hello this is Julie buccola and today
I'm continuing with a basic series the
left hand continuing from where we left
off last time
so to recap last time you were able to
put your violin on your shoulder with
the help of nice chin rest and the
shoulder rest or shoulder pad today I
want to show you another one that one I
put there nice concertmaster by acoustic
grip and then relax your violin on your
shoulder with a minimal of pressure or
other weight I would say of your head
here and then inserting the hand into
the violin over a lien in your hand
whichever one you want to think about to
say and having the distance here pull
pulling your first finger back and we
started with the second finger and third
so mmm here I would like to tell you
that I believe there is a very good
method of teaching the first set up
which is different from the traditional
method so traditional method like they
want that I learned and most of us
learned was to start with the first
finger and second finger then third
finger and then eventually fourth finger
this new method which I learned only
recently about but which I really think
is very viable teaches to start with a
second finger as we started last time
which is the longest finger and it
easily goes on the string and then third
and then fourth but leaving the first so
later and why I believe that this method
may be most productive is because we
usually have the biggest problem with
the fourth finger when they would come
to it so here's the difference
and then first finger will have to find
its way later on the fingerboard this
new method was described by violinist
yo-yo v''e your Denova she's a Bulgarian
violinist who has lived and taught in
Russia for many years by now and I
learned about this relatively recently
but I always thought along these lines
for a long time anyway and I was very
happy to find her book it's called a
primer for young violinists and I put I
will put the link to the book in the
description so if you decide to follow
this method we will start with the
second finger and let's position it on
the second string on a string and here I
would recommend for you to use the bit
ceccato now in the method in the book
Monsieur de Noah first gives extensive
training of the bow hand which is my
opinion is absolutely correct this is
the same that Leopold our did in a very
traditional way and basically all
traditional really good traditional
methods start with just the bow hand on
open strings for a while and then left
hand I still recommend to be really
conservative and started in pizzicato
fashion so for that we first learned how
to play pizzicato we put the tip of the
thumb of the right hand right here onto
this corner and then you can take your
first finger your second finger but
that's after the first which is the
pointing finger and we will do this so
when you pits we call pizzicato also
pits when you pluck you need to plug
your go to put the finger between the
strings like this and pull it up upward
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so don't try to pull it too to yourself
no it's really interesting I had the
either so
see this is a very ugly sound so but if
you go up so the sound is more rounded
and that's the sound that you want also
see that you don't get excessively tight
even in here in the right hand so back
to the first notes you will have then
your a and then the second finger most
likely will be in the position of C
sharp and that's your goal for that to
be in the position of the C sharp of
course here if you are completely
without the teacher and you don't know
how sharp is supposed to sound I will
recommend to go to some instrument on
which you can take the C sharp or at
least give it to yourself in a tuner and
go for that C sharp now if you are
adjusting anything your left hand adjust
the whole hand let's put it this way I
would put right now hoping I will get a
C sharp and it's a very flat C sharp is
basically a C almost natural so what I
would do you see it turns out and kind
of closer here than I needed to be I
would move the whole thing slightly up
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so where do you put the finger you put
the finger on the tip but not to the
nail so it's right here on the tip right
here on that tip right here on this and
eventually on the fourth on the first
finger when you will be putting the
finger on the string the string will be
on the left side of your nail on the
left side of the center I should say the
middle finger would be pretty much in
the middle the third will be a little
bit in the middle towards the right side
of the finger and the fourth will be
more to the right side it's just how our
fingers grow so you need to be cautious
that that's exactly where you put your
fingers and don't allow them just to
land wherever you will be very grateful
to yourself later on okay so back to the
C and if you sharp pluck a
put the second finger and then lift
right from here so this is the action of
lifting and you can just do it with your
right hand by yourself just like what
I'm doing right now you press on this
joint and the finger lifts okay so
that's the action that you will be using
to the same thing with third finger it
went on the string I'm lifting it from
here see how the finger stays in the
same exactly shape is it was first on
the string so in other words you do not
want to go do this you don't want to
open fingers never open fingers in the
middle joints okay so only off of
function and then that would be your a
and D and then after this I would direct
you to the book of your your Denova
because there's a nice progression nice
little tunes consisting of open string
and second and third fingers on all
strings and again she gives them already
there with the bow hoping by that time
you are good enough with the bow and you
can combine them however I would still
recommend to do them first it's a kata
any new tune that you do do it first
pizzicato in the rhythm that it's given
and the tempo and then only after that
apply the bow to it okay I hope that
this has been helpful and you will
practice well and I will see you all
later
for those of you who would like to try
the more traditional method I will make
the next video