You`re definitely not too old. I started violin when i was 23.5 years old, which is exactly two years ago. I`ll be taking violin grade 7 exams this year. I used to be a classical guitarist. I`ve been playing the guitar for 10 years before switching to the violin. I`m improving very quickly in my violin. I will take grade 8 violin next year, go on the take DipABRRSM in violin performance the following year, followed by LRSM and FRSM in the following two consecutive years. It is tough, but i will do whatever it takes to do it. If i can do it, i don`t see why you can`t.

i had my first lesson yesterday... my teacher [She`s a genuine multi-instrumentalist] took my violin...i hadn`t have any idea how beatifully they could play. Now the only thing i want to do is practice practice and learn some more :c) I`ve become addicted to violin i think :P

By the way, has anyone mentioned that you`re not too old

Just comparing notes with serious younger players (all instruments) I noticed the difference in practice time. I manage to get in 1/2 - 1 1/2 hours most days (not all). They say they practice 2-5 hours a day.

If this is true - it makes a BIG difference in how quickly you progress. I`m coming along, albeit slowly with my practice time...I`d be moving so much faster if I doubled that time.

I would just like to say how much I agree with Nox on his comments about practicing. I have respect for musical prodigies, but I have more resect for a person who practices enough to become as good as he wants to be. And thats the only thing that is going to make a person better. No matter what you were born with. A person who practices is going to be good. And that my advice for a person who really cares and who really wants to make it. Don`t be daunted by the amount of musical prodigies. You have the ability to be at their level and to even pass them up.

abaout practice: I have a gigantic amount of free time [although i`m a student] which i will gladly willing to spend on practicing. I will do whatever it takes to be the best! right now i`m playing most of the time full volume but in the evening i play with a silencer. right now i`m playing 3-4 hours a day. and i want to play some more :c) i think i just got addicted to violin :c))

Way to go girl. How`s ur first lesson ?? I am sure it`s great, rite ?? Dun worry that u are too old. I am 28 and I have juz started my lessons 3 months ago. Remember dun ever feel discourage when u dun play well. Juz practice !!

Of course you aren`t too old! Violin is a fairly easy instrument to use and if you practice hard, in a few years, you`ll be playing like a pro! I really think you should take it up. I mean, what harm can it do? You have the rest of your life ahead of you and if you didn`t start violin 20 years ago, that doesn`t mater.

My friend "Just do what your heart desires" Lol what am I saying ... to make it simple if u wanna go ahead ifyou dont then do something els no need for a delema and trust me its never to late to start my uncle started to play the Guitar at age 26 so if he can do it so can you.

P.S. If you stick with it wich I recomend Anyone+music= succes and happiness in life so go on and good luck.

HOLY SMOKES :c)))) I hadn`t had any idea playing wa so much fun I never even imagined how much fun can it be i had only 4 lessons as for now, so i`m just playing stuff like "ode to joy" and "imperial march" from star wars but it`s sooooo funny I WANT TO LEAR MORE

LOL...another happy new violin fanatic...welcome to The Club!

Thanks also to everyone that replied - I turn 23 in 2 days time and i`ve been wanting to take up the violin for a while now but haven`t had the guts to and thought it`d be too hard. Now i`ve found out that it`s not a very difficult instrument to learn, and so I`ll be starting (hopefully) my learning next week sometime!

Nate

WOAH GOOD ON YA GUYS! i do about 50 min a day and that feels like a year. how can you practice for 3 hours? and i have unlimited time.... its just i liked playing except.... how can you play for so long in one period????? anyways.... give yourself a pat on the back and the guy who said he "only" played 1 and a half hours a day, YOU STILL RULE! at least to me.

i guess the expresion `some time is better than no time` works here...

For anyone holding down a full time job, commuting to and from work, and who intends to eat and sleep during part their leisure hours, 5 hours a day just isn`t possible.

Lucky students! Practise while you can!