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 ARCHIVED TOPIC: Joe Venuti Shows His “Four String Joe” Technique at Home, 1973


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The Violin Beautiful - Posted - 06/24/2025:  09:45:22


This is an old video I’ve kept in my YouTube watch list for years. I watch it every so often for its depiction of Joe just fooling around for fun and displaying the famous technique. A lot of people have copied it, but no swings like Joe Venuti!

Enjoy:
youtu.be/W3gAypnheyo?si=Q1v3ttc_gQNfay1z

brettzke - Posted - 06/24/2025:  19:00:03


Jaw-dropping! Thanks for the link.

ChickenMan - Posted - 06/25/2025:  09:51:15


That is super fun, he sounds like a whole orchestra!

The Violin Beautiful - Posted - 06/26/2025:  09:46:33


It can be used for a church organ style as well. Venuti was versatile enough to be able to get a variety of effects out of this technique. He might have been demonstrating it in his parlor here, but it’s not just a parlor trick!

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