Hardest part about learning a violin is getting your parents to buy you one as a kid. The second hardest part is being able to play it without getting told by your parents to shut it up or they will snap it in half
@@nteta10k it’s because she’s switching from first position to second/third position as well as vibrato, plus the fast and constant bow movement with different varying speed.
@@khaynenalwine1815 I can see why you may think that but if you really watch it on a big screen its not sped up, you can see her stomach as she breaths moving normally.
Thanks lad. I knew the first piece was Four Seasons, but I couldn't remember which part. And the Devils Trill is an absolutely excellent piece as well.
@@gwendalynpeterson5739 im not a violonist but generally, practising anything on any instrument is a long and slow process and it doesn't seem like youre improving because u see the continous slow process - but the teacher hears your process in longer intervals so it is more apparent to them - its like when youre growing and you feel like youre kind of the same height but then you meet someone after a year or something and theyre surprised by how much youve grown - maybe if you want to be able to hear your progress u can try recording yourself pracising and then you can compare how it sounded a month apart and youll probable be albe to tell the difference
In case you're wondering how the first one couldn't possibly be hard: the reason for its secret simplicity is that all you're doing is playing the bow on one string back and forth really quickly most of the time, which is generally pretty easy.
AH! I know right! Someone understands my struggle!! I always tell my family members I play viola, and they’re always talking about the violin. I feel like it’s because the viola isn’t too common
I can do the first one and I'm crap at the violin. The fingering for it is super easy, the bowing is super easy, and... well that's it actually. That's the whole thing. Look at her left hand, she just keeps it in one place! And to play the other note you just touch the other string real quick, and keeping your bow on the right string is the first thing you learn.
I'm playing violin for around 18 years now. Started at age 8. I was able to play the first one at age 9. So really, first one is not that hard. Still impossible for a newcomer tho.
The hard part is towards the end of "Devil's Trill" by Tartini, which I recommend to everyone here to give a listen. I personally really like the one with Ithzak Perlman.
@@GamerKittyYT Exactly right! I've been playing self taught piano for 10 years, and so, when I started learning violin just 4 days ago, I've found that 'Intonation' and just overall finding the perfect pitch for any song that I hear, comes easy to me. However, the bow and playing it in the right positions/angles is Exponentially difficult! But with that being said, I'm only a few days in of learning this instrument. 😅 I hope I can get better, before my family gets fed up of my 'Practising'. 😂
Easy tip is to play heaps of double stop scales. Start with 6ths and basically relearn all the scales with double stop octaves and after a millenia we will get there 😊
How long you been playing? By the second year or so tremalo should be quite easy. If not make sure to practice and watch vids how to do it. Dont want to practice incorrectly then you will make it a bad habit. Note I am a violast so my info does not matter to most people
@@adrianbrooking8930 Knowing tremolo is easy but having that perfect of a tremolo with the string changes is difficult. At least for me. Give me slow songs that flow beautifully any day of the week. Lol My hands aren't what they once were 20 years ago. Lol
I meam, it makes sense. The forst one is mostly one repeating note, the second one is a whole string of various notes. The speed just tricks people into thinking the first is also hard, probably
Can't speak for the violine but on the guitar it's often like that. Something can sound (and look!) incredibly difficult, while it's actually quite easy. Usually it's like you said: a simple repetitive motion played fast.
The first is a a place in Vivaldi, one of the movements, I think summer but I’m not sure since I haven’t played it before, the with with a lot of notes is the cadenza of a piece called devils trills, it’s very hard. I’ve played that one.
I'm playing g violin right now. I just started about 4 weeks ago and have only had 2 hours of practice and I just taught myself twinkle twinkle little star🤩🤩
I wanted to correct you by saying "piece" not "song" but i guess Der Erlkönig, one of the hradest classical pieces on violin is still considered a song because it has lyrics.
@@brennanhinckle9888 The video was titled what people think is hard vs what is actually hard. Obviously, she’s going to play a difficult piece for showing people what’s actually hard.
After or during orchestra, you may experience symptoms such as: Tiredness, Sudden urge to strangle the violists, and crushed dreams after not getting first stand
@@silcoxjakob oh no don’t start this again… Just accept that you’re wrong. Pressing a key that can’t be out of tune vs moving hair on a string? Yeah try again next time
why wouldn't they be? if a person doesn't know how to play violin, then they can only really see speed as a difficulty factor. how would they know what double, triple stops or different bow technics are. they hear fast, they think it's more difficult
@@MrFlibbleflobble she didn't but thats the first thing that comes to mind when I read the title which was immediately followed by Bret and eddy wowwww, sacrilegious
OMG THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE SONG!!! I'm a beginner, and Devil's trill sonata was the first violin song that I ever listened to, and it's one of my favorites. I hope that I will be able to play it one day, but you nailed it!!
