You really are doing a great thing by helping people learn for free. Especially in todays world where music is mostly electronic and going downhill. So I just want to say, sincerely, thank you. And youre an awesome guy.
I notice you specify electronic and I'm just going to say a digital keyboard is much less expensive than an actual grand piano, and also lets me make midis of my music so I can modify it on my computer instead of hand writing countless measures.
I've been trying to learn vibrato for 6 months! None of what anyone is saying was making sense. And then I watched this video. And now I understand it now, my hand is naturally picking up the motion, and it's clicking it's making sense! Thank you so so much.
You are very welcome. That is great news. Join my forum at fiddlerman.com/forum Great interaction from great members. Great way to stay motivated and meet others doing the same thing that you are.
Fiddlerman cool!! I'll check it out! And since this video I've been thinking about vibrato every day 😂 I was so confused for six whole months and now everything falls into place, all thanks to you!!
"Put the weight on the left side of the finger" -Best Vibrato Tip Ever This helped me immediately to vibrate when before I could not. Thank you for all that you do.
I love how succinct and to the point FM's videos are. Every other violin UA-cam channel takes 10+ minutes to explain what he can in 2-4 minutes. Saves me lots of time, much appreciated!
I realize this is an old video, but man, I was on the brink of a full meltdown trying to figure out how on earth this whole vibrato thing works. I've watched probably 50 different videos but it didn't click until this one.. Now I got it! THANK YOU! The calm, simple way you explain it is so easy to understand, and unlike a lot of the videos out there (and my violin teacher), you don't get stuck on the finger flexibility part, which for my double jointed self just confuses me more than it helps! Thank you again!
Thank you so much for this video! I have been playing for ~4 years, and I can do literally every other technique (pizz, double/triple/quad stop, trills, harmonics, you name it) but not vibrato for whatever reason. This helped a lot!
Sums up my life for the past three months lol, but I finally went out and got a Stentor 1500, great starter instrument, full outfit for 250$ CAD not sure what it is in USD.
You can also rent one. I am renting one for $36-$37 a month and it includes insurance. To buy my violin would cost me $850. Rent first then buy if you think your going to go the distance in learning the violin. That's what I am doing. I am just a beginner. I am on my 3rd lesson with my teacher.
Thank you for posting these lesson videos, they really are appreciated. I am in the process of learning the Erhu, and its mostly self study because of the lack of teach it or play it here in the U.S. You bring a lot of good positive energy to your videos, and I sincerely want to thank you and wish you all the best!
Hello Fiddlerman! Don't know if you remember but awhile back I commented asking for help when I was struggling with my vibrato. Well I kept practicing and am happy to say I finally got my arm vibrato! It is not perfect but I am getting better each time, now I am working on my wrist vibrato which seems to be giving me a hard time. I just wanted to say a big thank you to and help from my orchestra teacher for helping me get to where I am today! Please continue making videos as I will be looking forward to watching them!
Cello Videos, thats a great suggestion, thank you. Yes the Erhu or Chinese Violin, is nothing short of enchanting, it has its own unique magic to it, that once you fall in love with it, you can't let it go. Your vibrato videos really are great! The effort in explaining and showing how its done is fantastic. I can't compliment you enough or say thank you enough for the time you put into them and sharing them. Thank you so very much for what you are doing and have done.
Thank you so much for the free videos! I just started learning to play a month ago and I want to start practicing vibrato as early as possible so I won't be wasting all those months I could be using to improve. Subscribed! :)
You are a wonderful wonderful man. Thank you for providing such helpful videos. You have helped my fiddle playing very much! Thank you! I hope good things come to you for your gift to strangers
Thank you so much Nicole, but great things come to me all the time. People are great, thankful and our new business (fiddlershop.com together with my son since 2012) is going great as well. :-) Thanks for your support!!!
thank you! I'm a beginner and teaching myself through online help such as you provide. a huge amount of gratitude to you and all the others who give freely the knowledge of playing this beautiful instrument.
Exactly, I meant it as a recognition of talent and discipline. I would be very surprised if Fiddleman came from a background that allowed him to learn violin on a silver plate, and that's the point I wanted to get across. Mr. Fiddleman I tip my hat, you have a thick skin and I bet you had to earn your stripes. You have plenty to teach us besides playing violin. Sorry for any glitch in my English as it's not my native language.
Thank you so much. I just watched this video 10 minutes ago and, my vibrato has already improved. God bless you sir, in the name of the Son of the One true living God, Jesus Christ.
