This video turned out very in depth. I hope it is not too confusing for people who just wanted to know about the basic stuff. But anyways, here you go!
Thank you so much, Simon. I had tried to figure out harmonics by myself but was not successful, only confused. Your explanation of harmonic notation was very helpful! Now I understand the difference between natural and artificial harmonics. I also understand how to produce the harmonic note, and the expected sounding pitch of a natural harmonic depending on which fingerboard point I press.
I’ve been playing the violin for 5 years and I never really thought about delving into harmonics but OMYGOSH!!! Harmonics are like a whole new WORLD of things you can do on the violin they’re so fascinating I can’t wait to keep practicing them!
OMG You are almost literally the same man on the "Engineering Explained" channel but for violin instead of cars. You look slightly similar and you both use whiteboard to teach physics. Loved it.
This video does a great job of covering all the information I need on Harmonics - thank you very much! You answered questions I didn't even think to ask - and I've been able to start to play them.
@@SimonStreuffViolinEducation what happens when there is no diamond head, but circles over the simple notes in very high positions? i can send a photoif you like
@@trebleherb8337 at 3:32 he explains there are two ways to write a harmonic, and that is with the diamond head or just the normal note head but with a bubble on top
Thank you so much Simon.. According to your accent, you're probably from Germany, and your video is an outstanding one, you go very deeply into details, being a young composer and playing basically the guitar, I've been searching in so many violins tutos, and finally came to yours, and all my questions were answered ! Best tuto on youtube for natural and artificial harmonics !
Thanks Simon, never knew about the artificial harmonics. Just an aside note, your book shelf in the back ground looks rather bare or did you record in front of a green screen and overlay later on with an early picture when you first set up your studio?
it is a green screen ;) my actual book shelf looks packed to the max ;) This picture is so to say my virtual studio. It is an stock image, which I made some adjustments to.
You can watch every lesson as often as you like. If there is a problem, please contact me via email. That is much easier. I will send you an email now to help you find the lectures.
One other tip is (丹田 dantien - diaphragm breathing in qigong 氣功☯️ and many many martial arts…or pranayama of yoga for ）relaxation which will help each of us to GROW AND ADVANCE towards …the best unique posture available for our individual anatomy….. to meet these advance challenges and measuring with understanding, aural and with mirror or teacher… visual accuracies without tensing up which unfortunately is the string player’s worst enemy! For many in especially artificial harmonics, it means adjusting the knucke to the highest point with the help OF THE ELBOW AND THE ABOVE BREATHING TEMPORARILY … only as long as is needed ! Good luck and enjoy the extra relaxation when you achieve that plateau… that makes your vibrato @ artificial harmonics a cinch ! Ha ha
True! Relaxation and breathing are so important and I always tend to forget at least one of them during practice sessions from time to time. About the knuckle position I am not so sure: Some hands prefer a lower knuckle position for flatter finger tips, especially for artificial harmonics.
Must have been a pretty good video if you had me breaking my violin out of it's case to see what kind of new obnoxious noises I could make with it... and also going back and deleting a comment on another youtuber's video where in my lack of understanding of what a harmonic actually was, I accused the person of editing their video to make their violin sound like a flute.
Thank you very much well I just bought a new violin I have just started practicing today hope this will help me with basic but I’m so lost I can’t even make a sound on it😂
So aside from learning the technique and feel to play harmonics properly, it can also be like learning an entirely new set of notes on the same instrument.
Hey I don't understand something, if you have a sheet music where you have harmonics notes with a ° and it's G (like your videos 3:46) and a other same notes but with a finger 4 (I'm not trying yet) but it will sound like G ? Thank you for these videos
This video actually really helped, me as an advancing violinist who still has trouble with harmonics in general. I can say that this video helped a lot! Thanks
Hallo Simon, vielen Dank! Das hat endlich einige Fragezeichen in meinem Kopf geklärt, v.a. die Erklärung mit den "Doppelnoten", also "normale Noten" unten, "Diamant" oben drüber.😁 Eine Frage dazu bleibt aber noch: ich bereite gerade ein Stück vor (Czardas von Monti mit Violine, Cello und Klavier), wo die "normale" Note das tiefe G ist und das C' als Flageolett gespielt werden muss. Da kann man die normale Note ja nun nicht drücken... wegens leere G-Saite. Wie spielt man das G dann? Wäre dankbar für einen Tipp. Liebe Grüße
Ich glaube ich erwähne es auch in dem Video irgendwann, aber ich weiß jetzt nicht die genaue Stelle. Das ist dann harmonisch gesehen das gleiche wie ein künstiches Flageolett mit dem Quartgriff 1. Finger gedrückt 4. Finger leicht, nur dass man eben das Glück hat die leere Saite nicht drücken zu müssen und somit auch den Flageolettfinger auf 3. Finger wechseln kann. Man spielt also leere g-Saite und platziert den 3. Finger an der Stelle des C` als Flageolett auf der Saite. Ich hoffe das hilft :)
Hallo ! Es gibt jetzt eine neue Art von Flageolett, erfunden von Roman Kim. Ich verstehe aber nicht, wie das geht und insbesondere was die Physik dahinter ist. Kann mir da jemand weiter helfen ?
