"With Nicky" - Back to Basics
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- Опубліковано 28 січ 2019
- Mastering the basics of learning any musical instrument is so important and something that shouldn’t be rushed. Developing comfort, flexibility and relaxation (you might find I use this word a lot, sorry!) is something I believe to be of the utmost importance to being able to play naturally and with expression.
I would encourage you to be patient with these basic concepts because grasping them is SOO not easy. It needs constant reminding and readdressing and there is a lot to understand and remember. For some weird reason, staying natural, relaxed, fluid, balanced and flexible is crazy difficult when you are trying to play an awkward instrument like the violin. But we have to try to do it!
Playing is so much more fun if we can master it! I would advise you all to do these exercises just a little bit at a time, but often. Make sure you are concentrated when you do them, and if you’re getting bored or tired, stop and pick it up again later.
The videos have been generously supported by ESTA UK, MiSST - The Andrew Lloyd Webber Programme, and Oasby Music Group and I am very grateful for their support.
Huge thanks to our media partners Classic FM, The Strad, The Violin Channel and WQXR who will be sharing the videos with their audiences each week when released.
Finally, these videos wouldn’t have been possible without an amazing team: Scott Jaeger, our film maker, Laura Gardiner, our Education Manager, Rebecca Driver, PR Manager and Hannah King, Online Media Manager. I want to say a huge thank you to all four of them for being with me on this journey.
If you have any questions, or you want to know more about the things I've talked about in this video, leave me a message in the comments.
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Nicky
00:03 The Violin
03:18 Warm up Exercises - for the link to Elena Urioste’s advanced warm ups video - click here: • Warm-up with Elena Uri...
05:41 The Violin Hold
12:21 The Bow Hold
Film produced by www.jaegerfilm.com
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Below are the links to the clips used in this film if you want to find out and watch more:
Bruch Violin concerto no 1 - Menuhin, Fricsay - • Bruch Violin concerto ...
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No 1 - Benedetti - Søndergård - • SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Co...
Paganini 24 Hula Hoop (with Hilary Hahn) - • Paganini 24 Hula Hoop ...
Elena Urioste performs Amy Beach - Radio 3 New Generation Artist - • Elena Urioste performs...
Jascha Heifetz plays Hora Staccato - • Jascha Heifetz plays H...
David Oistrakh, Debussy - Clair de lune - • David Oistrakh, Debuss...
JANINE JANSEN - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor / Mariss Jansons - • JANINE JANSEN - Mendel...
Tom & Jerry Soundtrack Suite (Scott Bradley) - • Tom & Jerry | Soundtra...
Violinist Alina Ibragimova Plays Ysaÿe's Sonata No. 3 ‘Ballade’ - • Violinist Alina Ibragi...
Alina Ibragimova J.S. Bach：Gigue Violin Partita No.3 in E major BWV 1006 - • Alina Ibragimova J.S....
Leonidas Kavakos - Bach Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 - • Leonidas Kavakos - Bac...
Midori- Variations on "The Last Rose of Summer" by Ernst - • Midori- Variations on ...
Brahms - Concert for violin and orchestra. Perlman, Barenboim, Berlin - • Video
Julia Fischer performs Mendelssohn at the Saint-Denis Festival - • Julia Fischer performs...
When an amazing virtuoso violinist like Nicola Benedetti says "I keep on trying to improve this..." that's inspiring not only for any student, teacher, performer but for every human being. Thank you!
Nicki you are an inspiration. I did learn violin for 4 years during WW1 and played occasionally (no practice) for 10 - 15 years. Now 91 years old I have been given violin for birthday and all the juices are starting to run again but it is back to basics before anything else. I'll be following your videos. Thank you.
Why doesn't this channel have a gazillion views and subscribers?!? Nicky's Back To Basics video series is pure gold and a game changer! People, you need to wake up! Subscribed/Bell
I am loving this entire series. I was an amateur viola player and not bad. But if I had had the level of intelligent and humane teaching that is present in this series I would have been a better player.
My daughter (aged 12) already finding this very helpful - thank you! It's the first time she has been shown exercises like these before playing.
Well said Nicola... you are a good starting liners... all things are connected... it is so good to learn from you as you teach with a lot of humility and sincerity... thanks a million... i have to say you are one beautiful violinist... Beautiful player and beautiful and gorgeous
Hi Nicky! Surya Wang here. My experience at the Benedetti sessions was absolutely wonderful! I really enjoyed it 😊 I Never thought music could sound so wonderful. It has made me enjoy playing the violin and music even more than ever. Thank you
Thanks for your videos. I'm a 33 year old adult student who has been playing for 5 years now with a teacher doing the suzuki method. Your videos are an excellent inspiration for me to consistently practice and to not get ahead of myself and to always focus on the basics. I tend to get impatient and to want to progress fast, but your videos keep me grounded.
You are my fave violinist nowadays, and also my fave celebrity person 😂 only kindness and good vibes ❤
Wow. Very fine. Such talent!
Thks. I am still studying violin with my child, in my 13th yr now and been teaching many beginners. This video summarizes many points I learnt from various teachers and also use to help my students both children and adults. Wonderfully made and interesting too.
I wasn’t expecting to find TwoSet here! For me this only improved the video (although it has little need of improvement).
Thank you very much for sharing us this kind of videos. Every second has been a real pleasure. All the topics were no doubt, very well explained... my poor English can not express the magic you were able to teach through the video. Thanks a lot. Hopefully you continue making much more videos! 👍🏅👏👏
Fantastic resource for all of our young people - wonderful. From the Every Child a Musician programme.
So good to see you in action... It's prerequisite for all Coaches, Teachers, Artist Developers to say 'RELAX..!' p.s... This was brilliant!
Very helpful and professional! Subscribed!
Beautiful,honest and extremely helpful videos!Great work !!
Thank you so much for starting this awesome project. I am so excited and will look forward to every video :-)
thank you for doing this series. its perfect and so useful
Thanks for this great inspirational video series Nicky! Sharing with all the families in my violin studio.