Fiddle vs Violin – What is the Difference?

Fiddle vs Violin - so what is the difference between fiddle and violin?  Really it's more semantics that anything else, almost like tomato or tomato.  A fiddle is a violin and a violin can be a fiddle. Types of music played by fiddlers include bluegrass, Cajun, country, Celtic, folk, jazz and can be distinguished by Read more

How to Tune a Violin

The video below will explain how to tune a violin from a professional violinist. There are two scenarios discussed. One scenario is when you have four fine tuners on the tail piece. Scenario two has one tuner on the E string, but no fine tuners on the G, D or A strings. Read more

Violin Video Accolay Concerto Played by 5-Year Old

Elli Choi, a 5 year old violinist, performs the Accolay Concerto No. 1 in A Minor.  Because of her diminutive size, she uses a 1/8 size violin from the Shimro Musical Instrument Company.  Apparently this performance in the violin video Accolay Concerto below is the result of only one month of preparation and practice. Read more

How to Rosin a Violin Bow

Learn how to rosin a violin bow properly the first time, unlike me.  I didn't have any guidance or instructions when I got my first violin. I took my violin out of the case, grabbed the bow and began to clumsily scrape the rosin across the violin strings.  Read more

Violin Teacher – How to Choose?

Considering getting a violin teacher for private violin lessons? You need to understand, if you have five violin teachers, each one of them is going to have five different opinions on how to do everything. Read more

Want to Learn to Play the Violin?

So you want to learn to play the violin.  Where should you start?  Whether you want to become a classical violinist or an Irish fiddlinist, you must have a goal when practicing.  Then you can list your objectives on how to reach that goal when practicing.

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