r/violin

Hello, everything is in the title, i'mworry about the pegs inflate because of humidity and break the head of my violin🙂

Ayuda! Cuando empiezo a investigar escalas para practicar me encuentro con mayores y menores, 4 posiciones para las escalas, cosas llamadas arpegios, círculo de tal nota, incluso que de sostenido y termino hasta mareada :( Mi pregunta abarca más que la inicial: con qué empiezo primero? Qué son los arpegios? Las posiciones cambian algo?

Tengo muchas dudas en el violín pero estoy dispuesta a aprenderlo, por favor ayúdenme a entender esto~ TT

My bow is broke with my original violin, what's a good place to get a new one that is beginner friendly and wont break the bank but will still produce quality sound. (i also have like chunky brick like fingers, so if there are some for big hands that would be a plus).

How long doest it take you guys to finally be able to play a song on violin? Like in hours since you might play an hour a day or 8 hours a day

Hey everyone hope you guys are doing good today or tonight. I wanted to start playing violen. The max I want to spend rn is $100-$200 any recommendations on what kind of brand to get?

hello everyone,

i'm a drummer and saxophonist so i have no idea about violins, but i'm looking to buy a violin for my mom, since she used to play back in high school and i think she'd enjoy being able to play again. she hasn't played in a while, so i'm not looking for like an extremely nice violin, just something she could enjoy and relearn on/ will last her awhile.

from knowledge of buying other instruments, i've learned that buying used can be very good, is this the case for violins too? are brands like yamaha still big with violins?

also, i'm asking this now but i'll probably buy it later (maybe around her birthday so i have enough time to save up.) i'd say budget is around 800 maybe? (please correct me if that's too little)

can somebody point me in the right direction?

thanks!

So, like the title says, I just figured out that I have held my violin incorrectly for the past 5 years. For context, I have participated in orchestra classes since 3rd grade. I’ve always liked the orchestra teacher, but they have never seemed interested in actually teaching valuable skills to the class. Not many students care about participating, so I am among the best in my class. This is by no means an accomplishment, nor am I a fantastic player, but I have always loved classical music and want to become better at my instrument. So, since my way of holding my violin has never been corrected, I always assumed that I was doing it right. Until yesterday.
Yesterday, I decided to begin learning vibrato to be more prepared for the material in the upcoming school year. I watched several tutorials with the growing realization that I hold my violin with my arm while I am supposed to have been supporting it with my shoulder/chin. How do I fix this? 5 years of practicing the wrong technique is kind of hard to reverse, and I don’t want to fall behind in class because of my stupid mistake. I’m sorry if this post doesn’t make much sense. I’ve been panicking about this for hours and need advice. Thank you!

hi all! i'm not exactly new to the violin; i'm 22 and got one for my 17th birthday, but it wasn't the greatest quality and i was unable to learn properly because of it. it was a cheap black violin, not sure where my parents got it, but the tuning pegs were impossible to keep in place, so once i finally got the cheap thing tuned, it would be out of tune by the time i got the rosin on my bow and was ready to play. i took it to a shop and got the problem fixed slightly, so i could practice for a bit, but then my A string broke and i haven't touched it since i was maybe 18.
i recently started donating plasma for extra money, and i'm getting into this show called metal family where the main character played the violin in his childhood. it got me wishing that i had started learning sooner, but i realised i can just start now, since i've got the extra money coming in and could buy a new one instead of trying to get my shitty one fixed.
so my question is, how do i avoid making the mistake my parents did, and not accidentally buy a total piece of garbage that won't stay in tune? where did you guys get your violins? ideally i'd like to order one on amazon, but i'm not super picky. if i could pay it off in installments that'd be great too. any recs from amazon or similar sites so i can pick up playing for real this time? thanks in advance, sorry for the long post :))

Does anyone know a video that could help atleast introduce me to it? I still get really confused trying to read or play sheet music..

like after setting up the violin and everything and the string names what do i do now???? Like i don't know