Learn the VIOLIN ONLINE | Lesson 5/30 - Learning the open string notes
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MATERIALS NEEDED FOR LESSON 5:
1. Your violin & bow
2. LESSON 5 - Open String Exercises
This sheet is in the 'Lessons 1-10 Resources' folder. You can click on the 'START HERE' pdf which will tell you what you need and for which lesson, if you're unsure: www.onlineviolintutor.com/les...
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MATERIALS NEEDED FOR LESSON 5:
1. Your violin & bow
2. LESSON 5 - Open String Exercises
This sheet is in the 'Lessons 1-10 Resources' folder. You can click on the 'START HERE' pdf which will tell you what you need and for which lesson, if you're unsure: www.onlineviolintutor.com/lessons-1-10-resources
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I noticed the u hold your bow at different angles?
Exercise #1 4:36
Exercise #2 4:50
Exercise #3 5:34
Exercise #4 6:00
Exercise #5 6:15
Exercise #6 6:54
Hi Allison... Loving ur video so much.. I could not find the link to download the exercises.. Pls assist
Sandhya Jayaprakash I know this is late but it’s on the link in the description, it’s right before the comments it says openstrings.pdf I had a hard time finding it but it was right there it’s just a small little link and it comes to the page, hope that makes sense if you didn’t find it before
Thanks a lot for the timestamps, Eesa :)
Dude, I was just about to do the same thing.
Having trouble making the transition from A to D sound right in number 4
Wish me luck
Hi Allison, where did the downloadable PDF go? I know it's been awhi!e, but I don't see it and I was looking forward to playing along.
I am 68 years old with no music knowledge. i had my father's violin refurbished. Thank you so much for this online program, i am excited to learn to play, i love music!
I'm 11 years old and yesterday my student violin arrived. I got a little discouraged because a lot of people start playing the violin ages 3-7, but then I read some comments seeing people who are in adulthood learn the violin. That motivated me to learn the violin. When I unboxed my violin, the first thing I did was search up "unboxing violin", then I stumbled upon you. Thank you for these FREE online lessons and PDFs!
Goood luckkkk!!
They motived me too. Good luck!
Good luck!! Don't worry I'm 17 and just started playing😅
I've always wanted to learn and here I am with my first violin a few weeks from my 34th birthday so you're never too old to try. Like anything worth doing just know you will probably struggle for awhile but staying with it is how you get good.
@@fushi_neplease same
Just retired and now learning the violin.. Fab You Tube page...
Ditto! 😁
Me too! And I thought I was crazy! 😂
I just did these exercises for the first time, 40 min strait.. In my bathroom with mute on because its 11pm and kids are sleeping . So, see, everything is possible. And exercises are amazing. My hands hurt now, I'm so stiff, but I'll get better. Living a dream because of your awesome work, so thanks a million @The Online Piano & Violine Tutor
P. S: I love the sound of my Stentor II, you did a great review
Merima Stepanov Love the Stentor II
Violin mutes are a thing?! This will very well save my partners/neighbours ears, thanks! *goes off the Google violin mutes*
42 years old and never even hold a violin before. Just got a new student violin and working hard to learn this amazing instrument.
I'm 50....same as you totally new!
I am there with ya
I've managed to screech my way through all lesson 5 exercises for two weeks straight (correcting myself in front of mirrors and with videos), and I think I'm starting to sound a lot more decent (meaning my family doesn't look like they've missed an emergency dentist appointment anymore). Super happy - moving on to lesson 6! Thank you, Alison! 🎉😂 xx
my parents bought me a violin when i was little but i never actually learned how to play it. Now since it's quarantine and i'm done with school i finally started learning to play, thank you so much💖
omg same
My desire to learn the violin is about a decade long. I've watched from afar and now feel like i'm ready to learn. I setup my first student violin at 27 years old this evening and i'm relying on your easy to understand and laid back method to keep me going. I'm hoping this will help my mental health. I donated because I cannot believe this is free :)
being in quarantine finally gave me a reason to start playing violin, and your videos have been super helpful c: thank you so much for putting these out here!
