Catching The String - Galamian's Method for Violin
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Bayla Keyes
Professor of Violin, Boston University, College of Fine Arts
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This is just a made up rule because someone said so. Instead of learning how to play the violin following someone's rules because "that's how you play the instrument", we should understand the affective qualities of any give piece, or passage, feel what the music is communicating, and choose our bow articulation to serve that affect. If the music calls for it, there is nothing wrong producing a note with no hard consonant, or as the lady says, with a "banana sound", a definition I am familiar with because a former teacher of mine (from the same kind of school) would use it as well, and it's nothing more than an insulting way of labeling what in historically informed performance we call "messa di voce", a way of bowing that was loathed by the 20th century school violinists who would instead sustain the tone always the same way and put vibrato on every possible note (continuous vibrato). This is a very old fashioned way of playing string instruments by today's standards, and yes, the messa di voce, aside from being documented in the treatises of multiple masters from the past, can be an expressive, touching, and vocal way to play certain notes.
I like the to-the-point manner of explanations. Her remark about letting go to reinforce the release at the ends of martele bow strokes is helpful. Sometimes, students understand that you must release, but still end up pinching in practice. It was nice to sit-in on this lesson!
Better to say "If you want a note to start emphatically you can hold the bow On the string and start it cleanly ".That is when you want to do that .
This is the very best I’ve ever heard anyone break down Galamian’s bow and sound production concept! Even though my background is mostly from the Russian School (Erick Friedman and Sidney Harth) I find this description so thoughtful!
The student has a very beautiful sound! And he learns quickly.
When I was helping with my mother’s beginning string classes, we called this “prepare, attack, release.”
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Hi Bayla! This was great. On the bass we also use what you are teaching in this video. We have to modify some things, but basically it's the same for us, too.
So when you say “ scything “are you doing that just once on the up bow or do you do several motions of the scything on one bow .
I'm far, far not so far, but thanks👌❣️🎶🎶
Awesome teacher. Strong student. Pleasure to watch.
This was so wonderful to watch! Thank you
Awesome teaching!
matur suksma
What piece is this that he is preparing to play?
This is a completely irrational aproach. No knowledge about the physics of violin playing. Sad for the students.
ABSOLUTELY ridiculous. I can decide to start the Bruch Concerto from NOTHING. NOTHING.