Not sure if I’m getting the hang of this violin. Today’s lesson was consolidating everything I’ve been taught, and hopefully learnt, so far. Starting with basic bowing on open strings, with various up bow and down bow combinations. Next up was the basic one octave D major scale, both ascending and descending. Finally playing some of the pieces in the book, more as a practice in playing the notes rather than reading music as, to be honest, reading one line of music with only a treble clef and two sharps is dead easy. Although, the concept of semi-tones on the violin takes on a greater significance than on the piano, as it is much easier to get it wrong on the violin! All in all though, after a month’s worth of lessons, I know more and am able to do more than when I started, which must be a good thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Not sure if I’m getting the hang of this violin. Today’s lesson was consolidating everything I’ve been taught, and hopefully learnt, so far. Starting with basic bowing on open strings, with various up bow and down bow combinations. Next up was the basic one octave D major scale, both ascending and descending. Finally playing some… <\/p>\n