tips for someone beginning to play the violin

    
tips for someone beginning to play the violin    20:13 on Saturday, March 1, 2003          
(tyler)
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Do anyone have any tips for someone that`s beginning to play the violin?


Re: help!    17:06 on Saturday, March 8, 2003          
(Nightshade)
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Don`;t pick up bad habits in the beginning as I did. keep your left hand`s palm off the violin`s neck. hold you bow correctly curling your fingers round the stick and balancing it with you pinkie. Get a good shoulder rest so that you can just hold your violin using only your head and shoulder, though keep ready to catch just in case.
Good luck, it took me 10yrs of playing I started enjoying it, so have patience.


Re: tips for someone beginning to play the violin    22:45 on Monday, July 11, 2005          
(Tabitha)
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All i can say is at first i started playing the violing as a cruel joke to my mother because she refused to let me play the drums after a year i became first chair and was in the all city in junoir high i have not played the violin for over 10 years but practice does make perfect like the old saying says and i wish today i could find a violin and sheet music so that i can play again (brother broke mine) if you can not find a sholder rest cheap a old washcloth and rubber band work just the same lol keep practicing and dont ever give up wish i still had mine to play good luck


Re: tips for someone beginning to play the violin    03:48 on Friday, January 6, 2006          
(Cliff)
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Yeah, Try not to fall into bad habits.. like about, palm off the neck! Its best to have someone show you how to move your bow, while bowing, keep your bow straight and use your wrists in a fluid motion. I was doing that alot when I started. Most importantly, make sure your violin in always in tune when you play!


Re: tips for someone beginning to play the violin    10:07 on Sunday, January 8, 2006          
(AnhMy Tran)
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Trying to fall in bad habits, and I fell in some anyway.
How can I avoid them?

I fell in some bad habits, and I can follow the lessons,
and I can peform some musics. Then I overcome the bad habits later.
It requires a lot of effort. However, they may not really habits,
for the newbee may not have any habits at all. I think only experts
have habits.

Now, I am thinking, which amongst the two is the better:
1- Keeping out of bad habits from the beginning
that makes learning almost impossible?
2- Letting the bad habits take you, to learn easy things first,
then correcting bad habbits while continuing with your lessons?


Re: tips for someone beginning to play the violin    10:48 on Sunday, January 8, 2006          
(Michelle)
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Staying away from bad habits in the beginning is better because it`s really hard to correct them later. It took me three years to fix my habit of not bowing parallel to the bridge and not using full bows and it was very frustrating for both my teacher and me.


Re: tips for someone beginning to play the violin    05:24 on Monday, January 9, 2006          
(folkfiddle)
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Get some lessons from a good, enthusiastic, patient teacher. And... don`t hesitate to branch into other styles after you get started. You`ll have fun playing jazz fiddle, folk fiddle, bluegrass fiddle, etc. There is much more than what many violin teachers will tell you.
Have fun!
http://www.folkfiddle.com


   




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