I have been so obsessed with the violin for a while, I have always been into classical music. I want to buy a violin and take it up, I know it will be hard but I really want to try. Any advice for starting to play? Merci!
I have been so obsessed with the violin for a while, I have always been into classical music. I want to buy a violin and take it up, I know it will be hard but I really want to try. Any advice for starting to play? Merci!
I have been so obsessed with the violin for a while, I have always been into classical music. I want to buy a violin and take it up, I know it will be hard but I really want to try. Any advice for starting to play? Merci!
I hope not, because I think you'll learn to play it very well!I want to play the violin so badly!!
I started to learn the viola at the age of 32, and played it for ten years. I was fortunate that when I went to Teachers College I got into their orchestra after learning it for just one year, and the leader was good. He told me to start playing just one note in a bar at first, and as I gained confidence I became better at playing in an orchestra. I play in that orchestra for four years. In my last year at Teachers College I played in the local orchestral society.I have been so obsessed with the violin for a while, I have always been into classical music. I want to buy a violin and take it up, I know it will be hard but I really want to try. Any advice for starting to play? Merci!
Agreed. One can eat an elephant only one bite at a time.Stick to practicing, at least an hour each day. I currently play piano as a hobby, but at most half an hour each day. Trying to do it more though because I'm never going to get really good at it unless I dedicate more of my time to it.
Your initial goal should be consistent, daily practice.
That's how I learned the banjo and the mandolin. I can't play them in a very fancy way - I play the banjo like I play the guitar, and I know just three chords on the mandolin. But I enjoy making a joyful noise!I'm not a violinist, or really any kind of musician at all, but I understand the desire. For me, it's that I've wanted piano lessons my entire life. Ever since they sent home those flyers from school when I was in first grade... oh how I wanted it. At day care after school, where they had an old piano, I would bang on those keys constantly. I was only pretending to play. I know I sounded awful, but I had no teacher, and lessons were never provided. Left a big hole in my life. Over the years, I learned on my own to read music, and where the notes were on the piano. Eventually I could plunk out a few tunes by ear, but I always wanted to learn to do it *right.*
So now, having received an inexpensive keyboard last Christmas, I am practicing daily by watching YouTube lessons. I'm still awful, and I'll probably never be great, but I'm a lot better than I was on day one.
If you can't afford an instructor, maybe there will be YouTube videos for playing violin also.
Your grades will improve as you spend more time practicing. As you learn to "accomplish" music through repetition and practice, you will understand, hands on, that repetition and practice is the key to learning everything. You will watch less TV.Thank you both very much. I am going to make myself a schedule so I can fit violin in since I’m always studying for school , but I need a hobby