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| This discussion includes members-only video content Hi . I'm mostafa . It's been almost 2 years that I'm playing violin . Here is me playing lebslide the easy version :D . I would like u to help me with bowing and vibrato . I think these two are horrible in my playings . appreciate ur help . 13 Responses Posted: April 20, 2016 Last Comment: May 2, 2016 |
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Posted: May 2, 2016 |
Hi Mostafa, You play beautifully. I look forward to see your progress in the coming months. Please continue to post videos. |
Posted: April 24, 2016 |
Beth , thanks a lot for your great advise and I really appreciate your concern . It was awesome hearing back from you as an skilled professional teacher .It gave me such a relief that you thought my intonation was OK. I really loved your comments and try to work on them as much as I can to make my bowing better . Elke Meier ,thank you for your kind comment and thanks for helping me for embedding my future videos .your notes were great and will definitely help me with my future uploads . As I said before this may seem weird but it was my first upload to youtube :D . Is this song's name German ? thanks for helping me out again . By the way it's mostafa which rhymes with moderato :D . Diane , thanks for your great comments on my play . |
 Elke Meier Posted: April 24, 2016 |
Ditto to what the others said, Mustafa. Your playing was very, very enjoyable! And congratulations on tackling this piece after only two years of playing! Here are a couple of non-muscial comments: About the title. When I pronounced the title of your video the english way I came up with the right pronounciation. But I think it will help in interpreting the song if you know the meaning of the German: „Liebesleid“ – Liebe = love, s = genitive marker, leid = sorrow, so it is „Love’s sorrow“ About the embedding. Make sure when you embed the video to only choose the size suggested in the embed document (in the embed code that you copy it should say: iframe width="640" height="360" src="hat…). At one point I thought: why would I choose only 640x360? That will result in a really bad quality. But then I ended up with a post like this one where you have to scroll sideways for each entry (at least on a computer – don’t know whether it would have the same effect on a mobil phone/tablet) – and I found out that the 640x360 has nothing to do with the quality of the video display. That one is determined by how you recorded it. 640x360 only describes the size of the little clickable rectangle in the post where you click to see the video. You can change the embedding setting either manually or by clicking on the „Show more“ line under the embed code in Youtube. I don’t think you can change this post any more without loosing everything (that would be a real pity!), so this is just a note for further posts. Dianne, I also find it very difficult (but very helpful) to practice without the left hand. What I do is I put in a colored line under the notes with each string having its own color (see the example below - there I even added the rhythm so I could concentrate only on these markings). |
 Beth Blackerby Posted: April 23, 2016 |
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Barb Wimmer Posted: April 23, 2016 |
great tone |
 MariaTess Posted: April 23, 2016 |
My pinkie when tensed -stands straight like an eager soldier ready for battle... When relaxed it only rides the bow when nearing the frog and it gets off or goes straight when the bow gets farther from the frog... I think that is acceptable. |
Posted: April 22, 2016 |
Thanks alot Elieen . thanks for ur advice . I try to practice on my bow hold more . I try to keep my pinkie curved and on the bow rather than stiff and off the bow . I don't know why at the begginig I do every thing right , put my curved pinkie on the bow but as I start playing my pinkie comes off and I don't notice it , and my hand starts to tilt the bow automatically I don't know if this is normal or not . Hi Maria thank you for your complements . hahaha every one keeps telling me that its dark voice and varnish is magical . glad u liked the voice of my violin . I say thanks on behalf of my violin too :D . |
Posted: April 22, 2016 |
To dear Beth To dear Beth Hi Beth . thank you very much . I will be waiting for ur video response . sorry these are my first youtube uploads and I've got no clue . I've made it a private video unintentionally I've just made it unlisted . Is it ok ? |
Beth Blackerby Posted: April 22, 2016 |
Hi Mostafa, I was gong to make a video response for you. Can you change your settings and make it unlisted? That way Youtube at large can't find you, but we'll be able to see you. |
MariaTess Posted: April 21, 2016 |
All I can say is it's very melodious and beautifully played...So pleasing to the ears. Curious about your violin, was drawn to its sweet voice and dark varnish... |
Posted: April 21, 2016 |
photos of my music sheet http://i67.tinypic.com/9j3f5y.jpg |
Posted: April 21, 2016 |
Diane Thanks alot Diane for responding to my question . Well as I told Nick . I didn't watch Beth's video about this piece . I hade it in my book and I haven't played it in position befor . it was a simplified version of libeslide . I will put the music sheets here . your right . actually I will try to do the piece with Beth's method but the problem is I can not go further than 3rd position . :( . well as u may have noticed my violin is a bit smaller than a 4/4 violin . well I've bought it as a 4/4 violin for about 150$ . but I've noticed that it's a bit smaller than a normal one . I told my teacher but he told me because u have small fingers this violin will fit u much better than a normal 4/4 violin . So at first position I've notice that if I vibrate in a larger range my knuckles will hit the pegs and would make my E string out of tune .From then on I 'm afraid of having a wide range vibrato with my first finger . :(I haven't practice vibrato on my 4th finger much so I'm afraid to do it I guess . that was intentional . I prefer to go to 3rd position to make it more beautiful and also my 4th finger usually doesn't give me the desired sound I expect . here are the music sheets that I've played this piece from : |
Posted: April 21, 2016 |
nick Thanks a lot nick . your very kind . well actually I played this song without watching beth's video of libeslied . yeah ur right , well I don't like my bow hold cause I think I'm not getting the most of it . and still trying to correct my bow hold . my teacher tells me it's ok though . He 's not very strict and doesn't correct my bow hold . It's been a mixure of how I am comfortable holding the bow and a couple of videos I've seen from beth . :Dthank u for ur comment and I will sure work more on my bow hold . |