r/violinist

Hii, I’m planning to start playing violin around Christmas this year, I’m 13 right now but I’ll be 14 in a month once I get it. I’m going to start taking lessons once I get my violin. My biggest dream is to become a professional violinist in an orchestra but I’m wondering if I can still be one if I start at this age. I plan to practice a lot and for at least 3 hours a day after all i tried using my friends violin and I loved it. I also plan to have classes a few days a week especially for when I start out.

I'm just curious if we have some really talented violinists here. do any of you guys have experience with this concerto?

its so good

Just this afternoon I burned through a few etudes in G and C major, and I realized I was playing the notes without difficulty understanding what they were, or having to count up from an open string, even into the third position leger notes on the E string.

Then I stopped and really looked at each note and realized I could read what note it was as easily as reading written English.

TOTALLY MIND BLOWING EXPERIENCE!!!!

Who knew it was even possible!!!

For my youth orchestra starting this year, I need to buy a black blouse for concerts. I don't know where to look because I don't want just a black shirt or a blouse with nothing but a cuffed sleeve. Also, if possible, under $35. The requirements are just that it's long sleeved, and even though it doesn't exclusively say this, modest neckline. In the past for white tops, I've bought them at Old Navy and Kohl's, but I can't seem to find any right now there.

If you noticed a similar post long before, that's because last time every comment and discussion on that thread went way outside the main topic to so I failed to get my answer.

But here, I'll do my best now to keep my question straightforward.

From many teachers' blogs and posts I have read a common thing that adults usually judge their progress, abilities a lot, and usually have analysis-by-paralysis problem, and excessive self-judgement, while young kids don't kind all this as much as adults do?

Is it true or is it just an exaggeration?

Also, last time many people began to discuss about whether they can reach professional-level too, so I want to clarify I just to verify this popular claim about "general perspective" not maximum potential.

Also, I want to consider motivation and combination of factors like amount of self-judgement, comparasion, etc as two separate factors and I am asking about latter.

Where I live, most people rarely pick a sport(not in a way you want to dedicate and inprove) and instrument, so in my life I have literally 0 adult learner to take as sample data to call this claim true or false.

I have been learning violin for a few weeks now, had one lesson and was taught bow hold, finger positions, and the C major and G major scales. (I do play piano so have music knowledge already). I won't have my next lesson for at least three to four weeks, and I want to practice before then. Right now, I'm using a tuning app to slowly play each scale and watching that for my intonation as I play, but it is a little inconvenient.

Is there any app that can listen to you playing scales and/or sheet music you upload and give you feedback on things like intonation?

EDIT: I don't mind ads but I don't want to have to pay.

Another question while I'm at it, my tuning app for my violin is designed for string by string tuning, but my teacher told me to tune a-string, then a and d, then d and g, then a and e. I think she does it by ear although I'm not sure if she has perfect pitch or not. Either way, I can't, so how can I tune in this way?

I have learnt the violin in its western form but there is another way of playing it known as the Carnatic Form.

It is played in India where finger sliding and meends are used(if you don't know about it you can search online) so I really wanna learn this new techniques and would be extremely happy to get some advice. Thanks.

I will open this post by stating that I have read the FAQ entries about getting a teacher and on resources for self teaching.

I have been playing the violin for around 10 years, but I am not as good since I have not been consistent; I play sporadically. I got into playing the violin again, but I am barred by my parents from receiving formal lessons with a teacher, due to the reasoning that "(I) know how to play the violin, receiving lessons is unnecessary". To clarify, I am still not allowed to take lessons even if I pay with my own money, as they think the money can be used for "more productive things".

I genuinely don't know what to do now. I still play the violin, though now I'm trying to maintain and improve my current technique. I'm not here to ask for a mentor/someone who is willing to teach me for free. I am aware that I can pay for myself after I move out from my parents' place. I'm just asking about what I could do in the meantime, because I don't want to remain stagnant at this level.

Supplementary information/notes:

- I am currently at Suzuki Book 4, specifically the first movement of the Vivaldi Violin Concerto in A Minor (L'Estro Armonico no. 5).

- I don't aim to become a professional, though I would like to try applying for some community orchestras in the future.

I am willing to answer more questions in the comments. TIA.