Playing The Violin - The Basics
If you've always wanted to learn how to play the violin, you can. Of course, most people think that it's best to start when you are quite young, but really, you can learn how to play the violin at any age.
Taking private lessons from a qualified teacher can help, but starting out you may do just as well learning the basics from a friend or relative that plays. For instance you don't need a pro to teach you how to hold the instrument, yet this is very important. Get this wrong and you'll be very uncomfortable. You may be tempted to quit before you really get started, or worse, you could even suffer some form of stress injury. So let's do this right. Start by putting your left arm under the body of the violin. Hold the neck with your left hand and curl your fingers over the neck. Your hand and fingers will be on top of the strings and the the chin rest on the instrument will be between your chin and left shoulder. Take the bow in your right hand an you're ready to go.
Once you are in the proper position you'll need to learn how to play the notes. You'll quickly notice that there are no frets like many other stringed instruments. That means you'll be learning the notes by ear. That may sound daunting but it won't be too long before you'll know where every note on the fingerboard is located.
For this, you'll need to identify four positions on your violin. The first position is located the furthest away from your face and has low pitched notes. The last in fourth position is the highest notes and is the furthest up the neck. The strings themselves are tuned to specific notes; lowest to highest, they are tuned at G, D, A, and E as "open" strings, whereby there are no fingers pressing on the strings when you play. Other notes can be played by placing your fingers as instructed by your teacher at various places on the strings themselves.
There are two ways to play these notes. Most start out by plucking them. This is called pizzicato. The other way most people are familiar with is by steadily drawing the bow across the strings in a long stroke.
You're also going to need to learn how to read music. You have several options for this. The easiest would be to get a friend or relative that already knows to teach you. You can also hire a professional, take a class, or just search the Internet for one of many instructional sites.
Understand going in that the violin is not an easy instrument to learn. It will take plenty of practice on your part before you are really good. But that's OK, it's worth it because it's a fun instrument with a beautiful sound. - 23806
Taking private lessons from a qualified teacher can help, but starting out you may do just as well learning the basics from a friend or relative that plays. For instance you don't need a pro to teach you how to hold the instrument, yet this is very important. Get this wrong and you'll be very uncomfortable. You may be tempted to quit before you really get started, or worse, you could even suffer some form of stress injury. So let's do this right. Start by putting your left arm under the body of the violin. Hold the neck with your left hand and curl your fingers over the neck. Your hand and fingers will be on top of the strings and the the chin rest on the instrument will be between your chin and left shoulder. Take the bow in your right hand an you're ready to go.
Once you are in the proper position you'll need to learn how to play the notes. You'll quickly notice that there are no frets like many other stringed instruments. That means you'll be learning the notes by ear. That may sound daunting but it won't be too long before you'll know where every note on the fingerboard is located.
For this, you'll need to identify four positions on your violin. The first position is located the furthest away from your face and has low pitched notes. The last in fourth position is the highest notes and is the furthest up the neck. The strings themselves are tuned to specific notes; lowest to highest, they are tuned at G, D, A, and E as "open" strings, whereby there are no fingers pressing on the strings when you play. Other notes can be played by placing your fingers as instructed by your teacher at various places on the strings themselves.
There are two ways to play these notes. Most start out by plucking them. This is called pizzicato. The other way most people are familiar with is by steadily drawing the bow across the strings in a long stroke.
You're also going to need to learn how to read music. You have several options for this. The easiest would be to get a friend or relative that already knows to teach you. You can also hire a professional, take a class, or just search the Internet for one of many instructional sites.
Understand going in that the violin is not an easy instrument to learn. It will take plenty of practice on your part before you are really good. But that's OK, it's worth it because it's a fun instrument with a beautiful sound. - 23806
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