r/violin

Was sind die Unterschiede zwischen einem privaten Geigenlehrer und Geigenlehrer, der in einer Musikschule eingestellt ist, und auch individuell Unterricht gibt? Wir wohnen in München, vielleicht ist diese Info relevant. Danke für Eure Hinweise, Kommentare.

Should I start 3rd position?

I have played the violin for around 6-7weeks and I have pretty much gotten fluency in 1st position, I am thinking of starting 3rd position, should I move on?

my hardest songs are - He's a pirate and (1st position version)of Merry go round of life

I did practice 2 hours a day with 3 weeks of daily streak

then had missed a few days, but still even without the day off I have 6 weeks done

i had posted this in the other subreddit and I want to know the opinion of the people here too

Plz help

I began playing the violin in 4th grade and continued through 8th grade. I had to stop because my mother no longer had the time to take me to rehearsals, and practicing at home after her long workdays became difficult. When I told my teacher I was quitting, she cried, which deeply affected me because I cared about her very much. She had been incredibly supportive—she even loaned me a full-size violin and allowed me to keep it.

Years later, now at 31, I decided to return to the violin and have been taking lessons for about a year. However, I feel that my progress has been very slow—I am just now reaching the final piece in Suzuki Book 1. When I compare myself to others, it seems like they are much further ahead, which can be discouraging.

At the same time, playing the violin heals my inner child. I sometimes wonder whether I should continue or let it go.

Is this progress too slow? Or is it normal? Help 😭

My 4yo has just started (4months) learning violin and frankly I am impressed by her growth and intent to learn (she was very vocal that she want to learn violin for almost 1.5 yrs but given her age I had no idea what that meant). I have no background in classical music, but making her practice everyday has started training my ears to recognize the notes etc.. Now I understand whats going well and when its off. But I can't tell her what can she do to make the sounds more pleasent. Given her age, her teacher is very happy and impressed with her. I keep asking them what can she do better and they say it's going great. I can hear the "weeping sounds" if I may, here and there. I want to know for a beginner what should be my realistic expectation. I dont want to push her too much, let her enjoy music.. but also dont want to celebrate what's not exceptional just for the sake of it, if that makes sense. Any advice for me?

Hi! My daughter, 8 year old, loves playing the violin. She is very good at solfeggio, loves pizzicato, but struggles with the needed dexterity for the actual bow work (kind of super important when playing violin I’m sure we agree !!!). She’s now at positions 1 and 2 study (erste /zweitere finger on the susi & eddi workbook, if it tells you anything). She does have a teacher who is an amazing player and instructor (and very patient)

Any exercises or rather websites or channels you would recommend we follow (or just exercises to practice) in the time in between lessons? She does practice daily but, you know, she’s very young, this is not going to become her career (I suspect) and she goes to school full time (8 to 5) so there is not all the time in the world to practice 🎶🎶🎶. Thanks!!!!

Been playing for 300 hours. and I still can't do it...

Hi Everyone! Does anybody know of any violin instructors in the Los Angeles area (preferably affordable? 😬) that they recommend? Appreciate any input or direction! Thank you!

I'm a professional violinist and I've spent a lot of time lately thinking about why progress feels so slow for a lot of learners, even ones who practice regularly.

My hunch is that it's less about how much time people put in and more about the fact that there's no real system between sessions. You practice, something feels off, you work on it a bit, and then next time you sit down you're kind of winging it again. The same things keep coming up because nothing is actually tracking them.

I've been thinking about something to try and address this. The way it works is pretty simple — you record a quick voice note after your lesson or at the start of the week, just talking through what you want to focus on or what your teacher flagged. The app transcribes it, picks out the key tasks, and builds you a structured daily practice plan from that. Warm-up, problem spots, run-through — laid out so you don't have to think about it.

Still figuring out if it would actually be useful for learners, so genuinely curious — what does your current practice routine look like? Do you have a structure or is it more intuitive? And what's the thing that makes practice feel frustrating or unproductive for you?

Hello! Does anyone know of any historical sources that mention violin or viola played da gamba? I am well aware of mid 18th century instruments that evolved from the gamba family in order to allow gamba players (and especially women) to play violin music (I am thinking of the Pardessus de Viole and the Quinton for examples), but is there any evidence of actual violin family instruments played this way?

I am primarily a gamba player that also plays cello from time to time. I want to expand my instrument collection and repertoire access upwards into violin and viola territory, but find the "da gamba" posture to be MUCH for comfortable and expressive and I much prefer an underhand bow hold. I would love to one day add pardessus or quinton or treble viol to my instrument collection, but they are a little bit expensive and hard to come by. I also just enjoy the sweet sounds of a violin played well and would love to add it to my repertoire, even if it is in my own different way.

Any information about this would be fabulous! I have tried taking it to almighty Google but the closest I can get seems to be a few youtube videos of cellist playing violin da gamba, and a slightly condescending Google AI summary of the difference between viola da gamba and cello (lol).

Thank you all so much!