Markov Violin Method for Smarter Scales

Today we’re looking a few very powerful pages from the Albert Markov Violin Method which will make you a fingerboard master and upgrade your intonation. It’s one of my favorite additions to the typical scale system, and my friends, it’s rather simple! Sound too good to be true? Let’s see.

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==VIDEO CHAPTERS==
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - The point of scales
02:26 - Markov scale routine
03:25 - [Alternate video angle]
04:50 - The hand frame
05:40 - The 4 levels of scale patterns
10:20 - Even sound in scales
12:12 - Slow & fast approach
13:48 - 4 powerful variations
16:17 - 7 bowing patterns to use

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[سلطانمحمد-جت]

This video has a variety of information. I have not seen anyone with the same skill as you in making a video that explains to us a large amount of complete information with extreme accuracy. Thank you very much. Your follower from Jordan, a beginner violinist.

[violindylan]

That’s why it is so difficult to sight read any music by Prokofiev: the scales in his music are often times stepping out of all patterns you are used to and that you expect. I remember breaking my fingers and fall into desperation when trying to find fingerings to perfectly manage all of the countless scales and runs in his opera “The love for the three Oranges” at the beginning of my trial year at the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. That was hard work! 😂

[imgeceren]

Because the distance between the notes are much larger on the guitar, I did and taught this 1-2-3-4 as a chromatic scale through the entire fingerboard, just like this.. It's a good way to warm up, but doesn't teach you the positions the same way the violin does.. This is a brilliant way to get to know the fingerboard! I'll work on this with my violin starting tomorrow. Thank you so much for making a video about it!

[Ciaccona]

Your picture video quality is exceptional!

[fatiflowero]

I had to pay lots of money for online master class for my daughter! Just found ur video by coincidence it turn out to be way better that what we paid for!! Thank you for ur time and ur very well done video!!

[theluckyfivejazz]

Daniel delivers again! as a jazz violinist this is how i typically do scales. improvisation is better done with less shifting in the classical sense. maintaining a single strings sonority isn’t so important.
also !! this can be done with arpeggios! take a G major arpeggio and play it through the positions.
love all the variations and bowings and ways to practice you give here !🙏

[rosemontstrings]

Stumbled on this searching for Alexander Markov and left with something I will use for a lifetime. Brilliant stuff Daniel!

[chrisizzy]

Hence me being a beginner at violin BUT semipro at guitar i can speak out of personal experience that practicing scales is the backbone to each and every virtouse technique. I played scales on the guitar for countless hours with the effect, that everything afterwards was just a walk in the park to play.

Thank you very much Daniel, for giving me the "keys" to unlock this on the violin aswell. I will practice this for the next months/ years and am really curios how far this will bring me and how fast it will be in the end.

Best.

[bclement]

I was introduced to this mode of doing scales when I was a freshman in college on viola through Heidi Castleman's scale book. Seems so simple, but it was completely transformative for my playing!

[everlin]

Wow l really love Daniel classes. I hope next time he will practice on vibrato.
Thank you so much Daniel.

[colet]

Very informative and explained in a very personable manner. Thank you this wonderful resource ❤

[personalnotesmusic]

Excellent way to think of scales! Thanks for sharing.

[aMaudPowellFan]

Thank you so much for sharing this scale system, among other exercises, and HOW TO WORK IT. You have so many inspiring beautiful powerful performances on your channel. I appreciate how you take us into your practice lab and teaching studio and demonstrate what these performances are built on. It is generous and probably very courageous. I know no other performing musician or pedagogue who does something remotely similar.

[SunilKumar-efel]

Sir, very useful and effective your teaching methods and the information about the practice tips.

[joseaugustoalmeida]

Thank you Daniel for your enormous contribution and for sharing this more consistent information. Greetings from Brazil.

[Constitution]

Subscribed because of that masterful intro.

[FinaleFantasy]

Always happy to watch these, and they always make me excited for a better practice coming up

[violinhunter]

Wow!! This was a wonderful presentation which could have easily gone for an hour or two. I knew about the Markov method but had never actually seen it. I wonder if it's still in print. I know Markov's son Alex who is famous for his Paganini Caprices, especially the 24th. Albert Markov will soon be 90 years old. The bowing example you give at 11:45 is actually used by Pekka Kuusisto in performance!! The interesting thing I have concluded about sound is that its innate - it comes from within. (I have two pupils who are sisters - one is 11 and the other 14. They have been studying for about three years each - they began at almost the same time, about four months apart. The 11 year old has a much better sound than the 14 year old, although I have taught them almost exactly the same way.) I only teach beginners so I will immediately put this scale method into practice as it is pretty simple to memorize and super useful!!! I wish I had discovered it years ago. Bravo, as always!!! Thanks for all the magnificent and inspiring videos.

[verak]

Thanks, Daniel! It's much useful for me. ❤️

[mariadasvattamakaljosephma]

Very good and informative details.
Thank you very much 😊🎉