Also, I had a student with a similar problem and was able to help him by having him do air vibrato with the left hand/arm while just going up and down with the right at various tempos.
thanks for responding. ive played guitar for a while and have always wanted to play the violin since i bought a hilary hahn cd a while back but this viola is all i have available to me now. it's definitely more challenging than i had assumed.. for now i think a shoulder rest will def help me get more comfortable and maybe even a new chin rest... thanks again and i look forward to watching more of your videos
I know this way of vibrato is the most correct one and the preferable one. But theres other violin teachers on youtube who's doing the "sideway" vibrato, which is alot easier than this way for me. But shouldn't it not matter? shouldn't the sound be the same ?
+SweDawgTv Honestly, if it works, is comfortable and sounds good, it's fine. Obviously you don't want to do anything which will create any negative physical issues for you in the future. There is good technique, bad technique, and technique that works but limits you. I suspect that you would be limited with the guitar type vibrato but what do I know. I've never tried it. :)
I think you have found your "calling", your video is so good. I spent some minutes daily for 2 weeks before I was able to break the co-ordination "lockstep" between my left hand fingering and my right arm bowing. Part way through this frustration I had the idea of pressing the scroll of the viola against a rectangular cork-surfaced notice board mounted on the wall (the type that accepts drawing pins). That solved one part of the problem. The other remedy is to avoid any stress on the finger.
I'm self taught violist, and I've had a hard time learning vibrato, I'd like to get into the advanced orchestra at my high school, and this video was a good starting point for me.
Doesn't matter. Good to be able to do both. Arm vibrato is usually used for slower wider vibrato where as wrist, hand, finger used for smaller faster vibrato.
I think that is the case for many. I don't know about normal. It's great if you can find the forward and back movement. Once you get it you'll see how easily you can vibrate. Finding that feeling is the tough part. Happens quickly for some and can take a long time for others.
OK this looks to be a better way for me to learn vibrato than I've seen other techniques. As an added bonus I get to see various views of how the vibrato works. Was getting to think the finger(s) rapidly move up and down the string a short distance.
Sorry for to star learning viola in mine 64th. However, I just want to congratulate U for the way you teach: eassy, well explained, and great motivational camera spot. Nada,! You are fantastic. From Puerto Rico, USA. Thanks U for share with us you experienced.Alfonso
@@1stfiddlerman thanks for asking. IAM doing so well and excited in this journey of fretless strings. I'm experienced lead and rhythm electric guitarist. See yeah,alfonso
A 14" viola is like a full size violin so a regular full size violin shoulder-rest would work fine. You might want to order a shoulder-rest. Depends on your build though. Remember to keep the instrument up on your collar bone and hold it with your jaw rather than chin. This might allow you to hold comfortably and still get around with your hand. and arm.
+Fiddlerman thanks for this. my Orch teacher didn't explain virbrato too well when I was a kid. Regretfully stopped playing now at thirty I want to teach my kids how to play. I loved Orchestra class and the violin, so much fun!💙❤♥🎻
Great attitude. Vibrato is one of those things that you work on and all of a sudden, "BINGO"..... Just like learning to whistle but much harder. ;-) Good luck and DON'T give up even if it takes years. :-)
Yea , I'm glad you pointed out how your swing your left arm forward in that uncomfortable contortions to reach the G. string. because thats breaking the rules . If I don't break the rules I'm going to break my wrist.. You got use to the feeling I'll will just have to accept the pain. Thanks for the illustration
Thank you SO much for addressing the g-string difficulty; my wrist always hurts when I practice vibrato so far over, wasn't sure if I was doing something wrong
Many players have calluses and it only means that you are building a protective cover for your fingertips. The only issue that you may have is that it could feel dry and slide a bit. I know many pros that have very hard strong calluses on their left hand fingertips. The soreness will diminish as your fingertips protect themselves in the near future.
Another really helpful tip is hanging your hand from your thumb by the neck and just let it swing back and fourth so you can get that vibrato motion and so you'll know what it feels like when you do accomplish vibrato. Vibrato is something people pick up easily, or people can have a really hard time with it. The hardest part is that if you learn it the wrong way, it'll be hard to break it so good luck to the new string players!
@bongalis1 - If you are happy with your chinrest bring it to a luthier and ask them to build it up, or do it yourself. A carpenter can do it for you too. You may need longer screws (barrels) to make the new distance. I had mine built up one half inch. The Stuber is pretty tall to begin with.
