How To Play Violin

How to play the violin can be a difficult, challenging but very rewarding experience. The beginning will entail close effort to master posture, holding the instrument, creating good quality sound and reading music.

Holding the violin is crucial and many people learn to hold it like a banjo to begin with. Referred to as the banjo position. It is tucked and held under the right arm, just like a banjo allowing the player to pluck the straings with the right hand thumb and get used to reading and playing some basic open string notes.

Once this has been mastered then the violin is raised and placed between the left shoulder and chin. The left arm is then curved under the neck of the violin and the hand arches around and over the top of the strings.

This is where the player will begin to learn how to play the violin by holding notes down on the instruments neck. Much like a guitar player only there are no frets on the neck. The player must use their ears to pitch each note correctly and use muscular memory to memorise the note and finger positions.

There are 2 main ways a violinist creates the sound.

1. This is with the bow. It is drawn across the strings in both directions, known as up bow and down bow. This can be varied to create different lengths, volume, timbre and shape.
2. The second is similar to the banjo position where the string is plucked with the right hand fingers. This is called pizzicato and creates a short stoccato sound.

What you read above is only the start of how to play the violin and it is going to take regular practice to become a proficient player. Consider taking some online violin lessons in order to reach your true potential. They are surprisingly affordable and you often get the chance to learn with someone as famous as Eric Lewis.

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