Vibrato, the Basis of the Left Hand Technique | Dounis Method

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Unlike most teachers, Dounis believed that the vibrato was the basis of the left hand technique and not just an add on for musical purposes.

The vibrato exercises that he made are in my opinion the best ones out there. If you haven't seen them before, I know that some of them will be different than what you're used to. But I really encourage keeping an open mind when trying them because I think they are very effective for teaching and mastering the vibrato.

These quotes by Dounis also provide some interesting insights as to his opinion on the vibrato:

“The vibrato is the basis of the left hand technique. It is not merely an added achievement, purely for expression. Unfortunately the opposite has been stressed. When one hears a violinist with some deficiency in the left hand, the cause is, most of the time, an incorrectly produced vibrato.”

I asked Dr. Dounis if he preferred a wrist vibrato, and his reply was, “Only with the wrist, never with the arm. The forearm moves, but the impulse is at the fingertips, which activates the wrist. The arm follows sympathetically.”

Taken from this interview: http://www.masterthecello.com/blog/d-...

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0:00 Basis of Left Hand Technique
0:23 Rubbing Exercise (Primary motion)
1:44 Rotation Exercise (Secondary motion)
2:54 Isolating the Initial Impulse
4:24 Pizz Exercise
4:57 The Uncontrolled Shake
6:03 Passive Left Hand
6:24 Getting rid of Tension
6:55 The Ideal Vibrato
7:12 Paganini Cantabile