How to play Waltzing Matilda on Violin 🎻 [TUTORIAL]

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  • Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
  • Get the sheet music for free here: tonicmusic.app/waltzing in the "Ray Music Arrangements" group on Tonic 🐨
    Have fun practicing! I've used this piece for encores all over the world and now I'd like to share it with you, so more people can hear this beautiful Australian melody 🦘
    0:00 - Intro
    0:40 - The Introduction
    1:52 - "Once a jolly swagman" - First theme
    3:54 - "Rivers of Australia" - Variation 1
    5:33 - "Waltzing Matilda!" - Chorus
    6:43 - "Kangaroos & sheep" - Variation 2
    8:54 - "Hey my sheep!" - Minor key 1
    10:05 - "Not-so-jolly" - Minor key 2
    12:55 - The ghost

КОМЕНТАРІ • 123

  • @RayChenViolinist
    @RayChenViolinist  3 місяці тому +25

    Want to play? Grab the sheet music on Tonic in the Ray Music Arrangements Group: tonicmusic.app/waltzing

    • @323chukaman
      @323chukaman 3 місяці тому

      其實睇咁多你同其他violinist 最大分別係你好多時都帶住笑容黎拉 真係好似無人好似你拉到咁好笑容 好帥好陽光 同埋無睇到瞓著覺

  • @RayChenViolinist
    @RayChenViolinist  3 місяці тому +78

    This piece also qualifies as a “composed in the past 50 years” category piece for those who are going to competitions. “Composed by Ray Chen 2020”

    • @prior8t2000
      @prior8t2000 3 місяці тому +1

      You have this melody made out using TABS tutorial form..??..😢❤..

    • @luminous_9445
      @luminous_9445 3 місяці тому +1

      Hey Ray
      Can u make a cover of "you smell of dead flowers"

  • @Zero-bu5ry
    @Zero-bu5ry 3 місяці тому +18

    An Australian playing Waltzing Matilda.
    That's one of the most Australian things I've ever seen.
    I can almost hear the koalas.

  • @ahumanmerelybeing
    @ahumanmerelybeing 3 місяці тому +33

    Always fun to have Australian Ray pop in for a visit.

  • @sabrinai
    @sabrinai 3 місяці тому +58

    Ohhh my god! Can't wait for this video, even though I unfortunately don't play the violin 🥲! Ray's rendition of Waltzing Mathilda is my absolute favourite and actually made me cry when I heard it live in his encore! It's so beautiful, delicate, melancholic and plucks one's heart strings there's no way it doesn't hit the feels!

  • @newtoniano20
    @newtoniano20 3 місяці тому +15

    This was my summer song 2023. I listened to it constantly (I had just discovered it). So exicted to learn it.

  • @christaherwig0404
    @christaherwig0404 3 місяці тому +11

    “Waltzing Mathilda” always calls out to my feelings. Ray takes Australia to the whole world! Only he can create all the feelings with and through his violin in such a way that I melt with every encore. It's wonderful when he brings the story so close to us. 🐑🦘🇦🇺 A great musician🙏

  • @marjovanderknaap6515
    @marjovanderknaap6515 3 місяці тому +7

    I was so fortunate to hear you play this live in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Combined with this video, seeing allllllll those notes… and your explanations is priceless!! Love how you made a ”simple” song so beautifull ❤

  • @lucienazario2786
    @lucienazario2786 3 місяці тому +19

    I do not play the violin but am eager to watch Ray coach the violinists out there, sharing his well-honed talent, well -acquired skills in violin playing, and his perfected techniques in playing the instrument.

  • @jh.y00N
    @jh.y00N 3 місяці тому +10

    You are a true educator, a musician, and a top violinist with a sense of mission. Every time I watch your videos, I'm happy to hear the violin melody of someone as wonderful as you amazed! 🥇💕👍🏻👍🏻💯💯💯

  • @nickcarroll8565
    @nickcarroll8565 3 місяці тому +1

    I appreciate you expanding the violin repertoire as much as your playing.

  • @mellissadalby1402
    @mellissadalby1402 19 днів тому

    I love your arrangement of Waltzing Matilda.
    Yeah, really easy FOR YOU to play.
    Ray Chen ROCKS!