Hi Fiddlerman, I'm sure out of your thousands of comments you won't remember me haha. I commented a couple months ago asking on tips for performance anxiety and different exercises related to helping college auditions. Anyways, I did finish my college auditions and they went REALLY well! I got into 4/5 of the ones I auditioned for and had awesome scholarships offered. I'll be going to Lawrence University in Appleton Wisconsin, and will be studying violin performance in the Conservatory! Besides all that, I wanted to say thank you for your help and tips. I am watching this video because I am currently teaching my students vibrato, and I wanted to see other ways it was being taught. You have wonderful videos that have helped and inspired me alot. Thanks for being so dedicated to the violin and music. Warm regards, Lauren :)
Lauren Conley Thanks for getting back to me and letting me know how it went. Glad that you helping others as well. Happy that I was of some help. I'll remember you next time Lauren. :)
This is just what I needed! Straight & to the point! Only had my electric violin a few days & almost sent it back thinking it will be impossible to ever do vibrato! I'm a guitarist & have a mandolin, but violin seems like such a different world...It's like trying to write with the left hand! LOL Cheers dude!
LOL, I agree. Also, I've tried playing a left handed violin and it's almost impossible for me. Gives me an idea of how hard it would be to learn from scratch, and I know what I'm doing.
@@1stfiddlerman Gotta say Your vids are helping me the most. I subscribed to a lot of violin teacher channels last week, Sorry Ladies, but you yammer on too much! LOL You Sir get straight to the point & that's what I need! & you seem like a guy I could have a laugh with down the pub. Cheers man
You're very welcome, You will probably need to use more of the flat part of your fingers. This will give you a better angle for your fingers bending in the right direction. It's tougher for double jointed people but it works too. :-) Be patient and keep on working on it.
I am glad it not against the rules Some body else's video suggested it was not good. I no longer have the problem . I place the ball of my left thumb forward or right side of the neck . It nudges and pivots the violin to my rear , my shoulder arrest the pivot travel and can correct the backward movement some, when the neck begins to slide off my thumb. I have excellent travel forward and backward along the neck. The slanted thumb ball replaces the lower index finger as the restrictive glide.
Thanks, I appreciate that. Right now they are only in black but I am thinking about offering a white with black text option as well. Would that be better? Thanks
I was taught wrist vibrato and I have the following problem: Your hand needs to be really relaxed to do vibrato, so on some days my hand is relaxed and I'm successful. But on other days I just seem to not be able to do any kind of vibrato because my hand can't relax! Why is that and how can I change it? I tried doing the technique from this video but I wasn't successful either. HELP
+Melissa Dahmen It's an interesting phenomena. Yes, you need to relax to a certain extent but above all, not apply too much pressure or tension to the wrong parts of your arm/hand. Arm, hand, and finger vibrato are similar in one aspect, the motion in the fingers. Though with finger and wrist, the movement is much less and more suitable to classical non romantic music. You need to practice vibrato when you are not relaxed and vibrato is not working for you. Experiment with pressure, angles, speed, and try to reduce unnecessary tension.
Moyes_Guarulhos - São Paulo - BRAZIL. My difficulty is the hand of tension due to the position and Viola armrest but I will start the exercises based on techniques that you are teaching. excellent explanation. God bless.
@indykowa i have played for about 7 years and only started doing vibrato when i was doing grade 5. This was because you need to be comfortable with the notes before moving to vibrato. For that reason, i would definitely learn the placement of the fingers first. Hope this helps.
I was so happy! I am learning to bow tomorrow I am so nervous hahaha, my violin isn't actually "Silent" but that's ok :D I love him he is amazing. Thanks for the lessons :D
It's tough to be double jointed but with students that I had in the past who were double jointed, I had to have them play much more on the flat of the finger tips rather than erect on the fingertips. Try that and see how it works for you.
That can be a problem. I don't know if there are ways of keeping the pinky from bending back other than always keeping an angle on your pinky to avoid that. I know it's not easy. I've had double jointed students.
Thanks :-) Do you have a suggestion of a color that many others would like? I only thought of white because of the sun. Lot's of people want a cap that blocks the sun but is not too hot.
i sorta did it, but its hard for me because i am double jointed.my fingers dont roll as easily as i would like, but its more progress, most of the other videos just left me clueless... thanks u really helped me :)
Thanks for this video. It is the best I have seen on the net yet as regards vibrato. Obviously you are a born Teacher. One more thing, I am very jealous of your Cap. I will order one from Fiddler Shop. Is the Cap only black or of various colours ? Again, thank you very much for all your videos. They are all great !.
Thank you soo much! I'm making another go at the violin...one of the reasons I quit playing after middle school was because I couldn't do vibrato...I literally sucked. I'm wondering now if the problem was not so much less dedication to practice as being double jointed. Anyways, I'm currently waiting on my new violin, and searching around for violin tutorials and lessons to help refresh my memory on how to play, etc. Do you have any recommendations on where I can look to relearn how to read music and the various notes and type of notes?
