Synchronize violin right and left hands with the Goldilocks method

Be sure to grab the free worksheet that summarizes this method here:

0:00 Introduction and Sibelius Concerto
1:06 Fiocco Allegro and Kreutzer 8
2:03 Synchronization defined
2:26 Why the Goldilocks Method?
3:30 Syncing with the metronome
5:10 Left hand early
5:35 Left hand late
6:09 Cutting it closer
7:44 Discarding the metronome
8:12 Shifts: a special case
9:19 String crossings and Kreutzer 2
10:29 Impress your friends by "doing the Goldilocks"
11:02 Check for left-hand even-ness with note grouping
12:12 Becoming a detective and conclusion

[josephtramacchi]

Also noticed improvement in intonation when in sync. almost a panacea for a multitude of issues. A timely intervention in the practice session. Goldilocks rocks.

[VIOLINISTAAMADOR]

I have a lot of difficulty playing fast snippets, I know I have to study slowly and increase the speed little by little, but I can only go up to a speed later it won't. Congratulations on the super class. God bless you always.👏👏👏👏👍👍👍🔔🔔✌✌😊😁😁😁👊👊🎻🎻🎻👀👀

[violynnkuo]

“Goldilocks, quite the budding criminal” 😂.

Love this tutorial, Nathan. Will trudge my way through this exercise and attempt to become more ‘Goldilocks’. 👌😅

Your left-hand/right-hand coordination is GOALS! 🤩

[mathewkinnear]

Love the material! This will definitely be a great topic when going out and teaching! Left hand and right hand coordination is always difficult to reach to students, so the more strategies the better... I find that it takes multiple different ways of trying the same things to get EVERY student to understand and be able to replicate it. Teaching it to others always helps me to understand it better myself too!

[felixdidier]

awesome - needed something like this for Death of Tybalt excerpt haha

[robertoriggio]

This technique actually produces cool effects that you can do on purpose, not just for fixing a problem.

[TryNotHate]

If I will summarize what I have learned this day:

If you do something wrong unintentionally, learn to do it intentionally first and you will also learn how to avoid it.

[ur.kr.]

My god your playing is amazingly crisp.

[haleyschricker]

It's really helpful to have a demonstration as well as written-out instructions, thank you!

[Cesar-kxvj]

Amazing video, that's a good way to get the Bartok's batton dance. Absolute control, how inspiring you are!

[Wilescape]

Hi. I definitely find that my left hand can be too slow for my bow… like how you described in your staccato coordination video.
In what kind of situation is it more common that the left hand is too fast for the bow arm?
Thanks for your highly informative videos & great playing 😊

[bravotuttimusic]

Great video Nathan! I have this problem when I'm nervous! Definitely going to practice this strategy. Thanks!

[SteveTjoa]

I find that the Goldilocks principle -- try both extremes, then bring the extremes closer together -- works on many elements of technique, e.g. finger spacing on octaves, vibrato amplitude, shifting, contact point, left elbow position on fifths. Not only does it improve the sensitivity of our muscles and sense of touch, but it also improves our hearing, i.e. ear training, reducing the minimum perceptible differences in sound. By the way, I like your 60 fps videos. Do you sync audio and video in post, or is your lav mic connected to your camera?

[El_Cnquistadr]

The late left hand part sounds like Prokofiev 1!

[NorthWestAirgun]

Sounds like you're trying to become a Cape Breton fiddler, yes, some people play that way on purpose. Thanks for putting up this method, I'll add it to the toolbox. In a similar vein, I'll sometimes practice a passage in different time, i.e., 4/4 to 3/4 or 6/8 just to change things up, and it somehow helps nail the original timing down.

[iamjane]

Thank you, Nathan. Your videos have been very helpful to me.

[mitchellbarker]

Great advice and great sounding violin!

[UTuber]

Thank you very much for sharing this info Nate.

[abirke]

Thank you Nate! This will be a lot of fun to try out on faster string changes, particularly those involving sautille. I find that's where things tend to get a little wild for me. This video is quite timely as I intended on exploring a number of methods to gain better control over that! Do you have any other suggestions or videos that you would recommend along with this one for working on that sort of control?

[ivyssauro]

Amazing, that's perhaps my biggest issue, the fast late version sounds exactly like me 😂 will definitely work on this