Violin Forum/Message Board

If you read music fluently, I would suggest an accelerated method book rather than a standard method books. Much of the standard method books relies heavily on someone without a musical background spe ...

I'm an adult beginner, not a teacher.

As a busy adult, I do not feel I have enough time in a week's worth of practice to make weekly 1hr lessons worthwhile. Lucky, I found a teacher who is willing ...

What do you mean "the curve at each end of the violin neck?" Could you clarify? I'd love to know any trick for small hands.

In first position...
I thought normally you place your thumb o ...

Depends what exactly you mean by pleasing. After a couple weeks I was able to play with much less squeeks/screeches and relatively in tune, very slowly though. Within a month I played very simple duet ...

Everyone progresses at a different rate so there is no real answer for your question. It is certainly possible for some people. However, if you intend to reach your goal, I would think more practice i ...

Since you have played before this may be irrelevant but are you moving your arm/elbow as well as your wrists? G requires move elbow movement to the front than the other strings.

This is exactly what I asked my teacher this past weekend! When performing one string crossing, I'm ok (A-E-A etc). When performing multiple string crossings (A-E-A-D etc), I find that I begin ...

Thanks for posting those two groups. I already lurk on bavs but I'll go lurk on devilsbox too =).

I can barely play an octave, much less try octave +1. Was told that I am on the border of a 4/4 but the tone and practicing on a "standard" size is worth it. I have a hard time stretching, p ...