Thanks for the vid, very informative. I have a question about notation. In Sarasate's Zapateado, there are notes that look like a crotchet, with a minim above it, sharing the same tail, and then several ledger lines higher, there is a smaller crotchet sharing the same tail as the crotchet and minim, what kind of notes are these? Zapateado has scales done in these notes, with a small dot above the small crotchet, which I assume is playing those notes with spiccato. Thanks!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! My mom before I watched this video said that when I played the harmonics, I sounded like a dying cat. Now she says I am so much better from watching your video! Thanks!
Hi Simon, this is off topic, but I thought I would ask if you could do a video that addresses intonation, and exercises that one can work on to perfect that from the beginning. I mentioned that I am a cellist returning to violin study. I appreciate any input from you. thanks
I have two videos on intonation on my channel and currently working on completing an online course on that topic. If you want the link, hit me up. I will post a video about that when the course is finished.
Hi some harmonics we can Olay on the violin without 4th finger.. I saw this from some jazz violinists like Grapelli and also from Jerry Goodman,, they touch slightly some notes without pressing n it gives nice bright harmonics. But not all the notes. For example if u half press like this 1 and 2 fingers in 3th position, it gives that sound. but with 3th finger doesn't work... So the question is whether there is all notes possible to play as harmonics in this way without 4th finger?
If I understand you correctly you are talking about the many possible natural harmonics on the violin, which is basically all Notes, that are possible overtones of the open strings. The further we divide the string, the smaller the spot where they sound good. Grapelly was a master at those harmonics, unfortunately I haven't seen a video that shows how he played them yet. About artificial harmonics: they can be played with the third finger aswell, as in artificial harmonic douple stops. Generally you can play the natural harmonics with every finger. And if your question is if we can play "all" notes with natural harmonics, the answer is no, because the overtones of our four strings don't allow us too many options. But there are many notes possible as overtones/harmonics, when we take away the restriction of them being in different octaves.
@@SimonStreuffViolinEducation Thank you for the reply! If you san check this video named like "Jerry Goodman on FRENZY by Tristan des Pres" you can hear many different harmonics which he is playing without using "extra fingers" and I was experimenting now and found out that with different pressure of the bow and fingers I really get different "notes" from the same one.. like touch D note with 3th finger on the A string I can get both D and A "flageolets" ... and even on the E string touching G note in special way I can get that G flageolet .. Sorry for my broken English n wrong terms, just wanted to share...
@@malena3141 He uses mostly sul ponticello playing to get this e-guitar like sound. That means he plays with a light bow very close to the bridge, that way the strings vibration changes and you can get higher notes on "normal" played fingers just with using your bow. It is also possible on a acoustic violin, but I guess he set up his E-violin in a way, that he can achieve this sound rather easy. I hope that helps!
@@SimonStreuffViolinEducation Interesting! Thank you a lot! Yes he plays acoustic violin in same manner too! Its so Wonderfull how many characters and styles the single violin can express🤎
@@SimonStreuffViolinEducation just tried to play Sul ponticello way and it gives me lots of goosebumps which I cant take 🙈😂 But its sounds cool aggressive and more close to e-guitar character!
Is it possible to go higher than 2 octaves above the full length of the string with harmonics (i.e. divide the string in 5 parts or more?)? If yes, then is there a maximum? What is it? I also wonder if they sound a bit weak because I don't think I've ever heard one. Yes I ask a lot of questions I'm sorry x(
theoretically and mathematically many things are possible. In reality even the basic artificial harmonics can sound like a squeaking door. Dividing the string in 5 parts will not bring you to an additional octave though. You have to double the frequency, so you have to divide the string not in 4, but in 8 resonating parts! It is possible but rarely needed because we leave the frequency range of the pleasing sound. The violin anyways is the highest stringed instrument. :) Good questions btw!
Das ist so toll! Ich bin auf meinen empfohlenen Videos auf deinen Kanal gestoßen und sie sind so informativ und hilfreich! Du hast mir sehr geholfen :)
Hallo Simon ! Ich versuche, den höchsten Flageolett-Ton hinzukriegen ( mit dem ersten Finger, auf der d-Saite die Note e), schaffe es aber nicht. Könntest Du bitte dazu mal was zeigen ? Ich weiß natürlich, daß das der schwerste ist. Vielen Dank.
I think in the video I talk a little bit about the different ways to notate harmonics. Usually the diamond head is harmonic note on the fingerboard. But sometimes even that notation isn't consistently used, so it can be different. Usually Diamond head notes are used also for natural harmonics and artificial harmonics (together with a normal note below). Only the octave harmonic in the middle of the string is usually just marked with a fingering like 4/0 or 3/0.
@@SimonStreuffViolinEducation Thank you for your reply sincerely! I think that there may be no difference between single Diamondhead notation and the Natural Harmonics. Maybe they are just the two ways to write music? I guess that the movement was the same, just put one finger lightly on the string? Thank you. Actually, I meet the question when i play the Zigeunerweisen of Sarasate. The second artificial harmonics was just single Diamondhead notation which maybe not need to put your first finger on the violin?
@@zhucegao7418 yes, just place one finger at the place of that note lightly touching the string, it is basically a natural harmonic dividing the full string length but in different parts. I know that place! You don't need to put the first finger down unless you have the diamond head plus a regular note head below.
@@SimonStreuffViolinEducation Thank you so much! You help me a lot! I was thinking the artificial harmonic as a chord... :) And I guess the first artificial harmonics of Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen was a combination using of artificial harmonics that some notations need the first finger some don't need? :) That was complicated.
