Ysaye’s Secret Violin Exercise

Welcome to my new violin masterclass video series BestPractice. I am looking forward to sharing my ideas on the craft of violin playing and building the artist’s technique! Today we are looking at a lesser known violin exercise from Eugène Ysaÿe. This is a wonderful part of my daily routine and it improves the control and beauty of your sound, the clarity and accuracy of your left hand, and it gives us insight into Ysaye’s music. Sheet music for the exercise ► Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome! 01:00 Exercise Overview 03:07 String Crossings 03:55 Preparing Fingers 05:32 Finger Dexterity/Clarity 07:40 Bow Distribution - (LOL) 07:45 Intonation 08:17 Step-By-Step 10:58 Bonus variation [Demonstrations] 12:00 Ysaye Solo Sonata No. 4 12:43 Ysaye Solo Sonata No. 3 13:50 Ysaye Solo Sonata No. 2 14:55 Ysaye Solo Sonata No. 5 My New E-book! 64 Practice Hacks - Oblique Strategies and Lateral Thinking for Violinists GET IT HERE ► “A comprehensive yet concise collection of practice methods for violinists. This master cheat sheet can be directly applied to all repertoire, etudes or scales.“ 🔥 Support my work through Patreon ► 🎻 Video Lessons with me ► email: theviolin@ ✅ SUBSCRIBE ► 🤵 FACEBOOK ► 💿 LATEST ALBUM ► 📻 SPOTIFY ► 🌐 WEBSITE ► 🎥 PRODUCING VIDEOS ► PLAYLISTS BestPractice Series ► Recent performances ► Timestamp outline of this video is in the comments. Background music: Constantine Finehouse playing Beethoven’s “Pathetique” Sonata Subscribe to my channel The Artists Technique and hit the notification bell, so you don’t miss any of my new violin videos! Upcoming topics include how to do musical practicing, 5 ways to speed up violin passages correctly, specialized exercises for mobility and strength for string players and techniques for musical development.