Lecture Description
Note: Instructor Todd Ehle forgot to mention the importance of a very light touch with the 4th finger. It is easy to fail with this technique, all because the pinky may be pressing into the string too firmly. It should not bend the string at all. Also, the finger's contact with the string should be reduced to the smallest point possible.
Course Index
- Introduction and Purpose
- Holding the Bow (Part 1)
- Holding the Bow (Part 2)
- Holding the Bow (Part 3)
- The Hold and Finger Placement (Part 1)
- The Hold and Finger Placement (Part 2)
- The Hold and Finger Placement (Part 3)
- Curved Pinky Trick
- String Crossing (Part 1)
- Playing in Tune (Prelude to Part 1)
- String Crossing (Part 2)
- String Crossing (Part 3)
- Straight Bowing (Part 1)
- Straight Bowing (Part 2)
- Balance Point and Lifting the Bow
- Detache' Bowing
- Tone Production Techniques
- Retakes-Lifts
- The Rebound
- Playing in Tune (Part 1)
- Playing in Tune (Part 2)
- Relaxation Tips
- Relaxation and Balance
- Vibrato (Wrist & Hand)
- Vibrato (Arm)
- Wrist (Hand) Vibrato Trick
- String Crossing (Part 4)
- Finding 3rd Position (Vivaldi A Minor)
- Introduction to Bouncing Strokes
- Martele' Bowing
- Finding 2nd - 8th Positions
- Four Types of Ascending Shifts (Part 1)
- Four Types of Ascending Shifts (Part 2)
- Descending Shifts
- Ear Training Exercise
- Tuning the Violin (Part 1)
- Tuning the Violin (Part 2)
- Tuning the Violin (Part 3)
- Tuning the Violin (Part 4)
- Tuning the Violin (Part 5)
- Legato Bowing
- Intro to Double-Stops (Part 1)
- Intro to Double-Stops (Part 2)
- Intro to Double-Stops (Part 3)
- Colle' Bowing
- Tuning the Violin (Part 6)
- Tuning the Violin (Part 7)
- String Crossing (Part 5)
- String Crossing (Part 6)
- Sautille' Bowing (Part 1)
- Sautille' Bowing (Part 2)
- Octaves
- String Crossing (Part 7)
- Sautille' Bowing (Part 3)
- Intro to 3rds
- Natural and Artificial Harmonics
Course Description
In this course, Violin instructor Todd Ehle gives 56 video lessons for beginners learning to play the Violin. Some of the topics covered in this course include: Detache' Bowing, Tone Production Techniques, The Hold and Placement of the instrument, String Crossing, Straight Bowing, Balance Point and Lifting the Bow, Tone Production Techniques, Relaxation and Balance, Playing in Tune, Bouncing Strokes, Ear Training Exercises, Ascending Shifts, Double-Stops, Octaves, Sautille' Bowing, Harmonics and many more.