  • @anweshachowdhury6125
    @anweshachowdhury6125 3 місяці тому +1

    You're explanation of the narrative was awesome

  • @jochebedcantony9299
    @jochebedcantony9299 3 місяці тому +2

    This is my Favourite piece!!❤ Thank you so much for doing this video!! Thank you so much!!❤

  • @dm-jz7se
    @dm-jz7se 3 місяці тому

    This was so beautiful. It's just amazing to watch your process with this piece. I had no idea how much you put into it. Bravo ❤

  • @joeldawsey
    @joeldawsey 3 місяці тому +3

    What a beautiful piece Ray! You are such a great storyteller and how you bring that out in the music is amazing. You had me in tears thinking about the fate of the swagman. Very touching.

  • @herbertkronzucker8367
    @herbertkronzucker8367 3 місяці тому +2

    Cool! I've always loved your arrangement of this great Aussie tune and had made up my personal version, to commemorate my own time in Australia :). Finally, a guide through your superb arrangement!!

  • @tangt4860
    @tangt4860 3 місяці тому +3

    He really loves his version of this piece.

    • @oxoelfoxo
      @oxoelfoxo 3 місяці тому +4

      who wouldn't?! it's a beaut

  • @nadinefamille3855
    @nadinefamille3855 3 місяці тому +1

    Hi Ray, it was captivating. I especially love the glissando for the fall in the water, and the harmonics for the ghost.

  • @mannarachelg
    @mannarachelg 3 місяці тому

    I LOVE your waltzing Matilda sm ray

  • @SaeMatsunaga
    @SaeMatsunaga 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing this with us, Ray! I have always wondered about the emotions that you feel while playing this beautiful piece for an encore. Whenever I listen you playing this piece, it reminds me of the time I lived abroad, away from home and family, which I missed dearly. This video not only benefits violinists but also helps the audience to further understand the story behind the music, and putting the emotion is really a strong tool for storytelling regardless of the instruments.

  • @gabir.b.5077
    @gabir.b.5077 3 місяці тому +3

    Suddenly I wanna hear Ray sing a bit more 😊

  • @shannonmoro401
    @shannonmoro401 3 місяці тому +2

    I am so very excited about this one.

  • @bryophyta9500
    @bryophyta9500 3 місяці тому

    Wow, this is beautiful, can't wait to learn it!

  • @lucienazario2786
    @lucienazario2786 3 місяці тому

    I like your arrangement especially your variations of the main melody. The expression and the amazing interpretation of the music depicts exactly the story that you told us. To say that your arrangement is beautifully written is an understatement. I should say your arrangement is PERFECT!!! 👏👏👏

  • @penguinlover2274
    @penguinlover2274 3 місяці тому

    I love your Waltzing Matilda. So happy for this tutorial. Nice to hear all the background of the song. I didn't even know it had lyrics. But great! I love your playing. Have a nice day.

  • @Morganistas
    @Morganistas 3 місяці тому +2

    I had just rewatched a TwoSet video with you speaking with your native accent and came to ask you about it and this video addressed it so organically! You are such a relatable and authentic professional - few people would be able to guess your profession based on your personality alone, I believe. Thank you for bringing inspiring high-level skills and knowledge to an aspiring audience!

  • @jshum02
    @jshum02 3 місяці тому +5

    Oh my god, I lost all my violin playing skills long ago but this is my favourite from you and I feel like it is you and your signature and you gave the arrangement out. Thank you!!!!!! Now I have to practice. But first, fixing my violins. And I try to sing, key word try, and now the runs remind me of colurtura runs

  • @lllllei5410
    @lllllei5410 3 місяці тому

    Ray, i may not be able to play that right now but i m excited playing what you're exactly teaching how to play that waltzing Matilda. I actually fell in love with that piece when i first heard you play it! Im so excited, so for now, I'll be soaking myself practicing at tonic!

  • @HermanMuda
    @HermanMuda 3 місяці тому +3

    It became more beautiful and meaningful after this explanation, THANKS!!!

  • @chrisma3256
    @chrisma3256 3 місяці тому

    Love this version and tutorial ❤❤❤

  • @user-ri2df2cp3n
    @user-ri2df2cp3n 3 місяці тому

    Hi Ray, you are my favorite violinist, I'm Brazilian but I love listening to you play especially your Sibelius concert

  • @chrisma3256
    @chrisma3256 3 місяці тому

    Thank you 🤩🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ been listening to our Made in Berlin version endlessly... I've so been looking forward to this 🥳🥳🥳

  • @luisferro7252
    @luisferro7252 3 місяці тому +1

    Mr. Ray, that was insane, so beautiful, I can't play the violin but hearing this was awesome.