Same here!!! I'm so thankful she has these videos out. Got my fiddlershop violin this week and love it.
isolation gang!
Same !
I picked up the violin using the same impetus. And yes, these videos are great.
Nope UwU
I started learning a while ago but stopped and am now motivated to continue :D
I'm very late to the party but I finally decided to buy a violin because my dad wouldn't buy me one! I was so eager to learn but everyone who offered to teach me would ask for a FORTUNE! your videos really helped me become more in tune with my musical side ..and more in tune with hitting the right notes of course ;)
amazing Alexa for pursuing your dream to play the violin well done! Stay very patient and consistent as the months and hopefully years go by you will enjoy it more and more! 🎻🙌
this is very helpful as we are in quarantine and I am not able to see my violin teacher so thank you😘😘😘😁😁
Its been 4 days for me and I'm making progress. For some reason excerise 3 seems harder than 4 and 5 due to the way you have to transition from the D string to the E string
I'm stuck at lesson 5 .....i keep doing mistake all time.
I haven’t picked up my violin for a few years and I picked it up and tuned it a few weeks ago.
Been at it for a little over a month and having fun with it, even just doing open strings 😁. Glad to see other fellow quarantine musicians
@@torquegaming6573 same
Ling Ling practices 40 hours every day
Hello fellow Ling Ling.
@William Kilambwe That's the joke
@William Kilambwe woooosh
*fistbumps*
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Been working on this for a week now. Playing the notes isn't so hard. Playing them accurately is. Playing them musically... very difficult. Really great exercise. I'm improving in a lot of small ways every day. What a wonderfully complex instrument!
Will scratchy notes hurt the violin or just my ears?
lol! just your ears and the neighbors dog!
If you do it over a prolonged period of time, it’s gonna hurt all over your body.....
Thanks to your neighbor, family and neighbor’s dog....
If u get what I mean
My roommate asked if we lived near a train track
Nah sis, I just have a new hobby...
yes.
both
Don’t know why it took an 65 years to start playing the violin, but it made a huge difference to look at the notes while playing; it made me get the muscle memory for bowing. Thank you.
BTW - got your books. Cheers.
Right, well, I'm finally nearing retirement and, in my 50's, realizing a dream I've had since my early 20's of learning violin. I've had the instrument for about a week and I am FINALLY getting the hang of the 4th lesson. The 1/8 notes really messed with me for a while. Haha But, I'm getting there. Still not making smooth transitions, but that's to be expected I reckon. Onwards and forward!! Thanks so much for putting together this series!!
I've been watching your videos up to this point. I love the way you teach. This is day #3 of having my violin, and although I'm sure my neighbors are plotting my demise,I can't wait to continue learning with you!
I'm 27 and I've always wanted to learn and now I finally am! It's an amazing feeling.
im 29 !! just got mine today. so grateful for this lady
since im like you just bought it and almost same age ,, i want to know if you are still playing it , and if u can play a song or still badie :D
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Esecuzione sublime
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I'm 24 years old and I play three other musical instruments (meaning I know how to and have experience but I wouldn't say I'm good at them these days due to a lack of practice) but I've been wanting to learn violin for a very long time but it's often been too expensive of an instrument for me. I finally got my hands on a used student violin and when I found this course for free/very low cost of books I was over the moon! These exercises are super great, I used to scoff at doing exercises as a kid/teen but as an adult I see the necessity of them and I'm so happy I have the opportunity to learn such a beautiful instrument. I just have to remember that I'll sound bad for a long time before I sound good!
Quit playin' when I was 11 years old. It's been 19 years and I just got my hands on a student violin last week. I'm thrilled!! Your lessons are great, and surprisingly some of the 'old muscle memory feels like its coming back. Thank you for the materials, and I look forward to becoming a member soon!
Thank you, Alison, for doing this. I have just started learning violin at age 45 and regularly come to your tutorials.
My favourite moment in this clip is at minute 4:48 when you finish exercise one and turn to the camera and say "pretty simple".
Similar here. Enjoy!
