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Im no expert, but i went from guitar to violin and i found tapes to be in the way. i have very good “gehör” (i can hear when something is out of tune) so the tapes just made me confused as they were less accurate than simply listening to the note. If you have good gehör (forgot what it was in english :P) then maybe you can skip the tapes.
same here man, i am a guitar player playin violin, if i just knew where da damn notes were icould play lol… im just memorising them by ear and muscle memory but it screws up sometimes… i guess with years of endless training ud know where they are . but for now its probabely best to use tape
prof I hav a problem with my finger replacement,,to be honest Im a guitarist player but now im want to learn violin,,im comfortable with frets but a violin had no frets?? should i put tape in violin? as always??
Thank you so much for this! I had been teaching myself out of a book (and not doing horribly, I thought), but this was one thing that I could *not* find any information on. (That and how to do double stops…when I got to that point, I quit, not knowing how to proceed.)
So then…for an adult beginner, say, you’d recommend independent fingering, as long as I keep the intervals in mind? I’ve been using block fingering, no tapes, but independent is more comfortable.
develop your ear. listen for the ringing notes.
ive been playing for 3 years and i never played without my tapes so this year in high school we have to play without and i cant get it right and i dont hear my mistakes so what should i do?
thanks a lot for the lesson…I am realizing that there are certain passages where I need to use block fingering such as
g a bflat a g a bflat g all in straight eighth notes on the E string. The reason being when I try to go down a minor third to that G I accidentaly play the A again…
this is great ,you should make some more vids !!!
That kind of ear training is great! Good tip for everyone.
my teacher’s grandpa( also a violin player/teacher) taught me a practice last week similar to what you have described: he ask me to press down first finger first, then all the 3 other fingers and listen carefully; then keep the first finger and only press down 4th finger and listen carefully. Hope it is helpful for other beginners.
I asked my teacher today, and she told me to stay away from tapes but to train my ear harder. I recorded her playing 4 open strings and C major scales so I can listen to them everyday while doing my physics lab. Also, the fingering tips works wonder. It trains both my finger and ear at the same time!
No prob, and yes it still rings true in my ears also :-)
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I remember one of my teachers asking all of us, over and over again, “what’s the hand frame?”
I wish I had used that in this clip. Thanks for bringing it up!
Great video, and I agree 100% on the block fingering concept- I learned that from Suzuki with the tapes when I first started. I also think in “hand frame” where the first finger on one string and fourth finger on a higher string form a natural octave. So, when I shift, I try to preserve that octave spacing between first and fourth finger in the destination position. Anyways, thanks for the video, it’ll certainly help other violinists grasp this difficult concept of good intonation.
great! thanks
Tapes are a crutch that are sometimes needed and can really help a new student. You should really train the ears and not use the eyes – but playing the violin is very difficult. If you are having success already, don’t change what you are doing. If you are having a lot of trouble with a specific finger, ask your teacher if a tape would help. Practice tuning 3rd finger w/ string below and 4th with string above. 1st with string above to train your ear. Good luck.
I used to use the block fingering, but now I am leaning towards independent fingering because I sometime overshoot my first finger and all my notes are out of tune when I use block fingering. One question though, I’v never used any tape on the violin; do you think it is a good idea for me to use that?
Another great violin lesson, thanks!