Sometimes this is used (typically in lower level orchestras) to mimic percussion when there is none. Edit: it's mostly the cellos that get stuck doing this.
I'd say the second one is more of a richochet than spiccato, spiccato is usually closer to the string and uses the fingers of the bow hand instead of the whole hand/arm! 😊
@@caryn9953ricochet is much more uncontrolled and relies on the repeated bounces but he’s singularly playing a very controlled bounce which is just spiccatto
If you want to play a violin-like instrument but picking like a guitar, choose a mandolin. Same tuning as a violin but with double strings and you use a plectrum.
"Burn the Witch" by Radiohead is notable for having an entire orchestra using exclusively picks. Ofc there's still legato sections but an entire orchestra using guitar picks for the perfect panick-ey sound!
you reminded me of my dad, hes a guitarist and over quarantine I got really good at bass guitar and he would want me to play certain bluegrass songs, my response was "i dont know how to play upright" but he would always tell me "music is music" and i am nlw a firm believer that if you try hard enough anything can be played on almost anything if its fun for you
Somehow bouncing the bow sounds more like guitar than plucking the strings or using a pick does. That last technique you showed convinced me I need to look find a violin asap
I once played a piece by Anna Clyne that called for bowing the tailpiece and making it vibrate. it made this weird buzzing sound and it felt like my violin was gonna fall apart lol
Andrew Bird was the man who opened up so many possibilities to me with violin and made me want one Still haven't gotten a proper one that I can actually play but dang I want one still
The term for plucking with fingers is pizzicato and i only know that because I played a bard in dnd who embodied the spirit of "never let them know your next move" and mainly played their violin this way to mess with people. When they eventually replaced their violin with a magic lute after tuning it carefully in camp... they pulled out the bow for their violin and used it on the lute
I hear picking and plucking when done too hard/too much can lessen the life of the strings, it’s definitely true in some degree but I don’t know if it’s negligible or significant so keep that in mind
You can drag the stick on the string and it still makes noise. Also i have never listened to the differences between a regular violin and an electric but this sounds so different 😮
My grandfather wrote a song in the 60’s called “La Match” it was written after a foreman hid his bow at a lumber mill and he used a wooden match for what ended up becoming the chorus of the song it’s Acadian fiddle music “Fiddlin Dan” was his stage name his son /my uncle Johnny Comeau plays it exceptionally well he was Cayouche’s fiddle player and played mandolin shack out anything from the album “Last Call” it’s all French. But any fiddle player would appreciate it
I have a dream of putting together a massive band with the standard guitar, bass, drums, keys, but also violin, cello, viola, harp, brass, and wood winds. But all electric versions of hybrid acoustic electric versions set up for midi control. The sound does not come from the instrument or the amp. But instead every single band member has their own massive modular synth specifically designed to sound like and work perfectly with their instrument. So it’s like a real orchestra, but electronic music.
I once played a song for all city called ear-egami where we used paper as bows and to pluck and in a part of the song we even played it in a banjo style
It’s generally not good to strike with the back of the bow, it could damage the bow especially if you do it frequently. A pencil or wooden dowel is a good substitute.
I first thought the question was referring to choosing a violin 💀
Same 😭
Don't quote the Abbott and Costello bit, don't quote the Abbott and Costello bit, don't quote...
I had to come to this comment to find out that it wasn't. I was just sitting here thinking that he went really off topic...
I’m a musician and I thought the same
@@xamislimelight8965do it.
Now try slapping the violin
Sometimes this is used (typically in lower level orchestras) to mimic percussion when there is none.
Edit: it's mostly the cellos that get stuck doing this.
Okay Davie504
Pretty sure Dave Matthews Band has done that.
Left hand pizzicato has entered chat:
he did... in this video...
Dude woke up and chose violins
UNDERRATED
Don't let my laughter fool you, I'm irrationally furious about this
Picked* violins
If you came up with this on your own, you should be proud.
@@dallen3000don’t fret
For anyone who is curious, the names of all these techniques (in order) are:
Detaché
Spiccato
Pizzicato
Col Legno
w/Pick
Chop
I'd say the second one is more of a richochet than spiccato, spiccato is usually closer to the string and uses the fingers of the bow hand instead of the whole hand/arm! 😊
I thought the second one was staccato😅
@@caryn9953 heh looks like double bass spiccato being used on the violin
@@caryn9953ricochet is much more uncontrolled and relies on the repeated bounces but he’s singularly playing a very controlled bounce which is just spiccatto
@@caryn9953 it’s not ricochet.
