A Helpful Guide for Buying a Violin I know that the most joy in my life has come to me from my violin. Albert Einstein Imagine sitting in front of a crackling fire, sipping on a glass of red wine and listening to the soothing and heart moving sounds of a violin. Doesn’t that sound amazing? […]
6 June 2023∙6 minutes reading time
What You Should Know Before Buying Your First Violin If you're in any way familiar with the Monterey Jazz Festival, you've surely heard of Jean-Luc Ponty. Many credit this French-born jazz violinist with pioneering violin technique in jazz music; others accord him the loftier title of Father of the Jazz Fusion genre. It's not like[…]
24 August 2021∙7 minutes reading time
Violin for Beginners: All the Tips You Need The fiddle or violin is one of the most challenging instruments to learn and even though it requires hours of dedication and practice, it can be extremely rewarding especially you have hopes of becoming a concert violinist. Of course, when it comes to learning violin for beginners,[…]
18 June 2021∙8 minutes reading time
Learn Violin and Make a Dream Come True “A gift without technique is nothing more than a dirty habit” - George Brassens (1921-1981), Le mauvais sujet repenti. For many, learning to play the violin is like a dream come true, it’s also a natural calling when almost everything in your DNA seems to be shouting,[…]
15 June 2021∙6 minutes reading time
Although it may be difficult, with a good teacher, practice, violin lessons and perseverance, you can learn to play the violin!
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The Different Violin Instruments Do you know the violin? Well, the violin is but one instrument in the family of violins which includes the viola, cello, and double bass. It is interesting to know how these instruments in the violin family differ considerably from each other yet work together to form the traditional orchestra. Let’s understand[…]
10 June 2021∙7 minutes reading time
How To Learn The Violin And Where Let's say you've always yearned to play a musical instrument but, for whatever reason, you simply never got the chance as a child. Now, master of your own destiny, you intend to satisfy the need to express your artistic side by studying music and learning how to play[…]
15 April 2019∙13 minutes reading time
Which Works Of Art Are Inspired By The Violin? Culture is not only food for the soul - Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres The violin is one of the most famous instruments in our contemporary society. Piano, clarinet, double bass, oboe, guitar, every note of these instruments, even played with genius, does not resemble the violin,[…]
16 January 2019∙7 minutes reading time
How Do Violinists Play Around the World? “If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of human thought.” - Helen Keller The violin, viola, and cello all originated in Europe and Italy, in particular. So does that mean that the violin is played in[…]
18 September 2018∙7 minutes reading time
Top Tips for Learning How to Play the Violin The violin is often thought of as one of the harder orchestra instruments to learn and is seen as inaccessible to many. Of course, this becomes less true by the day. In recent years, new ways of learning have helped bring the violin (or fiddle) to[…]
26 February 2018∙7 minutes reading time
Learn More about the Violin’s Great History Buying a violin or fiddle is good, knowing your instrument is better. As both a 16th-century invention and a musical instrument, the violin is an amazing object and full of history. From Mozart to Vivaldi via Lully, the violin underwent several changes and luthiers like Stradivarius (one the most[…]
23 February 2018∙7 minutes reading time
The violin is one of the smallest stringed instruments. It’s made of wood, has 4 strings (metal or nylon wrapped in aluminium/silver), and is held on the left shoulder by the violinist’s chin.
Violins make up the largest section of an orchestra.
Their role is to play the melodies and some of the best solos. The violin is an agile and adaptable stringed instrument and that’s why it’s king of the orchestra.
In addition to being one of the most important members of an orchestra, the violin is also one of the most popular solo instruments.
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