u/motomotou

I have been learning the violin for a while now and am at the varnam level. Lately I have been listening to veena concerts and the sound is absolutely beautiful to me. I want to start exploring the veena, and have found the contact of a local teacher too. Should I wait for a few years and hone my violin playing before starting the veena? Or is it possible to learn both instruments simultaneously without getting overwhelmed? How do multi instrumentalists or vocalist-instrumentalists structure their practices? Do you practice both daily?

I am 6 ft and get neck pain while playing, so planning to buy a scroll extender. Has anyone tried the aadhaara 3d printed one? It looks very promising but I am looking for someone who has used it and can review it.

As someone learning carnatic violin, It is interesting to see so much variation in the way expert violinists hold their bows.

I have noticed two things so far:

1)Some violinists hold it quite a distance away from the frog (famous example would be A. kanyakumari and some of her disciples) and some hold it close to the frog.

2)Placement of the pinky finger on the bow. This is where I have seen a crazy amount of variation.

Some artists keep it slightly curved, some keep it almost completely straight. Don't know exactly how to describe this but some bend their pinky (slightly concave?) against the bow (famous example would be Akkarai Subbulakshmi).

Some keep it on top of the stick and some keep it towards the front, kind of wrapping it against the bow, like the ring and middle finger. I can't find the link again but I even saw a video where the person kept their pinky under the stick, on the surface the thumb rests on.

I have noticed that seemingly small changes to the bow hold make a noticeable difference in tone. It seems that western violinists have a more rigid opinion as to how someone should hold the bow. How come there is so much freedom in the carnatic style?

I have been learning violin online for about 6 months. I have no problem playing on the first and second string but when I try to reach the 3rd and 4th string my hand becomes strained and the swaras do not come out as smoothly as they do on the first two strings. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong?

I need an experienced carnatic violin teacher (who teaches beginners as well) in Delhi, anyone who has leads please help me out.

I need an experienced carnatic violin teacher (who teaches beginners as well) in Delhi, anyone who has leads please help me out.