"there are rules against these things"
*Uses an electric violin
I don't think that was an electric violin. I think it was just plugged into an amplifier
Half of his store is just electric violins 😭
@@peytongraham8661yeah its an acoustic electric meaning i will sound good not plugged in but better plugged it
that’s not an electric
did you miss the part where he said he was just kidding or are you r*tarded
LMAO you had me in the first part. You can do whatever you want is the hardest part of music, but also the most valuable lesson to learn.
Also applies to pretty much every art form
Your vibe is that of a middle school band director and I adore it. Much love ❤
They would fire me in a heartbeat.
@@ElectricViolinShopYou would have left an impression in your students tho, I'm sure.
I’ve played with Tracy Silverman in concert before. That final technique is his bread and butter!
Tracy is a good friend.
If you want to play a violin-like instrument but picking like a guitar, choose a mandolin. Same tuning as a violin but with double strings and you use a plectrum.
I have a mandolin and violin, it is really nice that they have the same tuning since I’m learning both. ☺️
"Burn the Witch" by Radiohead is notable for having an entire orchestra using exclusively picks. Ofc there's still legato sections but an entire orchestra using guitar picks for the perfect panick-ey sound!
Great song
Huh for a second I read that as “Don’t Burn The Witch” by venom
@@Leatherface123. same
Picked clarinet
@@Xiassen yeah, I can't see picks working well on the timpani either
This isn't your average everyday pizzicato...
This is...
Advanced pizzicato
pickzicato
teethcato is even more advanced
you reminded me of my dad, hes a guitarist and over quarantine I got really good at bass guitar and he would want me to play certain bluegrass songs, my response was "i dont know how to play upright" but he would always tell me "music is music" and i am nlw a firm believer that if you try hard enough anything can be played on almost anything if its fun for you
Last one is awesome 👌
Andrew Bird is amazing at playing it like a guitar : )
Somehow bouncing the bow sounds more like guitar than plucking the strings or using a pick does. That last technique you showed convinced me I need to look find a violin asap
The cello cult is here to recruit you.
@@wafflesauceyidk how I missed this comment but maybe that's the next move..
I once played a piece by Anna Clyne that called for bowing the tailpiece and making it vibrate. it made this weird buzzing sound and it felt like my violin was gonna fall apart lol
Andrew Bird was the man who opened up so many possibilities to me with violin and made me want one
Still haven't gotten a proper one that I can actually play but dang I want one still
This hurts
"there are rules against-"
One second, let me get my Bird named Andrew
I tried violin before guitar.
I'm good at guitar but could not get the violin. Could never get the bow to work so I'd say props Mr. Violin man
Today I found out there's very sick way to make country beats using violin. Next step: get a violin.
"Bowed banjo is the future of rock and roll"
Family friend played violin and guitar professionally. Sometimes he would strum chords on his violin and it sounded awesome
That last technique was so smooth
The last one is the chop!
That last bit is like a palm mute with the fiddle thing
Your videos are amazing. So educational and just fun!
The guitar, violin and bass all shredding the same thing would sound IMMENSE.
Wow that's really cool. Its actually crazy how good a violin sounds played with a pick.
oh my god that percussion-sounding technique at the end was so sick!
Great demo
This is why Bards are so popular in DnD. No way music being so powerful and important IRL doesn't translate into fantasy.
This felt kind of like a rundown on the differences in playing a valve vs slide trombone
You make violin cool!
My Aunt, Alice Clemens picked strings a lot. She was relatively well known in New York :)
The term for plucking with fingers is pizzicato and i only know that because I played a bard in dnd who embodied the spirit of "never let them know your next move" and mainly played their violin this way to mess with people. When they eventually replaced their violin with a magic lute after tuning it carefully in camp... they pulled out the bow for their violin and used it on the lute
Your violins are so cool
If you want to see someone use a violin to its full potential, look up Andrew Bird
Bro just made a Mandolin
The Zac brown band violin player does this on stage and it’s so cool
Jimmy is a beast.
Hitting it with the bow sounded awesome
I love the attitude of this video!
Learning basics is essentially just a way to then break the “rules”
"This is sacrilegious."
"Nvm he's an electric violin player."
I like the major-scale "tune" you wrote there. :)
Thanks. Came up with that all on my own.
Oh I need more of that last bit
That first sequence just feels so good! Recommend with headphones.
Owen Pallett was fun to watch do these like 20 years ago. Saw him in some little bar in CIncinnati
He dragged the bow across the string, but it didn't make an evil hiss
I hear picking and plucking when done too hard/too much can lessen the life of the strings, it’s definitely true in some degree but I don’t know if it’s negligible or significant so keep that in mind
Yeah - but sometimes you have to suffer for your art.
