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Learning how to play violin for beginners is both a challenging and rewarding experience for people of all ages. Yes there will need to be some regular practice involved but the beginning should be simple and fun to learn.

Many beginners learn the absolute basics of the instrument to start with. This will be learning the names of the different parts. Such as the bridge, neck, tuning pegs and sound holes, bow and strings. From here the next step is usually to learn how to hold the violin itself. Obviously we all know that the violin is tucked underneath the chin and squeezed lightly onto the left shoulder.

However many teachers may get you to begin with the violin in a banjo position and hold it between your right arm and body just like a guitar or banjo. From here you can begin to ‘pluck’ the strings with your right hand. This teaches you to learn the positions of the 4 strings, there names, there pitch and it helps to simplify the playing technique whilst you become competent at reading music.

The names of the strings are from low to high are, G D A and E. The G being the G below middle C. To begin to learn the violin you will most probably begin by playing just the open strings and not include the left hand just yet.

As a bowing technique is introduce as you learn how to play the violin for beginners, the instrument is raised onto the left shoulder and held in place with the chin. Again as you begin to use the bow you will more than likely stick to mastering the 4 open strings and avoid the left hand at this point.

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The way you hold the instrument and the posture that you maintain is critical to your progress. If you do not learn it early on you are building on rocky foundations. Take time at this early stage of learning how to play the violin for beginners.

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