Hi all

I shall be getting my violin Monday fingers crossed, can't wait, but I was just wondering how long it takes to grasp the basics of the violin, and how long it has taken people to get to Grade 1 Grade 2 level. I would eventually like to take exams in it.

I currently play, piano (Grade 8), flute, clarinet and guitar ( as those of you who have read my posts will know).

For the violin I will probably be trying to put in at least half hour to an hour a day for practice time, and more on days when I have a bit more time!

Any tips of advice anyone can give me, in addition to things people have told me on other posts, I would be very grateful of!

Thanks

Joy

Hi i started playing violin in may last yr(2003) and i have done my grade 5 upto yet i found it ok to do at first cos i have done up to grade 8 in other things but its getting abit hard now lol

hopfuly i`ll be doing grade 6 this november if i can get my double stoping abit better


good luck

Antony, what's a double stop? It came up in one of the Grade 6 papers I was flicking through in the music shop the other day! What does the symbol look like?

Just wondering...

Double stopping is, unless I'm wrong, playing two notes at once on adjacent strings - they're written as a chord.

Hi Emma

It`s a violin playing chords 3 or more notes , it plays only 2 strings at once but moving fast with the last not of the chord fanging on :-s (just a chord)

have a look at the brandengburg concherto by bach movement 1 if you can

*hanging*

there is no symbol

well, i learned grades one and two in about three months, but thats because i learned grade 5 piano and my teacher is really flexible and also cause i didn't take exms for each grade
hope you the best
zippy

thanks

Hi. I've been playing violin for 1 year and I'm doing Grade 4 in July. I don't actually do that much practice so really you could get to Grade 4/5 within a year if you're already an accomplished musician in other instruments.