The stick one was beautiful
Ohh I looove that occasional crunch in a song
That thing makes music.
S A C R I L E G I O U S
Are you a twosetter
yay i was 69th like lol
@@caezairoajones3839I definitely came to the same conclusion too 😂😂
Some people are narrow minded. Others are innovators. Only one of them moves the world forward, so chose carefully who you listen to.
@@CalebMilesMusic innovation is also about tradition.
You can drag the stick on the string and it still makes noise.
Also i have never listened to the differences between a regular violin and an electric but this sounds so different 😮
Rules! We've got some rules around here.
Pizzicato with a pick. It would be so cool to see sweeping with a pick on violin.
The intro to Flobots “Handlebars” is a Viola being plucked just like that!
Sarah is a good friend!
Definitely livelier than pizzicato with fingers
But tricky to hold the bow ad pick at the same time 🤔
My grandfather wrote a song in the 60’s called “La Match” it was written after a foreman hid his bow at a lumber mill and he used a wooden match for what ended up becoming the chorus of the song it’s Acadian fiddle music “Fiddlin Dan” was his stage name his son /my uncle Johnny Comeau plays it exceptionally well he was Cayouche’s fiddle player and played mandolin shack out anything from the album “Last Call” it’s all French. But any fiddle player would appreciate it
When you plug it with your fingers it makes a very similar noise to my lyre harp! Not 100% the same but extremely close. I like it!
On a cello you can strum that thang like it's a harp. So satisfying to play a perfect cadence that way.
My favourite is the last one or the one where you just smack the bow into it backwards
I use a pick for doing pizzicato
I have a dream of putting together a massive band with the standard guitar, bass, drums, keys, but also violin, cello, viola, harp, brass, and wood winds. But all electric versions of hybrid acoustic electric versions set up for midi control. The sound does not come from the instrument or the amp. But instead every single band member has their own massive modular synth specifically designed to sound like and work perfectly with their instrument. So it’s like a real orchestra, but electronic music.
wow that sounded great
I once played a song for all city called ear-egami where we used paper as bows and to pluck and in a part of the song we even played it in a banjo style
I love the knowledge and enthusiasm 😊😊😊
Jerry Goodman does this in a few of the live Mahavishnu Orchestra performances
Compromise when dad tells you to practice your violin but you want to play baseball
Never thought id hear funky violin
I like THIS technique
Not gonna lie using the back of the bow sounds unique and good
It’s generally not good to strike with the back of the bow, it could damage the bow especially if you do it frequently. A pencil or wooden dowel is a good substitute.
I misread the title, and thought it said play a guitar like a violin
Now I'm morbidly curious
the original comment says they've seen people play guitars with bows and they were curious about vice versa so yea
A violin is basically just a weird ukelele where you use a tool tust constantly plucks the strings
I love pizzicato
Australian band the dirty three has a lead violinist who does dull on pick strumming like a power chord on the violin.
Alright now pick the violin like a guitar and play me Master of Puppets.
Chuck Bontrager has entered the chat.
No way, I didn't know there is also ELECTRIC violin
Electric violins were actually invented before electric guitars...
I need an entire song played with the oast tequnique
the plucking sounds like a wes Anderson film
When I silently practice during my orchestra practice I flip the bow upside down so no one knows what I’m playing except me
When he plucked it, I was thinking of the scene in Spiderman 2 where that Asian lady is playing the violin
the last technique reminds me of the band/cello quartet Apocalyptica
Good play you are doing boss
conversly i wanna see a bow on a guitar
Devil's Dance is a piece that begins with plucking. It's beautiful, go listen to it.
Come on now...don’t go leaving us hanging after just giving us a taste... Let that freaky shit fly brother!
The 4th reminded me of Mars by Gustav Holst
Nice bow control
Lmfao I knew you weren’t serious in the beginning but the look on ur face made me so uneasy hahaha
I've made my own "frog-tail" pick.
Bro really did bowstyle on that violin💀
I wish Pagganini were alive to teach us these tricks
i just came from you playing that scale
Can you play eruption
AINT GOTTA FLEX ON US LIKE THAT VIVALDI😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨
That look on your face, well done man.
i was imagining kaori from the final episode of your lie in april when they said pluck the violin
The end be like…. “Come on vámonos, everybody let’s go”
Fuck this, I already have a guitar, I’m buying a Violin with my next paycheck.