Try my learn to read sheet music games from my site. fiddlerman.com/fiddle-learning-tools/violin-fingering-game/ fiddlerman.com/fiddle-learning-tools/rhythm-counting-game/
My guess is that cello videos would help for this instrument as well. Smaller neck of course but the angle of holding and such. Am I right? I really have no idea but that's what it looks like to me. Good luck with finding good resources for the Erhu. Seems like a cool instrument. :-)
You really are doing a great thing by helping people learn for free. Especially in todays world where music is mostly electronic and going downhill. So I just want to say, sincerely, thank you. And youre an awesome guy.
+musicisbrilliant Very kind of you to say that. I get the feeling that you are too!
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I notice you specify electronic and I'm just going to say a digital keyboard is much less expensive than an actual grand piano, and also lets me make midis of my music so I can modify it on my computer instead of hand writing countless measures.
Agreed, and I'm subscribing.
True expert, can explain things in the simplest terms. Got it, thank you.
+maxxi11002244 Thanks :)
Why does this man explain it so clearly in 4 mins than others do in 12 mins 💀
This man really appreciates your kind words!!! Thanks
@@1stfiddlerman No, thank you! Now I have a teacher to surprise!
I've been trying to learn vibrato for 6 months! None of what anyone is saying was making sense. And then I watched this video. And now I understand it now, my hand is naturally picking up the motion, and it's clicking it's making sense! Thank you so so much.
You are very welcome. That is great news. Join my forum at fiddlerman.com/forum Great interaction from great members. Great way to stay motivated and meet others doing the same thing that you are.
Fiddlerman cool!! I'll check it out! And since this video I've been thinking about vibrato every day 😂 I was so confused for six whole months and now everything falls into place, all thanks to you!!
"Put the weight on the left side of the finger" -Best Vibrato Tip Ever
This helped me immediately to vibrate when before I could not.
Thank you for all that you do.
Exactly!!! Glad I could help.
I love how succinct and to the point FM's videos are. Every other violin UA-cam channel takes 10+ minutes to explain what he can in 2-4 minutes. Saves me lots of time, much appreciated!
I realize this is an old video, but man, I was on the brink of a full meltdown trying to figure out how on earth this whole vibrato thing works. I've watched probably 50 different videos but it didn't click until this one.. Now I got it! THANK YOU! The calm, simple way you explain it is so easy to understand, and unlike a lot of the videos out there (and my violin teacher), you don't get stuck on the finger flexibility part, which for my double jointed self just confuses me more than it helps! Thank you again!
You are very welcome. Good luck on perfecting it. Takes time but gets easier. Check out my forum at fiddlerman.com/forum
Thank you so much for this video! I have been playing for ~4 years, and I can do literally every other technique (pizz, double/triple/quad stop, trills, harmonics, you name it) but not vibrato for whatever reason. This helped a lot!
Very happy to hear that this helped you. I have 3 or 4 more vibrato videos. :)
I just realized I'm watching violin tutorials without actually having played or owning the instrument...Guess I better buy one.
Sums up my life for the past three months lol, but I finally went out and got a Stentor 1500, great starter instrument, full outfit for 250$ CAD not sure what it is in USD.
FiddlerMan has great fiddles on his website. Full kits even. Might as well start where you are since you're already here 😉
You can also rent one. I am renting one for $36-$37 a month and it includes insurance. To buy my violin would cost me $850. Rent first then buy if you think your going to go the distance in learning the violin. That's what I am doing. I am just a beginner. I am on my 3rd lesson with my teacher.
hahahahaha
WOW, Just WOW.
Thank you Fiddlerman, the last point about arm position has really helped me !
Many thanks sir .
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You're the most precise and least boring of all tuts I've seen on youtube so far. Good job, and thanks !
It took me a couple years to finally understand and get it..don't give up! i'm still working on it and I've played for 5 years.
Okay so how come when i attempt to vibrato i shake my violin and Everything including bow and sometimes myself? And it easier for me to wrist vibrato.
Wrist vibrato is fine. Everything shakes because you aren't focusing the motion in the right places. You may need a lesson to get on the right track.
xhristina * did you learn it
Thank you for posting these lesson videos, they really are appreciated. I am in the process of learning the Erhu, and its mostly self study because of the lack of teach it or play it here in the U.S. You bring a lot of good positive energy to your videos, and I sincerely want to thank you and wish you all the best!