  • @fedemunoz7415
    @fedemunoz7415 3 місяці тому +2

    This is like a paganini work but it's yours, it's beautiful.

  • @jameschristiansson3137
    @jameschristiansson3137 3 місяці тому +2

    Gerry Mulligan loved Waltzing Matilda. Sounds great on baritone saxophone, too !

  • @C64Scene
    @C64Scene 2 місяці тому

    Great, hope to see you in Sydney, Australia sometime (unsure when you are performing again here?)

  • @annashakti4021
    @annashakti4021 3 місяці тому

    Thank You so much , that's really helpful

  • @Msmcarlos
    @Msmcarlos 3 місяці тому +4

    I play your waltzing matilda ( with the orchestra version) whenever i go out and drive❤

  • @cyruzrodrigo4075
    @cyruzrodrigo4075 3 місяці тому

    I remember hearing this when you were in Dublin Oct 20th 2023. You signed the back of my shirt :)

  • @chenannabel6256
    @chenannabel6256 2 місяці тому

    This is so beautiful and great. We can have master class!!! Thanks a millions.😍❤💗❤

  • @irinayatsuk6999
    @irinayatsuk6999 3 місяці тому +3

    Прекрасное исполнение.❤❤❤

  • @donglily3521
    @donglily3521 3 місяці тому

    I love it!

  • @PrismYuuzuki
    @PrismYuuzuki 3 місяці тому

    I’ve been dying to learn this for a while now ❤

  • @ethanliao4383
    @ethanliao4383 3 місяці тому +10

    I appreciate the pingu pillow

  • @claires3528
    @claires3528 3 місяці тому

    This is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with us.
    Just wondering if you would consider creating a video of your favourite fun or beautiful pieces to learn from beginner (or at least early intermediate!) through to expert. Ones that you loved learning to play as you grew as a violinist. Thanks!

  • @mr.potatobread3421
    @mr.potatobread3421 3 місяці тому

    IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR YEARS

  • @langdonowen1324
    @langdonowen1324 3 місяці тому +4

    Waltzing Matilda was my Boy Scout troop song, our scoutmaster, Bert Zarr of troop 202 in Salt Lake City, Utah, led the troop in singing it around many campfires. He served with Aussies in WWII and brought the song back. Thank you for this rememberance and your wonderful interpretation of the song.

    • @susanbryant6516
      @susanbryant6516 3 місяці тому

      It’s fun to sing, with all the different moods. A nice lilting melody and a lot of what seems like nonsense words

  • @cynthiakwan7035
    @cynthiakwan7035 3 місяці тому +3

    Absolutely love the piece and your arrangement, but I also stan every video that the pingu cusion appears 😂

  • @phjPianoSolos
    @phjPianoSolos 2 місяці тому

    Dude, you are more than pro!!✔

  • @donglily3521
    @donglily3521 3 місяці тому

    Ray Chen as always, great and funny

  • @nguyen12a
    @nguyen12a 3 місяці тому

    Cool, Ray

  • @BlizzardLegends
    @BlizzardLegends 3 місяці тому +2

    Your violin sounds so much nicer than mine. It's sweet like bubble tea 🧋

    • @BlizzardLegends
      @BlizzardLegends 3 місяці тому

      13:35 you lost a hair it was so sweet😮

  • @user-iv2yw7te7w
    @user-iv2yw7te7w 3 місяці тому

    I luv ur aussie accent nahh i just love uuuuu

  • @SilasoftheLamb
    @SilasoftheLamb 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for this!!!! I hope someday soon I can play this piece! Your style reminds me of Steve Vai but on Violin!!! I am a professional guitarist learning violin and you inspire me to play this beautiful instrument! Cheers my friend!!!!!!!

  • @nalalan
    @nalalan 3 місяці тому +1

    thanks for featuring my transcription! i thought it looked familiar 😂

  • @cariswen-ac
    @cariswen-ac 3 місяці тому +1

    Would love to hear this on the Hardanger fiddle

  • @kurumusic
    @kurumusic 3 місяці тому +2

    This is where all started…🥰

  • @irisdijkstra9358
    @irisdijkstra9358 3 місяці тому +1

    Hey Ray! I was wondering if there is also sheet music available for this piece in the string orchestra arrangement? Would love to play this piece as an encore.

