BEGINNER VIOLIN LESSON

Congratulations if you have made it here in your quest to start violin

lessons for beginners. You might wonder what to expect during the initial stage of learning the play the violin. You may have psychological fear as you do not know what to expect. This may cause you to delay learning this wonderful sounding musical instrument.

Do not worry. Here, I will go through what you can expect when you start violin classes for beginners.

For young children age three to six, we may plan lessons of thirty minutes each. The reason being young children typically have shorter attention span. Some kids may start fidgeting after a short time period. So an experienced teacher skilled in making lessons interesting, will be important in guiding a young kid to progress smoothly. Tactics used to make lessons lively include singing and clapping exercises for rhythmic training, helping the child relate to music note reading via the use of animal names to identify notes, rewarding the child with stickers on completion of a musical task and so forth.

Adult learners may start off with lessons which are either forty five minutes long, or an hour long. Frequency of lessons are typically once per week, although some adult students prefer to plan lessons two times a week initially, so as to progress faster. An alternative to that is to plan back to back lessons of one and a half hours each, once a week. Each student’s time commitment is different but as a general rule, we recommend minimum frequency of once a week for lessons.

Violin lessons for beginners also entail aural training as well as intonation pitching. If one can sing and pitch correctly, one has a higher probability of playing the violin to perfect pitch. The teacher may use a piano, or an intonation trainer to coach aural singing. My advice to my violin students is not to be shy about sight singing during lessons. Imagine that there is no one in the practice room and just sing. Even if it is initially off pitch, just go ahead and practice. The violin teacher can assist to help the student to pitch properly only if the student sings. The ability to sight sing will aid the student tremendously to sight read and play correctly, faster.

I hope that after you have read through the above points, your will have clarity on what to expect from the initial lessons.

Keen to join our violin classes for beginners? Call +65-98137769 to arrange. We can arrange lessons either at your home, our teacher’s studio or at our music studio at Sultan Plaza.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • How easy is it to learn the violin when starting violin lessons for beginners?

    Whether it is easy or difficult depends on the student’s mindset and will power to learn. This applies to anything one embarks on, not only violin lessons. Bowed strings instruments are comparatively more complicated as you need to learn how to draw the bow across the strings to produce good tone. So it takes quite a number of beginner violin lessons for adults, and many hours of good quality practice before one can master it confidently.

  • How long will it take to learn the violin, after starting beginner violin classes?

    Different people progress at different pace. Give yourself 3 to 6 months to get your foundation right, with weekly beginner violin classes. 1 year to 3 years to progress to intermediate level. 3 years to 6 years to advance level playing. After that you can go for master violin classes with one of our maestro level violin teachers at Stradivari Strings.

  • Can I self-teach myself the violin?

    I have met some students who try to learn the violin from watching youtube videos. It is not easy to pick up the subtle techniques needed to play the violin fluidly and produce good tone. You will need a violin teacher to instruct you and give you instant feedback and posture adjustment. As such, it is best to sign up for beginner violin lessons so as to get your foundation right.

  • At what age is it too late to learn the violin?

    The earlier, the better. Having said that, I have adult students in their 50s, 60s, and 70s who have started beginner violin classes and progress really well. So there is no such thing as being too late in learning the violin. If you have the interest, seize the day, do not procrastinate and contact Stradivari Strings to book your beginner violin lessons.