Thanks for checking out my blog! In my first post, I want to share with you a few basics that you’ll need to know when it comes to learning to play violin. I have only been playing for around eight months now, but already have learned enough to play with a small, local band, and also a local orchestra. I hope that my tips will help you. Take into consideration that I taught myself to play at home – without having to take violin lessons.
If you’re trying to teach yourself violin, you need to know the major parts of the violin. The instrument that you’ll use to play the violin is called the bow. It consists of the “stick” and the “hair”. This is very important to keep in good shape, because it will directly affect the quality of music that it plays.
On the violin itself, you need to know a little bit about the strings. Violins consist of four strings – the E-string, A-string, D-string, and G-string. Each string, along with where you place your fingers on them, are going to produce a distinct pitch.
Once you have the general basics of everything down, and are ready to learn violin at home, you need two very important things – a good system for learning, and practice time.
It is recommended that you get at least 30 minutes a day in on practice time, but I always try to get 1 – 2 hours’ worth of playing. I find it really important that I do my practicing in a quiet location or room, because any distraction seems to totally throw me off. Don’t try to practice somewhere where you are going to get easily distracted. If you do that, you’ll find that it will take longer to teach yourself violin than you planned for.
Later I’m going to try and make another post talking a little bit more about methods to learning violin at home. I’ve never taken violin lessons, and don’t think you need to either. Check back tomorrow for my next update!
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