My new 4 string.

Digital Black · 11-10-2004, 10:46 PM

:p

I give a lot of credit to the people who play these. It's extremely hard at first...

Digital Black · 11-10-2004, 10:47 PM

Color got messed up because of the pic compression...

Metal Ken · 11-10-2004, 11:17 PM

Nice. i got one of those, natural violin color, though. Too bad i havent bothered to paly it yet, since im so busy w/ guitar.

Chris · 11-11-2004, 11:45 AM

Very cool!

Vince · 11-11-2004, 01:17 PM

Gotta love orchestra instruments. I played viola for a few years when I was younger and I recently took up the cello. Good to see a fellow musician branching out! Violins sound fantastic once you know how to play them!

Vacant · 11-11-2004, 11:01 PM

I've been considering violin myself...

macalpine88 · 11-12-2004, 06:33 AM

i played one before, but its hard to figure out were your fingers go. if i bought one it probably would just collect dust

Digital Black · 11-12-2004, 04:28 PM

I just learned to propley Rosin a Bow... Now I gotta tune it which I have a feeling is gonna be hard..

macalpine88 · 11-12-2004, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sephiroth000

I just learned to propley Rosin a Bow... Now I gotta tune it which I have a feeling is gonna be hard..

is it tuned GDAE or some wierd other tuning

GuitarGod1036 · 11-13-2004, 12:21 PM

Good luck....seriously. About 12 years or so ago, I had gotten a violin for Christmas and ended up taking lessons from a lady who plays with the New Orleans Symphony. She was awesome. I, on the other hand, sucked balls. From my experience, violin is probably the most difficult stringed instrument to manage, much less master.

If you want to learn in a guitar mind-to-violin mind perspective, check out books about mandolin for learning the notes and fingerings and such. Mandolins are strung the same way (GDAE) and the finger spacings are about the same. Same way as if you play guitar or bass, you'll be surprised how naturally easy it is to play cello.

Then there comes the right hand. BOWING IS A FUCKING ART FORM. Holy cow, you need to remember like seven different things at once just to bow correctly. So, good luck there, too.

One thing that pops into mind since I had a bunch of lessons was that the first day my teacher put position markers on the neck. This was supposed to help, as you would expect, but I found that from years of guitar playing it was better to not have them and just kind of used my guitar instincts to feel where the notes are. Dude, violin is a beautiful pain in the ass. Enjoy.

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Vince Vince is X!!! • Super Moderator • Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 7,555 Real Name: Vince Main Seven: Ibanez Rig: Rocktron / Mesa Thanked: 99	Gotta love orchestra instruments. I played viola for a few years when I was younger and I recently took up the cello. Good to see a fellow musician branching out! Violins sound fantastic once you know how to play them!

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macalpine88 ss.org Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Indiana Posts: 724 Thanked: 0	i played one before, but its hard to figure out were your fingers go. if i bought one it probably would just collect dust

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Digital Black Divinitus Infallibilis • Super Moderator • Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cleveland , Ohio Posts: 6,642 Real Name: Lord Andrew Main Seven: 2005 Ibanez RG1527BLK Rig: Rocktron + rack gear Thanked: 30	I just learned to propley Rosin a Bow... Now I gotta tune it which I have a feeling is gonna be hard..

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GuitarGod1036 ss.org Regular Join Date: May 2004 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 37 Thanked: 0	Good luck....seriously. About 12 years or so ago, I had gotten a violin for Christmas and ended up taking lessons from a lady who plays with the New Orleans Symphony. She was awesome. I, on the other hand, sucked balls. From my experience, violin is probably the most difficult stringed instrument to manage, much less master. If you want to learn in a guitar mind-to-violin mind perspective, check out books about mandolin for learning the notes and fingerings and such. Mandolins are strung the same way (GDAE) and the finger spacings are about the same. Same way as if you play guitar or bass, you'll be surprised how naturally easy it is to play cello. Then there comes the right hand. BOWING IS A FUCKING ART FORM. Holy cow, you need to remember like seven different things at once just to bow correctly. So, good luck there, too. One thing that pops into mind since I had a bunch of lessons was that the first day my teacher put position markers on the neck. This was supposed to help, as you would expect, but I found that from years of guitar playing it was better to not have them and just kind of used my guitar instincts to feel where the notes are. Dude, violin is a beautiful pain in the ass. Enjoy.

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