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've learned to hold the violin properly, you can begin to learn how to finger notes on the violin. Unlike guitars, violins do not have frets. Instead, violin players literally play "by ear" until they know exactly where each note falls on the fingerboard.
You'll start by identifying four distinct positions on the instrument. Position one is at the end furthest way from your body. Naturally the low pitched notes are here. Close to your face is the fourth position where the high notes are. The strings will be tuned in lowest to highest fashion. They are G, D, A, and E, meaning that when you play them open (with no fingers on the neck) these are the notes they play. Placing your fingers at different spots on the board will make different notes.
You play notes either by plucking them (called " pizzicato") or by drawing the bow across the strings in a long steady stroke.
Something else you'll need to know is how to read music. If this is not something you already know there are several ways to learn. You can take a class, have someone who already knows teach you, or simply by going online and reading one of the many free tutorials.
If you want to learn how to play the violin expertly, remember that this is a process that takes many years, but it can be done with plenty of hard work and practice. - 18424
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've learned to hold the violin properly, you can begin to learn how to finger notes on the violin. Unlike guitars, violins do not have frets. Instead, violin players literally play "by ear" until they know exactly where each note falls on the fingerboard.
You'll start by identifying four distinct positions on the instrument. Position one is at the end furthest way from your body. Naturally the low pitched notes are here. Close to your face is the fourth position where the high notes are. The strings will be tuned in lowest to highest fashion. They are G, D, A, and E, meaning that when you play them open (with no fingers on the neck) these are the notes they play. Placing your fingers at different spots on the board will make different notes.
You play notes either by plucking them (called " pizzicato") or by drawing the bow across the strings in a long steady stroke.
Something else you'll need to know is how to read music. If this is not something you already know there are several ways to learn. You can take a class, have someone who already knows teach you, or simply by going online and reading one of the many free tutorials.
If you want to learn how to play the violin expertly, remember that this is a process that takes many years, but it can be done with plenty of hard work and practice. - 18424
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