There are many, effective options available online that feature videos, books, and even chat help for beginner violin students. Violinlab and Fiddlerman are just a couple of the options available. Moreover, you can purchase software programs that are specifically designed for very young students.
These include games and other activities that introduce musical concepts using age appropriate characters and similar fun methods. Group Classes —These are typically conducted at public service facilities like schools and community centers. Group classes offer the benefit of engaging with other students, which is an important part of learning violin. The key to remember is to find a method that meets your particular needs. Share this article. Search StringOvation. Connolly Music Home About us Shop our brands.
These are only a few of the things that go into maintaining the instrument. On top of learning how to clean a violin, you will also want to learn how to change violin strings and bow hair, amongst others. Many people around the world already play the violin better than you, they may even be 4 years old. While it's true that there are many amazing young violin prodigies, it shouldn't make you discouraged. Rock guitarist and ArtistWorks instructor Paul Gilbert discovered an 8 year old girl who could play a song that he wrote which is at an extremely advanced level check out our blog about Li-Sa X here.
Many people will be better than you, but this will always be the case - so best not to let it bother you. It may be a while before you perfect techniques like violin vibrato and violin scales, however that's no reason to get discouraged. It's not a competition after all, the objective when playing violin is to express yourself through the music. You are not alone. Welcome to the violin community! Violin is a community. I have made my closest friends from playing violin.
Once you start taking violin lessons , you'll also meet fellow violinists as you attend local concerts or join a local ensemble. We violinists love talking about what we're working on or what inspires us. So reach out to the community and make your voice heard, we want to get to know you! Check out the links below for more tips for learning violin for beginners. Thanks for your supportive message, Raoul! Kristy on February 2, at pm.
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Submit a Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. I sang "do". He corrected me until I got it right then told me that's unison.
I didn't get it. Then, maybe the problem is the "do" word. Perhaps "la" will work. Then he sang "la", and asked me to sing along. I knew unison!
The purpose of all the above is to let you know that there will be problems and some problems may be too specific to you that the generic guidance available will leave you with too much trial-error time before you even realize that you have a problem.
If I were you, I would set aside maybe 1 month to try self-study. Then re-evaluate. I've been trying to do just what you're discussing. I've owned a violin for several years and I'm still at the sucky stage.
I'm beyond the skinning-the-cat stage, though. I'd say that you'll get the form together more quickly if you take lessons. If I knew someone around here who gave lessons, I'd probably take them. You can learn to play the violin, or near enough any instrument, with enough time, patience and practice - teacher or no teacher.
But in my experience, the thing that really falls short in many instruments, but especially the violin, without a teacher is proper technique. Without decent tuition, you'll in all likelihood end up holding the bow wrong, the violin wrong, end up using your hand rather than your chin to support the weight, and so on. The main big problem with this isn't that it causes major issues straight off - because it doesn't.
At least, not noticeably major issues. This is in fact the big problem, because you can go on with a crappy technique for years before you start to notice it becoming an issue, but when it hits it's going to really hit, and it's going to be incredibly difficult to un-teach yourself and gain the right technique, even with a proper teacher.
Sure, it's possible, but it's damn hard. For example, without a balanced bow hold, it's nigh on impossible to get a good, fluid staccato, and could really cause your arm to ache after a while of hard playing.
You'll struggle to get a smooth, constant sound as well. A bad violin hold will make shifting positions much harder again, something you don't do when you first start and make tuning much more inaccurate. You'll also struggle to move your fingers quickly and accurately if you're supporting the weight of the violin too.
So while you don't need a teacher if you want to play the violin, I'd say it's definitely worth it - especially if you're planning on reaching a decent level. The existing answers cover much of what I would want to say but I would like to add a few points.
The violin is one of the least anatomically sane instruments. Left to your own devices, you'll end up cramping it into position, and cramping your handling into something with as few variables as you think you can manage. Once you've locked yourself into this kind of corner, it will take a lot of work getting out of there again.
The situation you describe as precluding you from engaging with a teacher consistently will also impact your ability to find musicians to play with. Learning the violin was a life goal for me. I had tried learning at various times of my life but I felt the prices of lessons was too expensive for the progress I was making so I gave up on each occasion.
However, about a year ago I came across a program that taught me how to learn violin myself through online lessons which not only was a hell of a lot cheaper but it allowed me to become a very advanced violinist in just a year of following the program. Sign up to join this community.
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