William Fitzpatrick - violin expert

Videos for Violinists: Placing the violin

Learn the starting point of playing the violin

In this new short video, Prof. Fitzpatrick gives you directions about placing the violin on your left shoulder.

Released on November 30, 2022

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Video Transcription

I was trying all kinds of ways to figure out how to hold my violin without my shoulders going up and all this. So one day after a month of trying this with a shoulder rest, da da da da da da da, I put my violin up without a shoulder rest. And it went immediately like that. With all the training I had, I went, no, back up. Back on that shoulder. Next they came. Put it. And it went immediately. And I went, whatever, just play it that way. And all of a sudden...

I could never play Sibelius from the beginning through those first four or five lines, while making one at least mistake. Well, no mistakes. I was amazed.
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Comments, Questions, Requests:

KIMBERLY OURLIAN * VSM MEMBER * on November 30, 2022 @5:20 am PST
can you play a piece for us professionally, im sure we'd love to hear you. like lalo's symphony espagnole, i so struggle with it,
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William - host, on November 30, 2022 @2:25 pm PST
Hi! Thanks for asking but I don't play publicly anymore.
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