With Nicky - 'Ask Nicky'

'With Nicky’ becomes ‘Ask Nicky’. I’m answering some of the great questions you have all asked us so far. After recording it, however, we realised we never actually answered the most asked question! ‘What is your shoulder rest?’ The super duper attentive amongst you may have noticed a change over the series 😩 sorry guys! Now I use the Pirastro Korfker shoulder rest.

Please keep asking questions and sending us your clips – we would love to hear from you.

TIME CODES:
00:28 - Warm Ups for Arms, Muscles and Fingers
02:24 - Overcoming Left Hand Squeeze When Vibrating
03:49 - Overcoming Violin Shake When Vibrating
04:56 - The Challenges of the Violin Sounding Different to the Player and the Audience
08:09 - What is on Nicky's Bow?
08:35 - How to Take the Relaxation Tips on to the Stage
10:10 - How Does Nicky Prepare Before a Concert
11:41 - Bow Shakes When Nerves Kick In
13:56 - Strings
14:06 - Process for Developing Arm Vibrato for Those with an Entrenched Wrist
15:08 - How These Lessons Apply to Viola, Traditional String and Other String Instruments

Links to videos mentioned:

Elena Urioste’s Warm Ups linked to in Back to Basics -    • Warm-up with Elena Urioste  

Vibrato Parts 1 & 2 -    • "With Nicky" - Vibrato   and    • "With Nicky" - Vibrato Part 2  

Developing Your Sound (bow distribution) -    • "With Nicky" - Developing your sound  

Equipment Video -    • "With Nicky" - Equipment  

Traditional Playing – Aly Bain (sorry spelling mistake in the video...🤭), Duncan Chisholm and Mark O’Connor: https://www.markoconnor.com

To contact us (‘With Nicky’ enquiries, please email Education Director): https://www.nicolabenedetti.co.uk/con...

The videos have been generously supported by ESTA UK, MiSST – The Andrew Lloyd Webber Programme, and Oasby Music Group and I am very grateful for their support.

Huge thanks to our media partners Classic FM, The Strad, The Violin Channel, WQXR and Charanga who will be sharing the videos with their audiences each week when released.

Finally, these videos wouldn’t have been possible without an amazing team: Scott Jaeger, our film maker, Laura Gardiner, our Education Director, Rebecca Driver, PR Manager and Hannah King, Online Media Manager. I want to say a huge thank you to all four of them.

Film produced by www.jaegerfilm.com