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Learning Violin

  • 20-05-2008 3:37pm
    #1
    simonw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 648 ✭✭✭


    Ages ago i picked up an electric violin (yes i love dylan) off thomann on a whim, but never really put any effort into learning it. Has anyone here taught themselves how to play violin? i assumed i'd be ok cos i've been playing guitar years and have a decent ear, but obviously i was wrong!


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  • #2
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    I started violin before guitar.

    I would advise going for 1-2 lessons to gather where the notes are and how to use the bow. The bow is the trickiest part tbh!


  • #3
    OK-Cancel-Apply
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    A few years ago I picked up my granddad's old violin, armed only with the knowledge that the strings are tuned a 5th up from each other (meaning I could tune them quickly by ear, relative to one another), but I gave up pretty soon as I became frustrated with the technique. As Homer Simpson once said, "If something's too hard to do, it's not worth doing". :P

    As a guitarist, I'm sure you'll have no problem figuring out the notes, but as I'm sure many violin players are going to tell you, lessons are the only way.


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