Comments on: So, she wants to play the violin….

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 20:17:47 +0000

In reply to chrisps.

Thank you! The more we prepare for it and look at kit etc, the more excited she and I are about it but little brothers can be a bit annoying, I’m sure we will have our fair share of that too!

By: chrisps

chrisps — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 20:28:52 +0000

Good luck. My daughter is into her 2nd year of violin lessons and has endured her little brother yelling at her to be quiet with his fingers in his ears and running from the room. Don’t be discouraged if she doesn’t practise as often as you would like. From my experience, practice is not a natural activity for kids – they want to DO.

Touchline Dad

By: motherofmadcatsandbabies

motherofmadcatsandbabies — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:01:31 +0000

In reply to fortyjarsfull.

Thanks. Will be going to check it all out, once the holidays have started and I have had some sleep! 🙂

By: fortyjarsfull

fortyjarsfull — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:12:21 +0000

In reply to motherofmadcatsandbabies.

Great violin shop on our high street , they also hire if I am not mistaken , we hired till she got to full size 🙂 They will measure , some teachers want to be present when measuring and fitting for a violin 🙂

By: motherofmadcatsandbabies

motherofmadcatsandbabies — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:06:50 +0000

In reply to fortyjarsfull.

Now we have decided to go for it, I am quite excited. I have just spent some time browsing various sites on violins, and working out sizes etc. She’s very pleased and I think it will be a good thing! 🙂

By: fortyjarsfull

fortyjarsfull — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:24:49 +0000

Not so sweet to start but it does get better , and yes it is hard, lots of practice is needed, but it’s a great one to learn, everything else seem less hard in comparison ?? it’s small and takes up much less space than a piano. You can also take it with when needed without much fuss , and once they get the hang of it it is rather a nice sound to have wafting through the house :), Enjoy