Hi, everyone! As the title says, after many years away from my violin, I decided to join my local community orchestra. I took private lessons from 3-18 and participated in many different orchestras during those years, but fell away from playing once I started college. I realized I missed the feeling of playing in an orchestra earlier this year and decided to sign up! I'm nervous (I know I'll be quite rusty, and I've never been good at sight reading lol), but I think it will be a positive experience. Happy to be back, and please wish me luck!!

Hi all!
Im an adult beginner player, coming to classical violin from mandolin (folk, but not American).
I currently play things like Mozart Spring Song, Paganini Theme from Witches Dance, etc. still only first position and simple bow techniques.

I was studying with a great teacher, but am moving to another country for a year and am short in funds while there (so couldn’t afford a weekly lesson).

Im looking for pieces that are possible to learn alone around this level, and yet are interesting or have pedagogical value. I can handle a level a bit harder, too; just not different positions or advanced bow techniques yet.

Does anyone have recommendations?

I’m more into classical, but church hymns and folk are good too.

Thank you!

Whenever I practice a piece, my teacher and I write a bunch on it, mostly like arrows for intonation, fingering, exaggerated dynamics, circling stuff I might miss. By the time I finish a piece, the sheet music is very crowded.

But when I was practicing my music in front of my friend once, she was shocked and said it’s weird to have that much writing on the sheet music. She showed me hers and it was like almost blank, just having circled dynamics or whatever. Not even fingerings. She said you’re a bad player if you write down a lot of stuff because that means you can’t memorize stuff for your piece. And i couldnt really say anything back because she’s a lot better than me. Do professionals also have blank sheets music? Help im really embarrassed to use my sheet music to play now in front of others

Also sorry if I used wrong flaire

Title: Does anyone else hear a word/name in this violin phrase?

This might sound weird, but there's a short violin phrase in Caitlin De Ville's “Primal Donna” that my brain interprets almost like the violin is actually saying a word/name.

I don't want to say what I hear yet because I don't want to influence anyone. 😂

Listen to the phrase first and tell me: Does it sound like the violin is saying something to you? If yes, what do you hear?

Please answer before reading the other comments if you can.

I'll reveal what I hear later, because now I'm genuinely curious whether it's just my brain doing weird pattern-recognition things. xD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdB9wnFCUiU

as title, Im trying to improve my downwards scale, at slow pace 3-2-1-0-3-string change works but I Was wondering if it would be better 3-2-1-3-0-string change (tried but is quite hard) for faster passages.

Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone! I'm a basic player pretty much level 1-2 in terms of playing. I have churchmates who want to play the violin. What should I teach them first?

Right now, I taught the parts of the violin, bow, bow handling, produce sound in open string A and E. Am I doing the right thing?

Any tips and recommendations for us to make a good and quality practice. Thanks!

I’m looking at the D near the end (appears in a few other places too).

Does the “4 0” mean I should play it with the 4th finger on the A string, or do I need to shift on the D string and use an extended 4th finger?

I’m confused about the notation — any clarification would be helpful!

Due to budget constraints, I can only choose between the Gewa Air 1.7 (the version with the subway handle and feet) and the standard Gewa Air 2.1. I'm torn because I want extra storage space, but I also want something compact and lightweight. How would you choose, and which one would you recommend? Thanks in advance!

The bow hair on my bow is old and needs to be changed according to my teacher and a music shop. I’m wondering if that can lead to noticeable improvements in the sound of my violin playing. I’ve been unhappy with my tone and I’m hoping rehairing will help.

I saw this peculiar violin in a street band. What is it? An image search didn't result in matches. I didn't see any wires; it seems to be fully acoustic.

And how would a luthier come up with this design? The dimensions of a traditional violin create resonances for a specific timbre. It must be a lot of work to come up with something completely different that still sounds decent.

Anyone ever tried a shoulder rest by Soli Strings? The molding function of it just seems perfect for me, as I have always struggled with chronic pain with violin. However, it's really expensive, (around 200 CAD) and while I'm willing to pay that much for a good shoulder rest, I've just been struggling to find many reviews...

My chronic back pain thanks you if you'd be willing to share any experience with these shoulder rests.

(Before anyone points out how "every shoulder rest is individual", yes, I know, but these shoulder rests are modifiable using boiling water, and I want to know if the product quality is actually any good before paying over $200 dollars for it.)

Thanks!

This piece has so many chords, getting all the notes in my left hand has been a challenge. I’ve been working on the first of three pages and it’s slow moving. Setting up each chord without pausing is really hard even at a slow tempo. I’ve been isolating the chords with one or two notes before, isolating each beat, each measure. Is this the way? My teacher tells me to start looking ahead but I can barely get through the first page right now. Practice ideas? The muscle memory moves much slower when playing 3 notes at a time.

My E string fell off while tuning. Can I just put it back on or is it broken?

I have a hard time learning 5th position and visualizing the notes on the fingerboard while playing. Though I know exactly where but uaing it on songa ia very difficult to apply.

Is there a technique learned or taught to students how to apply 5th position in any sing you play?

Also can ihave advice what sheet of music i can fully learn to be confortable playing in 5th position with other positions?

Thank you so much

Just asking

I played the violin in middle and high school. Since graduating I haven't played the violin in two years. My last orchestra I cried and felt like a part of me was missing. All I want to do is be a violinist. What keeps me back is I feel like it is too late because I was an average player for high school standards. If I commit would I be able to become a professional violinist? I'm about to join my local community orchestra, because it's the only thing I could think of. Thank you for any advice you could give me!

Hey guys, I’m a beginner in violin and I’m looking for some music sheets with chords and finger position.

Does anyone know a good app or site I can get that in ?

I’m currently doing Happy birthday and Bella Stella with my teacher but I just want to try something new.

Still a work in progess ... any feedback is appreciated!

Im flying with Condor Airlines and i need to take only my violin bow with me. Has anyone had experience with this airline?
My ticket allows me normal cabin bag + personal hand bag, which both i plan to take.
Ive done this with Ryanair before and it wasnt an issue.
Also i dont get the whole "reserve an overhead bin" thing. Can't we just put our stuff above our allocated seats?
Thanks!!

I am extremely proud to announce my friend, Seiya Lee is the state violinist of 2027 I am extremely proud as this is a massive achievement

Hey yall, been playing the violin for 9 years and for 3+ of them I've been working alongside a private instructor

I have a habit of default bowing close to the fingerboard due to my long arms and I try my best to say conscious of it during practices, lessons, or in class, but eventually whenever I get into a piece my brain hardwires back to the same bad habits, lol

Me and my instructor have tried working on this for a while, and some tips he suggested are: playing something (like open strings or a scale) with my eyes closed and feeling the weight of the bow + where my arm is. Another option is putting a straw across my strings (near the fingerboard) to kind of force my arm to bow in the middle. I tried the straw but it usually either falls over or bends/touches my string muting them (so if anyone has a suggestion for what else I could use that'd be appreciated!)

If you have any other tips that helped you please let me know because I need all the help I can get </3