always glad to be of use!
I'm an adult violin learner, but not completely new to music. I'm 45 years old, but I played violin in 6th grade, and trumpet in 7th and 8th. It's been a minute since I've read music, but it's slowly coming back to me. What I found really helpful in this video was the part about the spaces vs line notes with regards to fingerings. Thanks for that tidbit Joel! I appreciate your videos. And yes, I have one of your violins.
Glad you found it helpful. Thanks for letting me know! 😃
Thank you!
You're welcome!
It really is a matter of repetition. The more you read them, the faster you'll get at recognizing 3rds, 4ths, etc. I'd recommend getting any etude book that has exercises that are just 3rds, 4ths, Octaves, etc, and practice the exercise over and over. That'll be the fastest way for your mind to associate with what you see on the page VS what you need to do with your fingers.
As a beginner this is very helpful, thank you!
Glad to help and thanks for letting me know!
Best information I have received yet about sight recognition of fingerboard in relation to the staff. Bravo.
Cool. Glad you liked it. Thanks for letting me know! 😃
Thank you so much for this great video. I learned so much about the correlation between the fingers and the space that the notes occupy in the staff.
Great video! 🖤
This is very helpful thanks! I am enjoying my Bunnell premier violin. Great outfit!
Thanks for the tips 😊👍
thanks very much! these videos are very useful!
Sweet ty
Glad to help!
I'm a beginner and I want to read music by now because I think it is very important and needed....
Totally agree. One step at a time! 😃
I find myself extremely slow with reading chords, any hints for reading double stops and chords quickly and play efficiently? Thank you.
Playing double stops is very frustrating, any good book that you recommed for practicing double stops so to make the process less frustrating? Thanks a lot.
Unfortunately, I don't know of any books I'd recommend for learning double stops. Double stops have to be learned properly from the beginning with a specific strategy, and it's hard to get that from a book. For this particular technique, it's difficult to circumvent the need of an instructor in my experience.
I am learning violin through numbers..Is it helpful...
What is that annoying piece of straw like substance that is placed around the string below the finetuners?