Thinking of Learning Violin as an Adult? Watch This First!

hello everyone and welcome back to my

channel so the truth about learning the

violin as an adult what no one is

telling you learning the violin as an

adult is completely different from

learning as a child there are challenges

that nobody warns you out about but also

huge advantages that maybe you haven't

even considered so in this video I'm

going to tell you about the honest truth

about what it takes to learn the violin

as an adult and how to make sure that

you succeed so truth one progress is

going to feel slow and that's absolutely

normal one of the biggest reasons I

think adults quit is because they think

that they're just not improving fast

enough but here's the thing violin

progress is slow for everyone even kids

I can guarantee Solution One change how

you measure your success instead of

thinking I should sound good by now

focus on the small wins like better bow

control uh cleaner string Crossings or

improved intonation Etc so if you're

improving even 1% each week you're on

the right track solution two why not

keep a video log I've said this before

in previous videos so you don't notice

provement from day today but if you

record yourself once a month you're

going to see exactly how much you're

improving and progressing truth two your

hands are going to feel a bit clumsy at

first if you've never played an

instrument before as holding a violin or

bow is going to feel completely

unnatural at first and that's normal

because your brain and your muscles are

building brand new connections so

solution one to help you expect

awkwardness Don't Panic if your hands

feel stiff or uncoordinated or you can't

just you just can't get it right the

more you play the more natural it's

going to become solution two start with

simple exercises before tackling full

pieces focus on bow control drills slow

scales finger strengthening exercises

all those kinds of things because

they're going to help build the

coordination gradually and solution

three be patient with your Bow hand

which is your right hand most adult Lear

leers Focus too much on the left hand

but bow control is what actually makes

you sound good spend time on Boe

exercises early on it's going to make

everything much easier later on down the

line and I cannot tell you how true that

is truth three and here's the big one

you're going to sound bad for a while

and that's okay this one's a hard one to

accept but it's true is your violin's

just not going to sound Pleasant at all

at first and that's absolutely normal so

Solution One understand that even the

best violinists in the world once

sounded bad no one just picks up a

violin and sounds amazing on day one

unless your name is mozar obviously it

takes time to develop a good tone

solution two focus on clean playing

before fast playing so rushing through

your pieces is going to make you feel

frustrated so instead work on slow

controlled bow strokes and placing those

left hand fingers carefully clean slow

clean playing is always going to sound

better than fast messy playing solution

three play open strings daily simple

exercises like long bow Strokes on open

strings they're going to help you

develop a solid tone before even

worrying about notes truth four

motivation is going to come and go so at

some point you're going to hit a plateau

where progress just feels stagnant and

you might even consider quitting and

that's completely normal we've all been

there Solution One find inspiration

listen to violin music that you love

watch performances on YouTube you know

learn a piece that you've always wanted

to play a matter the difficulty staying

inspired is going to keep you going even

if you have something really really

difficult on the side you know it will

motivate you to want to get that violin

out the next day and the day after and

so on solution two set yourself some

mini goals so instead of saying I want

to get better set smaller clearer goals

like I want to play this phrase cleanly

by next week or uh I want to shift into

third position smoothly solution three

don't rely on motivation build

discipline sometimes you're not going to

feel like practicing and that's fine

pick up the violin anyway even if it's

just for 5 minutes as those small habits

are going to build long-term progress

and finally learning the violin as an

adult comes with it does come with

unique challenges but the biggest

difference between those who succeed and

those who quit is simple it's

consistency keeping going keep going

take it one step at a time and you will

improve I guarantee you so let me ask

you this question what's been the

biggest surprise for you in learning the

viol as an adult let me know in the

comments underneath this video and

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and thank you for watching and I'll see

you in the next video bye