Good luck for you.
I'm 39 and I've started learning the violin 2 weeks ago.
It's absolutly fabulous. It's hard but I'm loving it.
I’m 60 and so excited to start. Picked up my first violin yesterday.
Dang u guys are oldddd
The still at 4:48 says it all
Hello, i want to thank you for providing therse lessons. Im 54 and have never learned to play anything. My music interests have changed over the years and I decided to learn violin.
I had become very discouraged about learning even after taking lessons at a local shop. Im a truck driver so I could only get about one lesson a month and my schedual is....random at best.
I searched all over the web for lessons that I could fit into my rutine. Thats when I came across you. I am parcticing lesson 5 and taking my time. I want to get thrugh these first set of lessons before I become a patrion or purchace anything else. But I had to drop this note to tell you how gratefull I am so far.
40 years playing the guitar. 55 years old here. Decided to learn the violin last Friday. Purchased all of Ms. Sparrow's violin books. I have to remember the key phrase in this tutorial... "move before you bow". I tend to move and bow at the same time, makes my scottie run out of the room . Thank you for the video tutorials.
I've dreamed of playing violin forever. My sweet old neighbor lent me his and I followed you lessons and played for 2 hours the first time. it;s a tough instrument for sure but you explained it all so well, I feel like i can do this!
Thank you so much Alison for posting these awesome videos. I just started playing about a week ago and I’m working on these exercises. Thumbs up from those who think exercise 4 is the hardest!!!
I’m a first year music teacher & your videos have been AMAZING for my class & private students!!
I just bought your complete course (lessons 1-30) and I'm so excited! ❤ As so many people here, I'm a busy parent with long hours at work, so I bought a violin mute and I'm now practising in the car during my lunch break or whilst waiting for my daughter, in our poky bathroom late at night etc. The only downside might be that I probably sound a lot like the girl in "American Pie" as soon as I start talking about my violin ("This one time, at band camp ..."). 😂 Thank you for so much joy, Alison, it's appreciated beyond words! Xx
I watched your videos many MANY years ago with my daughter when she was taking lessons here in the states. She (5 years old) did them for about a year but it was just not her instrument so I sold the violin and moved on but I always secretly wanted to learn. Jump forward 5 (?) years and I found a really beautiful 70 year old violin at an antique shop, had a luthier set it up for me and looked for you again and was so happy to find you easily on youtube again. I remember the happiness I had the first time I tried one of your lessons and was amazing I could "play" a note or two. Looking forward to doing it again but my kids keep asking to play the violin as well so I'm going to make them watch your videos if they are determined to "play" with it. Early music education is amazing, she can play the piano and the the oboe and the French horn and I think thats all connected back to those early violin lessons and piano lessons.
My first violin is coming in the mail tomorrow, and already I can tell I am going to be stuck here for a while.
Nothing wrong with that--much better to learn each stage properly before moving on.
Doing this at the moment with my violin. I'm actually not doing as badly as I was worried about doing. Thank you for your help, Alison Sparrow. 👍👏🎻
I’m 60 years old and play guitar, bass and just learned piano. Now I am taking on violin. Such a beautiful instrument and sounds. Thank you so very much for the lessons
You are such a blessing, 3 years ago i had a violin teacher but he
wasn't that great, so i dropped out, and now im 12, and i really wanted to go back playing the violin, but before i bought one, i was listening and learning from your videos and it really helped me a lot... i appreciate it thank you so much ❤❤
Wishing you all the best and look forward to improving thanks to your lessons!.....My number one tutor...may all the happiness be with you, in a world where everything is about money what you offer here is pure GOLD
Updated just on time! Bought my violin just a few days ago... thanks :)
me too!! just in time!
Me three!
Ditto! Starting off with a rental, but I just got it on Saturday and I'm so excited! :)
Hi Allison, thanks so much for your lessons. I realized that I wasted my money enrolling on a face to face violin class when I can just watch your videos and learn. You are so much better than the previous teacher I had. She focused more on teaching rhythm for 5 sessions instead of playing the violin. I love the way you teach, it works for me. Again thank you so much 🙏❤
Thank you I have always wanted to play the violin since I got one for Christmas when I was 8 now I am 10 and we have not been able to get a teacher thank you because I can now teach myself.