Hello Fiddlerman! Don't know if you remember but awhile back I commented asking for help when I was struggling with my vibrato. Well I kept practicing and am happy to say I finally got my arm vibrato! It is not perfect but I am getting better each time, now I am working on my wrist vibrato which seems to be giving me a hard time. I just wanted to say a big thank you to and help from my orchestra teacher for helping me get to where I am today! Please continue making videos as I will be looking forward to watching them!
Yes, I remember. Congratulations :) I appreciate you taking the time to tell me this.
I'll do my best to make future videos.
thank you. I have been playing at my school for four years and what my teacher said never helped me at all. this is great! thank you again fiddlerman!
I can't thank you enough for all the instructions and tips that you provide. Thanks again, and take care.
haha this video helped me out about 2 years ago when I found this channel and now I'm playing Bach's violin concerto in a minor.
Very happy to hear it. :)
I was watching Joseph Silverstein yesterday and his vibrato looked like a magic trick. You guys amaze me.
Silverstein is amazing. Love his Brahms. One of my favorites. Thanks for watching!
Cello Videos, thats a great suggestion, thank you. Yes the Erhu or Chinese Violin, is nothing short of enchanting, it has its own unique magic to it, that once you fall in love with it, you can't let it go. Your vibrato videos really are great! The effort in explaining and showing how its done is fantastic. I can't compliment you enough or say thank you enough for the time you put into them and sharing them. Thank you so very much for what you are doing and have done.
Thank you so much for the free videos! I just started learning to play a month ago and I want to start practicing vibrato as early as possible so I won't be wasting all those months I could be using to improve. Subscribed! :)
You are a wonderful wonderful man. Thank you for providing such helpful videos. You have helped my fiddle playing very much! Thank you! I hope good things come to you for your gift to strangers
Thank you so much Nicole, but great things come to me all the time. People are great, thankful and our new business (fiddlershop.com together with my son since 2012) is going great as well. :-)
Thanks for your support!!!
I hope I can vibrato properly. I've been playing for 2 years and cannot get it right. Thanks!!
Me too. Good luck! Thanks for watching.
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ive struggled with this for so long and your video helped so much. thank you much
thank you! I'm a beginner and teaching myself through online help such as you provide. a huge amount of gratitude to you and all the others who give freely the knowledge of playing this beautiful instrument.
It's my pleasure. Thanks so much for watching!!!
Exactly, I meant it as a recognition of talent and discipline. I would be very surprised if Fiddleman came from a background that allowed him to learn violin on a silver plate, and that's the point I wanted to get across. Mr. Fiddleman I tip my hat, you have a thick skin and I bet you had to earn your stripes. You have plenty to teach us besides playing violin. Sorry for any glitch in my English as it's not my native language.
You're one of my favorite people, Fiddlerman! Keep up the cause and great work!
Thanks janderson :-)
Ive watched tons and TONS of videos on vibrao and yours was the only one that helped. thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much. I just watched this video 10 minutes ago and, my vibrato has already improved. God bless you sir, in the name of the Son of the One true living God, Jesus Christ.
Oh my gosh thank you!!! I was having such a hard time trying to figure out how to do vibrato. This really helped me. Keep up the amazing work
Thanks so much for your comment Isabella. Glad that it helped. Join my forum at fiddlerman.com/forum for motivation.
Also, I had a student with a similar problem and was able to help him by having him do air vibrato with the left hand/arm while just going up and down with the right at various tempos.
This is by far the best explanation/example Ive come across, thank you so much :)
Thanks Alex! Are you learning to use vibrato? Is it coming along for you?
thanks for responding. ive played guitar for a while and have always wanted to play the violin since i bought a hilary hahn cd a while back but this viola is all i have available to me now. it's definitely more challenging than i had assumed.. for now i think a shoulder rest will def help me get more comfortable and maybe even a new chin rest... thanks again and i look forward to watching more of your videos
I know this way of vibrato is the most correct one and the preferable one. But theres other violin teachers on youtube who's doing the "sideway" vibrato, which is alot easier than this way for me. But shouldn't it not matter? shouldn't the sound be the same ?
+SweDawgTv Honestly, if it works, is comfortable and sounds good, it's fine. Obviously you don't want to do anything which will create any negative physical issues for you in the future. There is good technique, bad technique, and technique that works but limits you. I suspect that you would be limited with the guitar type vibrato but what do I know. I've never tried it. :)
I also agree. I prefer to go sideways. But my teacher says I can't to it that way
Gameminer agreed
I think you have found your "calling", your video is so good.
I spent some minutes daily for 2 weeks before I was able to break the co-ordination "lockstep" between my left hand fingering and my right arm bowing.
Part way through this frustration I had the idea of pressing the scroll of the viola against a rectangular cork-surfaced notice board mounted on the wall (the type that accepts drawing pins). That solved one part of the problem. The other remedy is to avoid any stress on the finger.
