FREE Violin Lesson #17 Your First Etude: Wohlfahrt op 45 nr 3
In this lesson, we’re going to play our FIRST etude that will prepare us for our first violin concerto in a couple of lessons. Free book download!
Your first etude
What’s the point of practicing etudes?
You will notice that when you learn a new technique and you directly apply it to a piece, it most of the times doesn’t work out. Either the piece gets sloppy or the new technique is out of the window. Etudes close the gap by teaching you to apply new techniques in music.
You can download the book with 60 etudes, including this one if you sign up for free at www.violinlessonsforfree.com
Video content:
02:24 performance
03:33 slow play along
04:47 tutorial
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Next lesson we’re going to practice the bow techniques necessary to play your first concerto. Very exciting!
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Love your videos
Appreciate your sacrifices not to just become one soloist but to make hundreds of soloist
And I know how hard it is to not eat chocolate and drink coffee
Hard times..but you are fit now so eat it
Well… I’m pregnant, so no coffee, but more chocolate, haha!
Dear Zlata, Well done and thank you for your offering and most importantly using an appropriate etude prior to playing and preparing for a related Violin Concertino.
BTW what strings are you using and is that tailpiece of genuine rosewood with integral adjusters ?
The mellowness on the G ad D strings balance the brightness of the A and E strings.
Is this due to the positioning of the sound post ?
Lovely playing.
Well, the sound is a combination of lots of things: the character of the violin, playing technique, my bow and a bit the strings. These are the strings I’m using:
Pirastro Evah Pirazzi Gold violin strings: http://bit.ly/2EccbVG
Pirastro No 1 E string for violin (soft): https://amzn.to/2GvqW69
Zlata how are you this is Jeff been watching as many of you violin videos as I get time to beginners to intermediate as I am watching I am getting lost as to what to practice and how what I need is something I can put in front of me on the music stand and follow can you help me come up with a practice routine in some kind of order and be productive. If you can help me let me know and also is the fiddlerman concert series violin everything the reviews say it is reason being mine will be here in a couple days please help me to come up with a practice plan that will work thanks Jeff
Hi Jeff, congrats on your new violin! As you’ve been following along my beginner course, these are the exact steps to take. Just go through it slowly, perhaps spending some weeks per lesson. Use the warming up from lesson 12 to start your session and after that play the etudes and pieces that you’re currently working on. Happy practicing!