Having you play along with really helps when to bow up and down. I've been practicing for about a week just studying and learning my violin, but after this video and the print out sheet I feel like I'm really getting somewhere. Thank you SO much for you tutorials. For those if us who can't afford lessons this is spot on.
Hey do you think you could share how you got the pdf to open? the link seems to not want to load it for me
@@enigma9358 she's updated the link to the PDF it should just open in the browser. I use an Android and have the Adobe app for PDFs. The only work around I can think of, if I may, is to screen shot it. I hope this helps. 😊
Thank you 😊 I remember last I took my violin when I was in 6th I was not interested that time now I am in 8th grade and interested in violin (thanks to quarantine ) but really dose not remember anything . And I don't have any teacher too. But I am happy now I am having a new teacher ☺️ thanks a lot .I am happy with my new teacher she not only teaches me she really make me understand and love the instrument. I will comment in the last lesson with my update of my violin skill thanks a lot once again
I just gave this a go and wow it clicked! Before finding these videos I was having a hard time teaching myself how to read music. This drove open notes home for me! I’m finally motivated to keep going! Thanks Allison!
I have just started learning Violin, as an adult. I have wanted to learn since I was a child, but until now, never had the opportunity. I take lessons twice a month, but being a visual learner, I have found your video lessons to be more helpful to me than the in-person lessons, because with the printed out PDF (I'll be purchasing your book shortly), I color coded the notes, and It is so helpful to be able to pause the lesson, and redo a part that I don't get immediately. Thank you for taking the time to do these videos and make the PDF's. It is so very helpful!
I appreciate the Open Strings Exercise. I've been taking lessons for a few months now and I still accidentally hit other strings while playing. This looks like it will be good to help train the right arm muscle memory.
These videos are indeed a treasure to me. I just started learning to play a violin and your tutorials make playing a violin a very easy thing to do. I would be grateful if I can know how to have some interactive sessions with you in future. In the meantime if I can have your contact details it would be nice. Continue doing this great job.
Happy Teacher appreciation week! After 7 days I am comfortable with the open strings. I appreciate these lessons an enormous amount! They are giving me a good schedule to follow instead of just flailing around on my own.
Thanks so much for doing these! Proud to say that I followed these really closely on my first day yesterday and didn’t sound anywhere near as bad as I expected doing the open string exercises. And I haven’t had any music training in about 16 years!
Hey Allison! Love your videos! Quick question though! I know the angle of your arm has a lot to do with singling out one string to play, but when it comes to the placement of the bow on the strings, do I place the hair flat against the string, or should I be placing the side of the hair of the bow on the string, and does it make a difference for the sound? It looks like you’re playing with the side of the bow. Thank you!
For now, I would play flat. Playing on the tilt is more advanced and a way to manipulate the sound - not something you want to be teaching yourself to do now as you wont get a good and proper tone. I play tilted as its impossible not to for me now - its just how I play after 30 years of playing.
For you, play flat and really work on getting that good tone. You will probably find as you advance, you will tilt automatically anyway....
Oh I've been meaning to learn to play the violin since 2010 and now I am actually doing it. Thanks a lot for all the resources that are being shared for free, it has been very helpful.
Hey Alison I just recently started playing the violin with no musical background, I'm really excited to start learning from the ground up and your videos so far have been such a huge help. I'm looking forward to giving it my best shot and have all the drive in the world. Thank you for all of the time you've put into your videos.
day 3 and still stuck here
edit:day 4
edit:done
on day 5 😢
Thank you for these lessons. I went to a local teacher and left my first class feeling so frustrated, she kept asking me to so things that she never bothered to show me. In my First lesson she had me using 3 fingers. I think I'll cancel my lessons with her and keep watching your videos
Thats just crazy! Yes my '1-30 Violin Course' is far cheaper than any physical lessons and they guarantee to take you from a beginner to an accomplished intermediate player!