Brilliant for me the first old guitar player learning your beautiful instrument!
I'm self taught violist, and I've had a hard time learning vibrato, I'd like to get into the advanced orchestra at my high school, and this video was a good starting point for me.
FM, Thanks for this extra video on how to do vibrato, this one is definitely for me! I'll start incorporating some vibrato in my practice sessions.
Great video! This taught me the basics and was instructive without rambling, thank you!
I just started playing a violin and your videos are extremely helpful thank you! You rock Fiddler Man!!!!
Thanks Mark!
Best video on vibrato that I've seen....thank you!
wow thanks this actually helped unlike a lot of other vibrato videos. :)
btw i really like the picture behind you :D
That was the best overview I've seen so far! On vibrato! Thanks!
Thanks Mark. I appreciate the comment.
Doesn't matter. Good to be able to do both. Arm vibrato is usually used for slower wider vibrato where as wrist, hand, finger used for smaller faster vibrato.
Thanks for your video. I followed your tips and at last I could made my first clean vibrato after 2 weeks. Your video was really useful.
+JGc G Very happy to hear that. Thanks
I think that is the case for many. I don't know about normal. It's great if you can find the forward and back movement. Once you get it you'll see how easily you can vibrate. Finding that feeling is the tough part. Happens quickly for some and can take a long time for others.
OK this looks to be a better way for me to learn vibrato than I've seen other techniques. As an added bonus I get to see various views of how the vibrato works. Was getting to think the finger(s) rapidly move up and down the string a short distance.
I seriously needed this video. Thanks FM
Glad to hear that I was of help.
Sorry for to star learning viola in mine 64th. However, I just want to congratulate U for the way you teach: eassy, well explained, and great motivational camera spot. Nada,! You are fantastic. From Puerto Rico, USA. Thanks U for share with us you experienced.Alfonso
Thanks so much for your kind words, and thanks for watching. How is it going for you?
@@1stfiddlerman thanks for asking. IAM doing so well and excited in this journey of fretless strings. I'm experienced lead and rhythm electric guitarist. See yeah,alfonso
@@fonsitosantoshernandez9125 Very cool. Please join my forum if you have time: fiddlerman.com/forum
Finally! I've been watching so many videos and I couldn't get it on any of them!
A 14" viola is like a full size violin so a regular full size violin shoulder-rest would work fine.
You might want to order a shoulder-rest. Depends on your build though. Remember to keep the instrument up on your collar bone and hold it with your jaw rather than chin. This might allow you to hold comfortably and still get around with your hand. and arm.
im still amazed by how fast your vibrato is
Thanks, and thanks for watching!!!
Fiddlerman no problem. Thanks for being helpful
I love your videos, direct to the point and so energetic!! keep them coming, please; and thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the kind words. I'll get back to making videos soon when I free up some time.
+Fiddlerman thanks for this. my Orch teacher didn't explain virbrato too well when I was a kid. Regretfully stopped playing now at thirty I want to teach my kids how to play. I loved Orchestra class and the violin, so much fun!💙❤♥🎻
You should start playing again with your kids. Expectations might be different now. :) You may find that you love it more now than ever before.
Great attitude. Vibrato is one of those things that you work on and all of a sudden, "BINGO"..... Just like learning to whistle but much harder. ;-)
Good luck and DON'T give up even if it takes years. :-)
Thank you Mr Fiddler Man. I'm not there yet but you give me hope !
Yea , I'm glad you pointed out how your swing your left arm forward in that uncomfortable contortions to reach the G. string. because thats breaking the rules . If I don't break the rules I'm going to break my wrist.. You got use to the feeling I'll will just have to accept the pain. Thanks for the illustration
I've been trying to teach myself to do vibrato for a long time. This is a great drill for beginners.
Nice to hear. Thanks
You said it!😀😀😀
Thank you SO much for addressing the g-string difficulty; my wrist always hurts when I practice vibrato so far over, wasn't sure if I was doing something wrong
You are welcome!!!
started fiddle 2 weeks ago and i learned vibrato by watching videos and finally applying it when i play a tune hehe
I'm glad to hear it. That is very encouraging. Cheers!
Many players have calluses and it only means that you are building a protective cover for your fingertips. The only issue that you may have is that it could feel dry and slide a bit. I know many pros that have very hard strong calluses on their left hand fingertips. The soreness will diminish as your fingertips protect themselves in the near future.
I love your content, you give a great and easy to understand explanation. Thank you!
I appreciate that. Thanks so much for the comment and support!