  • @paulg0302
    @paulg0302 3 місяці тому

    Wish i could play like you 🥲

  • @kelleyforeman
    @kelleyforeman 3 місяці тому +1

    The Aussie's creeping in!

  • @luciasartori9227
    @luciasartori9227 3 місяці тому

    12:56 i had actual tears listening to the ghost part

  • @paulrieker2046
    @paulrieker2046 3 місяці тому

    Say HEY Ray! How about scoring some of Vasser Clements hot licks?
    You tore this up! Thanks.

  • @Xphqntom
    @Xphqntom 3 місяці тому +2

    You play so damn good !!'

    • @bernadettegross808
      @bernadettegross808 3 місяці тому

      Plus you can sing😊

    • @Xphqntom
      @Xphqntom 3 місяці тому

      @@bernadettegross808 RAYY CAN SING ?? OMGG :D

  • @AngelTing
    @AngelTing 3 місяці тому

    Beautiful arrangement! ❤ But as a beginner I will leave this arrangement to the professional and practice the beginner version on Tonic 😂

  • @irenegriffin3050
    @irenegriffin3050 3 місяці тому

    Beautiful song but didn’t realize it was so dark!

  • @Brian_li
    @Brian_li 2 місяці тому

    Hi ray is there a piano violin duet for this piece because I want to play it for a competition with my duet? Thank you ☺️

  • @selgeaus
    @selgeaus 3 місяці тому

    Could you please do an arrangement (or the tutorial) of Somnus from Final Fantasy 15!

  • @lucasjohansen3372
    @lucasjohansen3372 3 місяці тому +1

    Hey Ray,
    Big fan of yours!
    However…
    Couldn’t help but notice, that there isn’t a trombone option in the tonic app…
    Anyhow - love your content
    Greetings from Denmark

  • @Musikprodukteur
    @Musikprodukteur 3 місяці тому +1

    Bars 45 and 46 are reminiscent of Fritz Kreisler :)

  • @zetenykoteles9293
    @zetenykoteles9293 2 місяці тому

    I recomend you to learn csardas from Bonchida. It's Transylvanian folk music and it's really beautiful!

  • @giovane9788
    @giovane9788 3 місяці тому

    hello Ray Chen I am from brazilian. what is the best method Ray Chen?

  • @g02999
    @g02999 3 місяці тому

    很有趣

  • @edwardlatzy7812
    @edwardlatzy7812 3 місяці тому +1

    👏👏😂 you fiddle players are all pretty good ,can you do devil went down to Georgia...😂🎶🎵🎶🎵✌️

  • @home8630
    @home8630 2 місяці тому

    2:14 It gives it the 4 seasons approach, complete. Also I have a question, How do you hear music? How do you listen to music? I realise I don't hear music in the same way as other people do, I don't hear or listen to music, as a dancer I have a different relationship to music, the ears switch off. I also realise other people don't hear or listen to music in the same way. As a professional violinist/musician, how do you hear and listen to music?

  • @CrossingWolfi
    @CrossingWolfi 3 місяці тому

    Wow, can you do something similar (or simply upload the sheet music) of Through the Night by IU? I love your arrangement, and my musical capabilities are not sufficient to infer the right notes from the recording.

  • @Tama-oy1sy
    @Tama-oy1sy 3 місяці тому

    神回!

  • @miriembenbekhma9861
    @miriembenbekhma9861 3 місяці тому

  • @lumi7777
    @lumi7777 3 місяці тому

    Wish i could hear you in person. Please visit Turkey!

  • @justus_saas
    @justus_saas 3 місяці тому +1

    Can you send us the Sheet music about your Csardas interpretation?

  • @raphaelmoise388
    @raphaelmoise388 3 місяці тому

    Nice video . Can we have Grisaia No Meikyuu OST [2] Rooftop on a Sunny Day next time.

  • @chrisma3256
    @chrisma3256 3 місяці тому +3

    Why did you make this an etude for bow techniques 😂

  • @user-jo2gg2dl1m
    @user-jo2gg2dl1m 3 місяці тому

    Ray can you react to I Brindisi(Roman Kim's variations)

  • @This-isGirl
    @This-isGirl 3 місяці тому

    Why did you have to loose your ozzie accent? It's such a charming and delightful accent that always sounds cheerful. 😍 Also I love your arrangement and you're so kind to teach ❤️ You're brilliant!!