Stick with me, you wont go far wrong :)
Well, greetings here...
I am 23 years old and I (kinda) always wanted to play violin, but now I have a job and I bouth my first violin!
Now I will learn from internet, maybe for year - then I will learn from someone irl, when I'll get time for it.
Thank you for your videos!
Just decided to start learning Violin. Was working yesterday and thought it's good to play violin. Love it so far!
Took lessons for about 3 months when I was 9, life derailed my being able to continue, so many years later I am determined to pick up what I never wanted to drop, your channel is making that possible. Thank you! Hopefully Ill be able to swing a nicer violin a bit down the road, but I'll torture this cheapo one and see if it is a sensible investment first! If I am rubbish I can at least say I tried before running back to my flute 😂
Don't be too hard on yourself, a lot of people tell me they are rubbish and I always think they are probably not, it just takes a lot of time and consistency to start sounding nice for most people 🎻
Same omg
Great videos - I’m starting as a complete beginner at 55, something I’ve always wanted to do, I just thought why not, I am so excited and know this will also be a great learning curve for patience and perseverence 😊
Me too! Except I'm 57 and I just started a week ago. I wish you luck!
Me too, another 55 year old who has always wanted to play, but did other things and just wants to now.
Didn't start until, uhhh, oh yeah, yesterday! I really am King of the Violin Virgins. Lol. Don't care, just glad I'm finally trying it 😁
Good luck to you both, touch base here later on and we'll see how everyone's going 👍🙂
Same here! 57 yrs. and just starting.@@lgmcat6958
Me three! Another 55 year old! I played in school for many years then dropped it after my parents divorced. I decided the other day to dust off my old violin and here I am! 😊
Two years ago, I asked my Dad to fix our violin so I could learn it. Even though I’ve been waiting I’ve been watching your videos and learning as much as I can. Now I have my violin and am ready to take on this challenge! ❤️⭐️
I'm finding that focusing specifically on the first exercise as a way to isolate those elbow positions is very helpful. Thank you, I've never played an instrument before and your tutorials make an otherwise overwhelming subject very accessible.
I really appreciate your efforts in this wonderful work ... 👍
Thanks for these wondeful lessons
Played the piano as a kid/young adult; always wanted to play the violin. A friend who plays, set me up with the hardware but found your videos and really gave me the confidence to do this. Thanks so much for putting these videos on!
I started watching this a month ago when I didn't have a violin yet. And now I just got one for my birthday. Thank you for so much for the lessons!
I bought the violin today, wish me luck!
My family hatesss me now. My sister got a headache, my father doesn't get why can't I just play music alrdy. But atleast the puppies respect me, and my mother is just happy that I am playing my violin again after a long time
Hello Alison, love your channels and you way of teaching. I got my violin two weeks ago and I had to change three string already... G,D and A now they sound so much better than with the original strings. It’s a student quality violin so..
I’ve been practicing open strings and I still need to get the hang of bowing speed and pressure... learning a lot from you. Thank you 😊 ❤️
Alison, this is so awesome. I restrung my violin and, for the first time in years, I'm making tolerable sounds with it. Your videos approach this in such a basic and understandable way. The exercises are truly helping me figure out where to position my arm for each string. I feel so accomplished and inspired. I have 17 years being self taught at the piano and I'm having fun interchanging between these two instruments. And learning on my own makes me love it more. So fun.
I just picked up my first violin today. I’m probably going to be stuck on lesson 5 until I get all the open string exercises. After 2 hours I have the first 2 down. My dog hates me. Also, I officially have a crush on you. Haha. Do you ever come to Florida? LoL
Thank the Lord my dog is deaf. I'm just started playing! Haha
i feel so sad for my cats
My dog wants to chew the violin!
@@owuawo4744 Lol mine too, she see's me pick it up and goes running to the other room lol
My dogs look at me like I am doing them wrong! I am still learning screechy notes but you know what? Two weeks ago, I did not know any screechy notes so I am progressing! :-)
These are tougher than I thought lol. Still trying to get through exercise 1 without hitting the other strings before moving to the next exercise.