Another really helpful tip is hanging your hand from your thumb by the neck and just let it swing back and fourth so you can get that vibrato motion and so you'll know what it feels like when you do accomplish vibrato. Vibrato is something people pick up easily, or people can have a really hard time with it. The hardest part is that if you learn it the wrong way, it'll be hard to break it so good luck to the new string players!
Takes time to learn. If you work at it long enough it can just begin to work all of a sudden.
your fingers are so stocky amg my fingers are like sticks and i feel like they have no strength
Finger pushups. ;) It's not necessary to have that much strength.
wot how do you do those i am going to google dat shit (also yay you answered)
Fiddlerman i just checked it up and i cant even do regular push ups much less these (imma skinny girl that sits at the computer all day)
Kidding about the finger pushups. Though maybe it's not a bad idea.
Let's concentrate on not using that much power with your fingers. Press just enough that your string touches the fingerboard. :)
Gracias amigo, muy buen trabajo. Thanks you friend, a excellent work. greetings!
@bongalis1 - If you are happy with your chinrest bring it to a luthier and ask them to build it up, or do it yourself. A carpenter can do it for you too. You may need longer screws (barrels) to make the new distance. I had mine built up one half inch. The Stuber is pretty tall to begin with.
Straight to the point! Practical one. Love it. Thanks!
You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!
Hi Fiddlerman,
I'm sure out of your thousands of comments you won't remember me haha. I commented a couple months ago asking on tips for performance anxiety and different exercises related to helping college auditions. Anyways, I did finish my college auditions and they went REALLY well! I got into 4/5 of the ones I auditioned for and had awesome scholarships offered. I'll be going to Lawrence University in Appleton Wisconsin, and will be studying violin performance in the Conservatory! Besides all that, I wanted to say thank you for your help and tips. I am watching this video because I am currently teaching my students vibrato, and I wanted to see other ways it was being taught. You have wonderful videos that have helped and inspired me alot. Thanks for being so dedicated to the violin and music.
Warm regards,
Lauren :)
Lauren Conley Thanks for getting back to me and letting me know how it went. Glad that you helping others as well. Happy that I was of some help. I'll remember you next time Lauren. :)
thx man this was really helpfull because you told which virbrato you were going to use and just strait to the point thx so much
+Oscar Morales You are very welcome. :)
Simple and thorough. Brilliant :D
This is just what I needed! Straight & to the point! Only had my electric violin a few days & almost sent it back thinking it will be impossible to ever do vibrato! I'm a guitarist & have a mandolin, but violin seems like such a different world...It's like trying to write with the left hand! LOL Cheers dude!
LOL, I agree. Also, I've tried playing a left handed violin and it's almost impossible for me. Gives me an idea of how hard it would be to learn from scratch, and I know what I'm doing.
@@1stfiddlerman Gotta say Your vids are helping me the most. I subscribed to a lot of violin teacher channels last week, Sorry Ladies, but you yammer on too much! LOL You Sir get straight to the point & that's what I need! & you seem like a guy I could have a laugh with down the pub. Cheers man
@@huskvnj If I get back to making videos, I'll try to yammer even less. :)
Cheers
You're very welcome,
You will probably need to use more of the flat part of your fingers. This will give you a better angle for your fingers bending in the right direction. It's tougher for double jointed people but it works too. :-) Be patient and keep on working on it.
I am glad it not against the rules Some body else's video suggested it was not good. I no longer have the problem . I place the ball of my left thumb forward or right side of the neck . It nudges and pivots the violin to my rear , my shoulder arrest the pivot travel and can correct the backward movement some, when the neck begins to slide off my thumb. I have excellent travel forward and backward along the neck. The slanted thumb ball replaces the lower index finger as the restrictive glide.
Thanks, I appreciate that. Right now they are only in black but I am thinking about offering a white with black text option as well. Would that be better? Thanks
Thank you! Very helpful to see the closeup motion of the fingers & hand.
Glad that it helped.
I was taught wrist vibrato and I have the following problem: Your hand needs to be really relaxed to do vibrato, so on some days my hand is relaxed and I'm successful. But on other days I just seem to not be able to do any kind of vibrato because my hand can't relax! Why is that and how can I change it? I tried doing the technique from this video but I wasn't successful either. HELP
+Melissa Dahmen It's an interesting phenomena. Yes, you need to relax to a certain extent but above all, not apply too much pressure or tension to the wrong parts of your arm/hand. Arm, hand, and finger vibrato are similar in one aspect, the motion in the fingers. Though with finger and wrist, the movement is much less and more suitable to classical non romantic music. You need to practice vibrato when you are not relaxed and vibrato is not working for you. Experiment with pressure, angles, speed, and try to reduce unnecessary tension.
