How to Tune [VIOLIN & VIOLA] 🎻 FAST & EASY 

As a beginner pianist I'm sure this will help me!

Can you make a video on how to tune fast and furious instead of fast and easy?

I love how you teach a basic skill yet also opening the ways on how to do it on a finer level. Love it! Thank you, Ray!

This was so helpful! As an intermediate violinist, I never really learnt tuning, and I swear when Ray talked about the oscillation thing I suprised pikachu faced for a solid minute

As a beginner I'm so excited to this video (beginner violinist!) Thank you for the video Ray!!! Lot of your video help me so much!

Wow, this was a great explanation. When I played the violin as a kid my teacher just went “you should learn how to tune your instrument now” and I would try and then she would have to correct it. There wasn’t an explanation except you would hear it. So I think I would get close but not know how to get the final tuning perfect

I just started to play, and this video is right on time! Thank you, Mr. Chen!

Having this laid out so clearly and practically is incredibly useful. I would love more tips of ear training. Obviously not gonna qsk for full music theory content, but I found recognizing intervals or working on hearing myself in an ensemble and blending with other musicians is stuff im interested in

I'm a singer/songwriter - classically trained in opera by six different opera coaches - someone gave me a guitar a few weeks ago ... so I'm hoping your Fast & Easy violin tuning tricks can be adapted to the guitar - youtube recommended this video to me - youtube is so helpful.

Thanks a lot, Ray! This is undeniably helpful when it comes to tuning, rather than just randomly choosing any video of a violin tuner to match my pitch with theirs; in the end, I always ended up relying on that video without even training myself to tune it independently! The best video explained so far, clear and precise 😅

I have been playing violin for about 2 years and I have always wanted to learn to tune, I looked all over the internet but I just couldn't find something that I understood, but your videos help me with so much! Thank You :D

Wow! I never knew and never been taught how to tune like this before. Thank you for teaching me the way!

OMG! This is so smart!! Didn't know method 1 or 3. I was taught only method 2 and always thought it was the only way. Love to learn different approaches!! ❤❤

Brilliant video Ray thanks a million for posting.

as a beginner, this will definitely help me and makes me more excited to practice. All these videos motivates me more and especially because its from Ray. Thank you so so much Rayyy and i will look forward to more videos like this in the future

I'm really glad to see this video from someone like you, Ray. I'm a beginner violinist and i'm so excited to this video

I'm practising how to tune my violin by ears these days ...THANK YOU SO MUCH I needed that💙🙏

What do you do after you tune? You PRACTICE. Get motivated and hyped to practice together with me & the community on Tonic: tonicmusic.app/join-in 🙌🏼

Very helpful👍, thank you 🙏

WOW ! Very impressive ! Thanks.

Thanks Ray😄 ive been trying to tune by ear and i already do it but i just needed to clear some stuff up especially the oscillating thing❤

OMG, the tuning method based on sound wave is magical to me!!!!

Very helpful thank you

Thank you Ray, this is amazing! I'm educated

Hi Ray, I play the flute, but this is very interesting, and useful too : when playing in an orchestra we need to be very aware of our pitch and adjust it whenever it's needed, (which, with the flute or even more with the piccolo, is pretty often! 😅)

This was very cool! Thanks for the tip on the oscillations! As a physics teacher/beginner violinist I really appreciated the application 😊

Was very helpful

This was very helpful❤❤

Wow! Getting video after video by Ray Chen! RU-vid prodigy right here

I did not know about the oscillation. Very interesting.

I was surprised I could hear it. Thank you.

Finally someone who explained how to tune using the fiths. Thank you Ray.

wow!! I love these videos.

Hey Ray, Can you please post a video of how to prevent shakey bow because whenever I play notes my bow starts to shake and bounce just slightly. Thank you for reviving the channel!

Love this ❤

as a soon to be cellist, this will help a ton!

Thx 🙏🏼

👌that was helpful af

The explanation with the waves was nice. But I'd love to see a video showing really tuning the other strings playing 5ths.

I literally play guitar and already tune like this but I’m here for engagement 😂 Grats Ray, you got me lol

I anticipate a Ray Chen review on Chevalier 👊

wow, I never learned to listen for oscillation. Very cool

nice, but what about tuning with the pegs? would love to see a video about that as well

Coming here AFTER snapping a string on my BF’S violin bc I never heard of fine tuners and the pegs kept spinning back 🤡 (I only learned to tune a guitar as a kid) I look forward to putting these tips into action after I replace the string 😅 Thx Ray!

great advice Ray, with fine tuners, great for beginners but many (not all) violins sound better without them which is a tip I got from a world renowned violin maker, I've been playing since 1994 with just an E fine tuner, but have recently removed mine, it's worth experimenting with, I'm now playing with no fine tuners, better sound and I'd say if your pegs are fit well it doesn't even make it harder to tune, my main violin stays in tune remarkably well, so well fit pegs are important with or without fine tuners, I've found within the last couple of years that measuring the string length rather than rules of thumb and removing the fine tuner can improve the sound of most violins, especially if your soundpost is in the correct spot, 😎

Interesting,I have a korg tuner eith metronome,and it does have this sound you can play to,I assume it's to tune violin,as you have in this video!

I like you ♥ Best violinist Ray Chen😊

I'm a beginner cellist and I also expect this to help me :D

I usually tune all strings at the same time, a little bit each time, making sure the bridge is not collapsing, and then, I tune to the correct pitch from the lowest string to the highest (violin, G to E) because I "feel" the lowest string "pulls" the brigde a litrle bit and it changes the tuning of the other strings when I already tuned them ok. Otherwise, if I tune E and A strings first, and then the G, those strings are going to change their pitches. Sorry for my bad English.