Edit: Day 2: I finally got exercise 1 down and can switch between string D and A without hitting the other strings! Going to practice it a bit more before heading to exercise 2.
Edit 2: Day 2: Got through exercise 2 easier because I can control the bow a bit better. Will not start exercise 3 until tomorrow so I can keep trying to perfect 1 & 2 today. Having a lot of fun :)
Edit 3: I did it! I can play them without hitting the other notes too! Moving on to the next lesson.
That was nice good job. how are you now?
Lmao reading you getting through this is somehow helping me get through this.
Good work! I had to use Settings on video to watch in Slo-mo to see how she moved her bow. Had just one online lesson so far ...
Outta curiousity, for how long did you do each excercise for?I ask cuz I just finished excercise 1
Got my student violin today and i did these excercises for about 30 minutes and can already feel it getting easier thank you so much for all the stuff you do for your viewers
My friend just gave me her old violin and i found these lessons which were super helpful!
Hi again,by the end of all 20 videos will i be able to play violin? is there also a follow up for intermediate learners after these lessons?
How do you play an G and then a A without playing the D in between?
Do you lift the bow? When I do that, the bow bounces on the strings.
You sort of slightly stop the bow in between moving across strings. Im pretty sure I demonstrate and tell you this in the video?
My apologies...I had watched the old version of Lesson 5. I'm now watching the new version, and yes, you address this. :-)
I’ve never played an instrument before and am 52 years old. I love all your videos and can already play twinkle twinkle from one of your videos! These exercises will really help me! PS. I decided to go for a righty violin after all. Just to have more options. Lol. Thank you💕!
Very first day of learning violin and started practising from today, I will practice every single day from now on, until I can play the pieces of music that are in my list since I was a kid, thank you for your lessons
I Allison, I just bought my first violin and I'm excited to get started, the problem I have is I'm left handed. Do I need to change the strings and pegs around etc?
No, Im afraid you will need to buy a left handed violin. You cant just swap things about as the actual violin itself will need to be designed left handed.
The Online Piano and Violin Tutor thank you for your response, I guess I better start learning right handed. I also tried rosin on my pegs and my violin seems to get out of tune each time I pull it out to use.. is there anything else I can use? I have the medini violin.
Well a good 50 of my students are left handed and they play the same way as me. Personally, I dont think it matters as BOTH hands play a very important and equal role, so its the lesser of two evils. No-one says your dominant has has the hold the bow or play on the fingerboard - in fact, I wish I was left handed playing right handed as then my fingers on the fingerboard would move as I want them too, rather than my dominant hand doing the bowing.
If anything, I would say you have the advantage over me....
That was my first problem too. A year back then while I tried to play my bro's violin, it was so hard for me, but trust me, just keep on practicing, just like playing guitar. You'll get used into it.
(sucks but we lefties sometimes need to buy right handed materials :()
great answer. i had the same problem at first, i was wondering if i should buy a left handed violin. but then i tried out in the shop to bow with left and right and i felt no big difference. so i went with the right handed one. still up to now i was afraid that maybe at a higher lvl of playing with the left hand bowing i could put more feelings into the music and let it sing more... but i guess that is not the case then.
Hii, could u please tell me what the second and third notes are in exercise 5 of the openstring exercise ♥️ I didnt quite understand
same... confused about the one after first 2Es... on sheet it seems like i should play 2Ds but in video i think she plays 2As. hope someone answers. thanks in advance
Same doubt... Please Allison... Clear the doubt...
I AM SO GLAD FOR THIS! Thanks for helping a 39 years old dreamer to learn the Violin! I love u!
After printing out the Open String Exercises sheet, and learning to identify the letters with their positions on the sheet, I can read music and play it within your first few lessons! This is awesome. Thank you. I will continue with your instruction and get the books too.
I knew there’d be a point where I would alienate my cats.