Moyes_Guarulhos - São Paulo - BRAZIL. My difficulty is the hand of tension due to the position and Viola armrest but I will start the exercises based on techniques that you are teaching. excellent explanation. God bless.
Moyses S. Oliveira Hope it works for you. Let me know!
This helps so much! thanks for posting. My class is huge and its hard to get help on the little things. So thanks again!
+Tashianna Patterson You are very welcome.
Im loving all the fiddlerman vids. It's good to see a mature man with sausage fingers do this stuff. It gives me hope 😂😂😂
I love it. Mature man with sausage fingers. My thoughts exactly. lol
Question:
Usually, you use arm vibrato when shifting pretty high and wrist when normal right?
And when do you use finger?
@sirryu1987 - You are welcome. Glad to be of help.
Thanks so much for this video! It's really helping out a beginner vibrator (lol) like me!
+SakuraPrincess Good luck with the vibrations. :)
Your learning. Técnic are amazing. Thanks for share. Grettings from Ciudad de México.
Thanks so much. :)
@indykowa i have played for about 7 years and only started doing vibrato when i was doing grade 5. This was because you need to be comfortable with the notes before moving to vibrato. For that reason, i would definitely learn the placement of the fingers first. Hope this helps.
Every time he says ''vibrate'' it turns into a ''that's what she said'' moment...
Never get tired of that one either.
I was so happy! I am learning to bow tomorrow I am so nervous hahaha, my violin isn't actually "Silent" but that's ok :D I love him he is amazing. Thanks for the lessons :D
@221Dw - Great observation. I do the same thing when I play Bach, tighter faster vibrato. There is definitely a technique to play that way.
im double jointed😂😭😅🎻
no, you're just very flexible.
It's tough to be double jointed but with students that I had in the past who were double jointed, I had to have them play much more on the flat of the finger tips rather than erect on the fingertips. Try that and see how it works for you.
My pinkie bends inward, so when I'm auditioning in front of the whole class I'm really self conscious about my pinkie when doing fourth fingers 😆😅
That can be a problem. I don't know if there are ways of keeping the pinky from bending back other than always keeping an angle on your pinky to avoid that. I know it's not easy. I've had double jointed students.
same
Thanks :-) Do you have a suggestion of a color that many others would like? I only thought of white because of the sun. Lot's of people want a cap that blocks the sun but is not too hot.
My finger can't move like that without my whole finger sliding down and up the string
+Tiffany Hope Might be too dry. Maybe a non greasy moisturizer would help.
Thanks for the HELP! This video is the best for vibrato!
You are very welcome. :)
Thanks George,
Yes, start on the A string and with your first finger since it is easier and will give you a better hand angle. Good luck :-)
i sorta did it, but its hard for me because i am double jointed.my fingers dont roll as easily as i would like, but its more progress, most of the other videos just left me clueless... thanks u really helped me :)
I used a Vibrator on my violin
Gotta say the vibrato was phenomenal!
Thanks for this video. It is the best I have seen on the net yet as regards vibrato.
Obviously you are a born Teacher.
One more thing, I am very jealous of your Cap. I will order one from Fiddler Shop. Is the Cap only black or of various colours ?
Again, thank you very much for all your videos. They are all great !.
I can vibrato now after watching this video a couple of times thanks for this vid it really helped
Music to my ears. Thanks so much for sharing that!!!
Thank you soo much! I'm making another go at the violin...one of the reasons I quit playing after middle school was because I couldn't do vibrato...I literally sucked. I'm wondering now if the problem was not so much less dedication to practice as being double jointed. Anyways, I'm currently waiting on my new violin, and searching around for violin tutorials and lessons to help refresh my memory on how to play, etc. Do you have any recommendations on where I can look to relearn how to read music and the various notes and type of notes?
Try my learn to read sheet music games from my site.
fiddlerman.com/fiddle-learning-tools/violin-fingering-game/
fiddlerman.com/fiddle-learning-tools/rhythm-counting-game/
I thought it said vibrato for DRUMMERS and almost fell out of my chair laughing! Great video. Thank you! :)))))))))))
Now you got me thinking.... LOL... Thanks. Are you a string player or a drummer?
@@1stfiddlerman I play violin. And sometimes I try to fiddle, if the pay is good! Haha!
@@mr.kstrings4417 I hear ya!
My guess is that cello videos would help for this instrument as well. Smaller neck of course but the angle of holding and such. Am I right? I really have no idea but that's what it looks like to me.
Good luck with finding good resources for the Erhu. Seems like a cool instrument. :-)