    • @susanbryant6516
      @susanbryant6516 3 місяці тому

      He didn’t lose it, he just puts aside and finds it again when he’s talking to Australians or in Australia

  • @labyanunu2183
    @labyanunu2183 3 місяці тому

    RAYCHEN CAN YOU PLAY PAGGANI CAPRICE NO.6 PLS
    BECAUSE IT'S MY FAVORITE IN VIOLIN 🎻

  • @shalyshaly3246
    @shalyshaly3246 3 місяці тому +1

    hi Ray! ¿can you play the evolution of disney junior music? my name is Salomé, thank you!

  • @NgocAnhNguyen-1501
    @NgocAnhNguyen-1501 3 місяці тому

    Wow, this is the first time I've seen a Ray Chen teacher be this serious. 😯 Ray, if this is you every time you teach violin, I just wanna say I’d love it. But if you're not in a good health condition, I think you need to know that you deserve a break. Don’t forget to take care of your health first and create more interesting videos after that ^^ . Love ya. ❤️

  • @gogotrololo
    @gogotrololo 3 місяці тому

    I play waltzing matilda on banjo, I cant take this tutorial seriously LOL

  • @agatafurczyk9149
    @agatafurczyk9149 3 місяці тому +1

    🎉 😄

  • @terracottaneemtree6697
    @terracottaneemtree6697 3 місяці тому +1

    Ha! I PLAYED WALTZING MATILDA ON MY CORNET, which my father bought for me. I became first trumpet but senior year, they scheduled several study halls disrupting the day before band. I said I was not going to sit through them and needed to work, since they refused to adjust the schedule. I figured, okay, they don't want me then. 6 months after I graduated I was almost murdered by a town sander truck after telling a stalking sex trafficker in a different area, actually abusive rivals to our high school, to leave me alone, he was a pig. I was in icu 2 1/2 weeks with many facial fractures and severe head injury. People had to whisper to me for a month after that. I was in a room by myself. I tried to play the cornet but it caused too much discomfort. Unfortunately I gave it to a woman at work who said she needed one for her daughter, telling her to give it back if her daughter didnt use it. SHE OBVIOUSLY SOLD IT. I realized that when I checked with her a few weeks, or a month later. 😢 That was quite a sacrifice for my father. I wish I had not done that. I never want to live in that area again. Like where I live now, it is very corrupted and I wouldleave in a heartbeat if I had the money. I HOPE I CATCH YOUR premier. Bringsback good memories.

  • @Bobeeha
    @Bobeeha 3 місяці тому

    PLEASE MAKE A PC VERSION OF TONIC PLEASE

  • @acrobaticfish
    @acrobaticfish 3 місяці тому

    Someone got the tab?

  • @abe_nuh
    @abe_nuh 3 місяці тому +1

    cool bruh

  • @kevinvanhove5834
    @kevinvanhove5834 3 місяці тому +2

    If only Ray his accent was as consistent as his playing. Switching between australian and american so much 😭

    • @oxoelfoxo
      @oxoelfoxo 3 місяці тому

      see nothing wrong with that as long as you can understand him?

  • @SaydienisisART
    @SaydienisisART 3 місяці тому

    this piece is so… strong….

  • @kaloarepo288
    @kaloarepo288 3 місяці тому

    Alas the melody of "Waltzing Matilda" is not Australian at all - it's English but of course to different words - the original lyrics had something to do with the English town of Rochester. However be consoled as the melody of the American national anthem "The Star Spangled banner" is not American at all, it's English as well and goes back to a song used as a theme song for a London music society. And the much admired and very stirring French national anthem "The Marsellais" it may have been composed by a very famous Italian violinist and composer Viotti as the tune occurs in one of his compositions written well before the French Revolution the era to which the anthem is supposed to have been written.

  • @AmareViolin
    @AmareViolin 3 місяці тому

    Hi!

  • @brickman2718
    @brickman2718 3 місяці тому

    i skipped ahead like 5 seconds and at around 9:50 i thought you started playing praeludium and allegro for a sec

  • @a.r.mackinnon2451
    @a.r.mackinnon2451 3 місяці тому

    Can anyone tell me who the hell gave this vid a thumbs down ? Do you have nothing better to do in life than poke the borax at people ?

  • @user-wc4ck7mv2f
    @user-wc4ck7mv2f 3 місяці тому

    It sounds like the shire theme from lord of the rings