Developing and producing sound on your instrument is a journey inside your mind and inside your hearing. To really create a sound you love and are comfortable with, you need plenty of space and peace within your practice; take things slowly, don’t put pressure on yourself and take the time to hear and feel things clearly.
The sound we make is the most personal thing about our playing - everyone’s tone is unique. No two violinists sound the same, nor should they sound the same. Be inspired by other musicians’ sounds, of course, but remember to be yourself. The route we each take to developing our own sound is a voyage of experimentation and discovery: rewarding, completely engrossing, and of course it can also be frustrating at times! But it is about finding a balance and remembering to take the time you need to work on it.
The videos have been generously supported by ESTA UK, MiSST - The Andrew Lloyd Webber Programme, and Oasby Music Group and I am very grateful for their support.
Huge thanks to our media partners Classic FM, The Strad, The Violin Channel and WQXR who will be sharing the videos with their audiences each week when released.
Finally, these videos wouldn’t have been possible without an amazing team: Scott Jaeger, our film maker, Laura Gardiner, our Education Manager, Rebecca Driver, PR Manager and Hannah King, Online Media Manager. I want to say a huge thank you to all four of them for being with me on this journey.
If you have any questions, or you want to know more, leave me a message in the comments.
Nicky
00:06 Producing Sound
04:12 Contrasting Sounds
06:26 Experimentation
12:31 Exercises
16:21 Collective Sound
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Notes from the Film:
To see more of Julian Rachlin teaching, this would be a good place to start:
Julian Rachlin | Bowing Masterclass | Part 2 | 'Optimum bow angle, contact point & change technique' • Julian Rachlin | Bowin...
To see more of Pinchas Zukerman teaching, you could start here:
Violin Position - Bow In & Out (Pinchas Zukerman) - • Violin Position - Bow ...
Kreutzer Studies referred to in the film can be found here:
imslp.org/wiki...)
RU-vid links:
Below are the links to the clips used in this film if you want to find out and watch more:
Beethoven Kreutzer Sonata No.9 - Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Fazıl Say - • Beethoven Kreutzer Son...
En Aranjuez con tu amor - Andrea Bocelli - Concert. One Night in Central Park - • En Aranjuez con tu amo...
Nicola Benedetti: Beethoven on period instruments - • Nicola Benedetti: Beet...
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 - Julian Rachlin - Orchestre National de France - Daniele Gatti - • Shostakovich Violin Co...
Pinchas Zukerman, Marc Neikrug: Johannes Brahms - A major Violin Sonata No.2, Opus 100 - • Pinchas Zukerman, Marc...
Janine Jansen: "Melodie" (Pyotr Tchaikovsky) - encore 30.03.17 - • Janine Jansen: "Melodi...
Nicola Benedetti Masterclass at RWCMD - Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 by Tchaikovsky - • Nicola Benedetti Maste...
Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor - I. Vorspiel: Allegro moderato (Zukerman / Mehta) - • Bruch - Violin Concert...
Vengerov - Waxman - Carmen Fantasy - • Video
Cadenza- Beethoven violin concerto - Anne Sophie Mutter - • Cadenza- Beethoven vio...
Milstein plays Brahms - • Milstein plays Brahms
Hilary Hahn - Glazunov - Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 82 - • Hilary Hahn - Glazunov...
NCO: Symphony No. 5 - 1st movement, Tchaikovsky - • NCO: Symphony No. 5 - ...
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