Student from iraq
Really that's pretty good
These lessons are AMAZING! You have focused on every little detail and made a very comprehensive course. Thank you so much :D
I’ve had my violin since the 8th grade(I’m in 11th now) and never had time to learn it with keeping my grades up, but now I’m learning and I am excited to do something new!
my e string sounds so scratchy :(
Sahai same! I can’t get it to sound nice, I’ve found when I apply a little more pressure it’s less scratchy?!
I had the same problem I fixed mine. Its probley loose like mine was try tighting it up. Because if its loose it will be scrachy
Its either because you apply a lot of pressure or your bow's on the bridge. But you'll get it over time. Cheers! ;)
am the only one whose playing sounds really bad even for the open strings?
Nope mine sounds bad too lmao
Gets better on the second day
it's because your profile picture isn't hinata shoyo. *duh*
No
I’m there too.
Good day.Am a Nigerian and my 9 yrs old daugther is interseted in playing violin.I found your lessons quite intrresting .I hope by the time we are done with the 30 lessons,she would be able to play her violin
I played violin back in 4th and 5th grade but forgot almost everything, now I’m in my sophomore year trying to play again and I’m learning so much thanks to you! 😄
I want to say a great big thank you for letting us start lessons for free, so we can see what your style of teaching is like and if it matches with our learning ability. I have only just got my violin and look forward to hearing music come from it.
I love your teaching style. It seems easy to follow and this is important to me since i am brand new to the violin. Thank you so much for providing this information and experience!
Absolutely ecstatic about finding these tutorials by Alison S. Just got my 1st Violin for my Birthday (Oct 27th)! I find Alison's lessons very helpful and easy to follow. I happily subscribed to her channel! oO)
You make learning the violin a very pleasant and very achievable goal. Love the step by step exercises, thank you!
Got my atudent violin today and i did these excercises for about 30 minutes and can already feel it getting easier thank you so much for all the stuff you do for your viewers
I'm really grateful for these free lessons. I'm 20 and I just started playing violin and your teaching has been a lot of help. I will make sure to buy your first song book when I get to that part :)
Just got my Stentor II, and am having a blast so far! I've never been artsy, so this is just so fun for me. Thank you so much for these tutorials!
Thank you for providing the Open String Exercises; I am excited to learn these pieces and will devote as much time as i can to perfecting lessons 1-6.
You are awesome! Thanks for taking the time and sharing your knowledge with us. I definitely find these tutorials extremely helpful. Less than an hour of practice, and already I see improvements. Again, thanks for sharing, it is greatly appreciated!
Thank you so much.. it's so relieving when you said it would take two weeks three weeks.. it isn't as easy as you make it look.. Amazing lesson..
I just bought a violin yesterday. I’ll be on this lesson for a bit, but I’m happy to have found you here! I have a choir and some piano background; I’m excited to apply that knowledge to the violin. Thank you for great material!
Thank you for the lessons ❤ I played violin before n stopped playing violin in 2016 bcz my exams n stuff and now I'm here to start again , I accidentally stumbled upon this channel , n it's amazing 🎉❤ 💐🌞🌈
This is great info and an awesome lesson! I have been looking at a lot of violin video lessons and yours are by far the best I have seen!
Can’t wait till I get my violin strings so I can start learning!
I’m SUPER EXCITED!
I thank God for these lessons. God bless you
Love love love these videos, they are the most helpful tuition videos I have found online so far. I used to play the violin as a child, I even played in small concerts organised by the music school I was with but I gave it up when I turned 13 because as a teenager, I thought it wasn't cool and people would laugh at me for playing it. Now I'm 28 and I am beginning to relearn. This is a great resource.
Aww congrats on picking up violin again, hope it goes really well for you! Enjoy 🎻🙌
Hey Alison, thanks for all this - your work is fabulous! I have always wanted to play the violin (I play uke, bass and guitar) and decided to turn 'lockdown' into a positive! My target is to be able to play something that people both recognise and don't wince at in 3 weeks. My new Stentor II arrived last night, I'm on lesson 5 and I'm a new Patreon too. I feel that you are really helping me make massive progress - thank you!