Mazas Etude no. 2 : Tutorial

In this tutorial I explain how to do the different bowing in this etude to express the musical contrasts.

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[chrisma]

Totally love the way you teach this 😊 I got some different instructions for some parts but it's still quite helpful for the martelé. Thank you ❤

[robertseath]

Excellent. Thank you. Perhaps you might do some tutorials on other Mazas etudes. Of all studies leading to Kreisler, the Mazas etudes seem to me the ones most often transcending technical issues to reach genuinely high musical quality. Number 2 here is a good case in point.

[binahdelille]

Hello Vivolin I don't how to thank for this tutorial. You doing a lot for me. Because i like also this etude and you give me the possibility to work on. Thank you for Time.

[vivolin]

Hallo! I am answering a comment which for some reason does not show up in this comment thread. The question was how to identify the use of martele. Martele is ususally indicated with a dot on top of the note. Same as spiccato. It is the character, speed, context and sometimes knowledge of tradition which tells us whether to play martele or spiccato.
The other question was about fingerings for diminished 7th chords. The book that could help you best is probably the Flesch Scale System. There are several fingering combinations for diminished chords there.

[mathildemaijer]

Excellent! Coming week I will study this etude again, following this video. Looking forward to your next videos; hopefully you make a course of this, and pick the best bowing etudes from Rode, Wohlfahrt, Kreutzer, Mazas and Dont. One etude every two weeks would be a perfect rhythm for studying them.

[binahdelille]

Good Morning Vivian. Ca you please post the sheet music with the fingerings you use for this Etudes. Thank in advance

[bchill]

Sorry to comment-bomb your videos this week. By coincidence I've been fingering Mazas 3 this month.
--Is there a way to identify when the martele stroke is musically appropriate (by marking or character)?
--Is there a book that shows the pattern of fingering diminshed and dimished 7th arpeggios in positions 1, 2, 3 (without using open strings)?

[chrisma]

This is great but it seems my sheet music is different as to bow technique on some parts ❤

[binahdelille]

Hello Vivian, is it possible to have this etude with your fingerings on PDF, please