Learn To Play Violin

Learn to Play Violin Who we are… We are a team of highly motivated stringed instrument enthusiasts sharing one common goal. We want to share our knowledge and provide resources for others to further their skills. Your playing is our passion. What we do… We work hard to provide helpful resources for students to further their playing skills. Currently, we are furthering our live class platform, which is unique from any other traditional way to learn…and it’s free! How we do it… We have put together a dedicated team that is constantly working to build the platforms needed to make learning fun, easy and interactive. It is all possible because of our desire and passion for exceptional customer service. Our philosophy… There are many ways to learn a stringed instrument, but many of them have potential problems. For example, private lessons are nice, but some people are too far away from a good quality teacher, and some can’t afford the cost of instruction. We want to open the door to providing more opportunities for students to improve their skills. As teachers, we all understand what it takes to learn, and we don’t want a student to get frustrated or flustered with the process. We strive to provide structure for students of all ability levels. We don’t want them to get overwhelmed, decide to quit the violin, and never come back. We instead want them to Love the violin, and want to come back to learn more. Our idea… We believe the three most important things that are needed for a student to succeed are: 1. High Quality Lessons 2. Interactive Delivery with Structure 3. Community The first point is pretty self-explanatory–we want nothing but the best video lessons to be on the site. The second point is where we are setting ourselves apart from any other learning platform out there. With the webinar classes, we give students the ability to learn from a live teacher, have the option to ask questions, and get a structured plan for what they need to practice. Lastly, we believe that having platforms that promote community are very important to encourage learning. I recommend Violin Tutor Pro to many of my private students. The video lessons are very informative and easy to understand. I think it is the best online platform to learn violin on the web. Natalie Hoffman Violin Teacher Being an educator myself, I can honestly say that Michael is a natural born teacher. He has the ability to get the most out of his students, while keeping learning fun and interactive. Jeanine Heemstra Parent Violin Tutor Pro is a fun and effective way to learn how to play the violin. I personally love the webinars as they are a great way to get your questions answered from a live teacher. Alex Gideon Student Violin Tutor Pro is awesome! I really enjoy the lessons and have really learned a lot. I recommend it to students that are interested in taking their skills to the next level. Claire DeWitte Student Free Lessons We have a nice selection of quality video lessons for beginner, intermediate and advanced players. Start improving your skills today. Free Live Classes We have violin, fiddle and viola classes for students of all ability levels. These classes are live on Go-to-Webinar, and are 100% free! Beginner Lessons Introduction – Learn the Parts of The Violin My name is Michael Sanchez and I’m the violin teacher here at Violin Tutor Pro. Today we’re going to talk a little bit about the different parts of the violin and things you need to know to get started. The first part of the violin is the strings, and there are four different strings on the violin. The thinnest string is the E String, then the A string, D String, and the thickest string is the G string. This black piece running down the front of the violin is what we call the fingerboard, which is where we put fingers down over the string. At the top of the instrument we have the scroll, and the peg box where we have the pegs that tune the instrument. Below the scroll and peg box is the neck, and below that is the top. The strings are actually resting on top of the bridge, which is connected by the tail piece. The tail piece has one fine tuner on it, which also tunes the instrument. Here we have the chinrest where we’re going to put our chin. These holes are called the F holes. In between the top and the back we have the ribs. Those are all the main parts of the instrument, and what you need to know to get started and to move on. It’s also really important to understand all the different parts of the bow. This black piece at the bottom is called the frog. That’s the bounciest part of the bow. Down here is also the button which loosens and tightens the bow. Most violin bows are made out of wood just like this bow here and this whole part up here, the wood part, is what’s called the stick. Violin bows are actually made out of horse hair, so on the other side we have the horse hair. And at the very end of the bow is the tip. These are the main terminologies and I’m going to mention those throughout this series of Violin Tutor Pro. In this series, I’m going to talk about everything that I know as a teacher. I’ve had a lot of students start off from the very beginning in my studio and I’ve seen a lot of things that people do incorrectly. I really want to make sure that we’re doing correct technique and fundamentals, so we’re going to learn that throughout this whole series. Also, we’re going to talk about things like the shoulder rest which is a tool that we need to play the violin correctly. We’ll talk about other things like rosin, and how to hold the bow, all these good things that are important to learning. 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