3:49 been playing violin for 7 years and just realized that my fine tuners are flipped, counter if its flatter and clockwise if its sharper

Bro the soundwave method is fun as hell

Wow Ray. Great vid. Most useful but till my ears improve I'll continue with my electronic tuner.. Btw thoroughly enjoyed your Sibelius and Pag in Edinburgh on Friday evening but setting off the fire alarm to wriggle out of meeting your fans & signing autographs was quite some move. 😉 Waited outside for a while and not a single fire engine showed. 😲 Hmmm....

Yes I can't wait for the video that will teach how to tune my violin with peg

Thank you for another fundamental yet important lesson! See you later at Birmingham Ray! 🤗

When tuning a violin I like to pretend I'm cracking a safe. Doesn't help me do it better but it is fun!

Ray have you ever thought about doing a video of some fiddle style music like maybe something from say Kenny Baker , he was very big influence of most Bluegrass fiddlers and wrote a bunch tunes and recorded a lot of records , I think it would be great to hear your take on that style of music being a classical player ,take a listen to his version of the fiddle tune Back up and Push it's on RU-vid and I am sure you will just love his take of that tune ,thanks Ray ,I am a fiddle player and also love listening to your wonderful classical style too.

Question: When tuning 5ths, is it advisable to tune with pure intervals (just intonation), as opposed to the equal temperament?

Hi ray I am a big fan

This helped me so much, thank you! Now I don't have to ask people to tune my instrument for me over break :)

Any videos on tuning without fine tuners? My teacher just had me update my tailpiece and remove them, other than the E.

It would be really useful to add a bit more about tuning strings against each others. Without a reference, it's harder to tell when the strings are high or low -- you're not comparing with unison. Seeing an example would be really useful. Also, question: when a soloist steps on the stage, they tend to grab the pin and rock it back and forth until that sweet spot is reached. Is that because they are listening for the vibration, rather than trying to guess if they are high or low? A bit like adjusting focus on a projector?

I put on fine tuners and I love them ever since. Saving me a lot of time for practice 😜😁

See with the first time I tried tuning, my string snapped, is it normal to have to push in the tuning poles with all ur might?

what do you need to tune? like i heard that we need like a led thingy. I just got my violin. What am i suppose to do?

Wow, Ray cheng is teaching us how to get in tune in strings instruments, for me I play double bass, but unfortunately my metronome was stolen by a cheap thief roommate she named I-Chun Hsieh so that I don't have anything to practice. I think I've learned a lot here. Thank you Ray. Have a good day. I hope tonic would have an item that I could choose like popular music so on in the near future. Bye for now, and have a good day. I didn't married to a person that Zodiac sign is dog, so who is Beach Ray cheng mentioned about here? Dirty eunuch Zhang, whose zodiac sign is not dog, bought a cheap dog and howled downstairs in Wansheng Building.

Yeah I practice myself with a higher pitch than 440, one of my past orchestras used. Once in a rehearsal I was waiting to be tuned by others, however somehow the conductor to give an A...It was off...I explained....I know it is higher than 440. Then conductor said: let's use that higher-than-440 note😂 I was KIND OF relieved😂😂😂

The string got loose af and it doesn't let me adjust it anymore, I'm losing my goddamn mind

Can demo the sound of the 5ths?

the osilating sound is usually call "beat sound" right? that's where 440hz and 441hz played together generate the beat sound of 1Hz. 1 hz is only about 4 cents of the near 440hz semitone, which is already very very good.

I am playing violin in junior high school but i can never play like you😢you were the reason I started violin but I can’t play well so I am quitting ❤

Wish there were more cello YT channels

How do I know if the fifths are sharp or flat?

if you can tune it slowly, you can tune it quickly

Could we ever see violist-Ray one day in a vid ? 👀

I tune my instruments with my ME-80 Multiple effects pedal.

This question might be irrelevant but, how to relax our lefthand when it "naturally" becomes stiff and pressing the strings unnecessarily hard when playing a long pieces like chaconnes, concerti etc.? Cuz i realize that everything falls apart when it happens🙏

Do I need to relax the strings?

Mozart's Sonata no. 16 in the background hit me like a ton of bricks. That's one of the songs I used to play as a kid but lost the sheet music and forgot it entirely. Gonna remedy that now.

I used to tune my violin by comparing harmonics (once the A string was in tune).

how about just intonation x tempered intonation and these things? it's so hard to understand what is this all about!

Can we get a hair tutorial as well please??

443 according to my teacher, so there seem to be differences across Europe

I need help, my viola is way off tune, and when I try with the fine tuners, it turns and stops turning, and when I try using the pegs the strings just bounce back.😢

Wait your tuning to 442? I play in church and everyone tunes to 440. Actually, everyone I have ever played with tunes their guitars to 440hz. Please help me understand.

Will I learn to tune with my peg

As a grade 4 beginner violinist who still can’t tune their instrument, this is very helpful

Why does some violin have only one fine tuner?

Hey Ray, do you know what happened to TwoSet? Everyone okay? Is Eddy still in jail?

Well, do you know how to tune a double bass?

Ok so I am self taught (covid hobby) and no one has ever told me about the sound wave thing and I am SHOOK. What is happening I need the science

I always do my violin but when I go to get it was broken the strings were not working 😭😞😞😭

i could never tune with other strings because I can't hear if it's lower or higher...

If you can tune it slowly, you can tune it quickly

低音提琴的弦/依序是g,d,a,e.再低就是c了/這樣,有跟小提琴的弦順序一樣嗎/

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As a guitarist, tried to do a violin yesterday and snapped it immediately.... Never touching a violin again.... I used the pegs 😭

That's why they only play "a"note before concert begins😂😂😂

I only know you need a tuna 🐟🐟

I don’t know how to tune (yet)😂

Clearly 10,000 hours' input for this output.