“the beauty of music no matter how difficult it is to play is that the artist can express themselves freely without judgment, and brings their art to the table and share with all of us”. I would love to hear her play an original song. Cheers 🍻
Pianist here and I can still relate. I'd be playing summer on the piano (so it's even easier than if you'd play it on a violin) and then everybody is just like: "oh wow that must be so difficult!" But if I play smth from liszt or Chopin for example Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 everyone is like: "cool i guess". Hell, even if i just play 3 pop chords everyone is impressed lol. Idk why tho...
There's only one problem: Everything is hard on the violin, Even playing just a single note can be hard to do correctly (I'm not a violinist, but I imagine it is hard because you need to learn both how to use a bow, and where are the notes on the neck)
Yeah it is hard especially if you have bad technique, but like with many things practicing makes it easier. I'm not too good at playing, but it's really fun and I recommend learning.
While that's true, it's also true for many instruments. All woodwinds and brass for example. A beginner can at least pluck a violin to get a nice sound. A beginner usually can't play even a single note on a woodwind or brass without some instruction.
@@rpg_haven I have a few friends who play brass instruments, when I asked them why they chose their instruments they said that they just got to try it once, and managed to make a sound so they decided to learn it
After playing doubles bass and violin, I can confirm that the hardest part of violin is not setting it on fire as soon as a note is struck by the horrid beast
When peoples regular conversation sounds like they are speaking in headlines for buzzfeed, there’s your problem. English dumbed down to the nth degree. So much summarization you could start feeding it to Neanderthals. What is hard, it hard, me hard, hit hard, more hard.
Oof. Yeah. I feel like there are so many violinists out there, including myself, who've been in a "I've been meaning to get back into playing again" mindset for years.
It's because the first song it doesn't require that much technique; vebrato, sharp bows, string crossings, intonation, shifting. On the other hand, the second song required some vebrato along with shifting to different positions like fifth position from time to time. They also had to make sure that the beat was intact. I feel like the first one it was easier because for most of time it was the same thing, and going a higher note at a few parts. Plus, if you've been doing violin for at least two years, you'd probably get the tremolo down for the first one. The second one also had shifting and all that while having it in beat. Just because it's fast doesn't mean it's always hard :P P.S sorry for writing an essay TvT (thanks for taking your time if you did read till the end!)
Makes me miss the old days, I wasn't a violinist though, play the viola, my friends were violinist, we always battled each other proving who's better, played some tough music, I played so good
No guys, the ACTUAL hardest thing on a violin is the wood used for the body. Otherwise the strings wouldn't hold tension, and no sound would be made. So...
I was hoping the finish would've been a single down bow staccato. As I've seen plenty of okay players sound very impressive throwing a plethora of notes at the audience, but it's only when that single note asks for perfection that a general audience will truly appreciate a master.
What's really hard is giving up the idea of becoming good right away and accept the fact that you need to practice more than you are willing to and coming to terms with the fact that you'll never be good if you don't change your attitude... I mean, yeah lol I relate
The hard thing about violin is that it's a fretless instrument. You can have wonderful technique, but to be truly good at violin, you need a pitch-perfect ear. That really goes for most fretless instruments. Mad respect to all the classical strings players out there.
@@ukboss9506 There are not many deaf violinists. And they can hear their instrument to some degree. All instruments vibrate at a specific rate depending of the note played, which deaf people can feel and interpret the sound of. Most deaf musicians are percussionists, which makes sense, as the vibrations are easier to feel and separate. Most violinists however, need to hear their instrument. No amount of muscle memory or technique will suppliment a lack of pitch recognition. In fact, most tequniques will require a good ear to be truly utilized.
@@Drspoe Of course there are not many deaf violinists, that's expected as so few of the population are deaf. Those that exist disprove your assertion of needing a "pitch-perfect ear".
Hey, I played contrabass back in college and I do agree with the "pitch-perfect" statement.. but it's not "I can guess the notes precisely" kind of thing and more on "this note feels slightly wrong" when you miss a note by a quarter (or maybe an eighth)
@@FiveMCity after 20 years...a few times haha. Jazz chords are my bread and butter though. I find they're closer to how a piano would voice the chords, making it easier to come up with melodies.
dangggg that was cleannnnnnn Also, my mom is probably waiting for the day I am good enough to play summer. I could have played it after a year and a half of starting violin (around 7th grade idk) and now Im almost done with ninth and I personally am waiting for the day I am good enough to play something by Paganini XD
you could start with paganini cuz a lot of his work was just to practice violin play - the caprice's, i started playing some when i was pretty young cuz my teacher wanted me to learn stuff like that early on, cant say i regret it
I don’t know a damn thing about the violin, but I’m a musician and I can tell that’s some bad ass playing! Watching her expressions and the zone shes in to achieve Play on that level gave me goosebumps! Props!
