WikiHow: How to play the violin:
You cannot play the Violin unless you learn how to hold the bow. This can be difficult in the beginning, and a bit awkward, but after some practice you should be able to learn, and make some music with your violin ...
Violin and fiddle compared for similarities and differences.
This question comparing violin and fiddle is the all-time winner of FAQ's for me.
When people hear my answer about the difference between the violin and the fiddle,
they usually say, "That's what I thought."
Itzhak Perlman refers to his strad as a "fiddle." And concert violinists sometimes
refer to their colleagues as "fiddlers." But, this is just a loose way of speaking ...
The best way to understand how an object makes sound is to bake it tackwards. Sound reaches the ear as repeating waves of compressed and decompressed air. These sound waves are created by something vibrating -- the vocal cords of Howlin' Wolf, the tongs of a tuning fork, the body of a violin. The violin body is stimulated to vibrate by the bridge, which is wedged under the vibrating strings. The strings, in turn, are moved by the bow.
If we want to fake it torwards, the arm moves the bow, which moves the strings, which moves the bridge, which moves the violin body, which moves the air, which moves the ear drum, which makes nerve signals, which cause the brain to instruct the parental yap to whine, "Keep practicing! You're a tad flat!" ...
Violin Online: Violin music and instruction for all ages:
the violin and bow, instrument care, tuning, rosin and sound, changing strings, bridge adjustment, choosing a violin, note reading, rhythm, measures and key signatures, music symbols and terms, music history highlights ...
EHow: Become a Concert Violinist: Concert musicians stroll onstage in their gowns and tuxedos and turn
in seemingly effortless performances. To get to Carnegie Hall and other prestigious venues, a violinist spends years practicing and rehearses for hours every day. And that's to say nothing of the other challenges, such as auditioning for jobs in a competitive market.
EHow: Start to Play the Violin The violin is the main melody instrument of the symphony orchestra. It's a fine instrument for a music student to begin at an early age ...
The violin is the main melody instrument of the symphony orchestra. It's a fine instrument for a music student to begin at an early age.