i love playing the violin and want to lern more if thers any one out thear who can give me some tips please do and ill give you some to

but dont just egnor me

Practice practice practice.I do suzuki method and i'm on book 4.I hated to practice when I started out but it's not too bad now.

OMG!!! I Luv the violin!!! I like Baroque music and of corse classical...omg the romantic stuff is awesome too! I am playing the Accolay concerto right now and it is romantic...i luv it! My violin is 303 years old so when the era changed, the violins neck was the Baroque style, so some violin maker had to put a new neck on it so it would be playable in the modern ages! I named my violin Earl because my violin is old and that name is old...haha, fits huh! =P Oh, sorry I am not helping... Um...when you start a new piece, it really helps to listen to a cd of that music, ya know, to get a good idea of how to play it. At Barns and Noble they will surely have something good and they have head phones so you can listen to the cd before you buy it!! Also, being able to sight read music well is very important, expecially if you want to be in orchestra/syphony so when you are done practicing your violin homework, then you can pull something out and start sight reading. Some good, cheap, sight reading stuff can be from the thrift store, or even from a Hymnal. I hope this helps a little and if you need any advice i'll try to help, but I am not very good at giving tips or anything! -Alicia =)

Oh cool! violinrocker...you play the electric violin right?! That is really neat! I have tryed to play one before, but the bridge on it was like REALLY short!...so it was hard to play. Well, my violin was originally a Baroque violin so it is a little smaller than normal, but not by much. The electric violin that I got to try out didn't have any frets like Mark Wood's viper violin, but it was cool! Are you a fan of Mark Wood, do you know who he is? Well, I had know idea who he was till I played with him, he is REALLY nice! -Alicia =)

how long have you been learning?

My violin was 75$ brand new worth 300$ its only a half size though but what i need is tips on how to tune i love to play it but my teacher didn't tech me how to tune it and now that we live in Australia i don't have a teacher iv only been playing for 2 and a half years but i did year one 2 times once wen i was 5 and once wen i was 9 i haven't had a teacher in a year and i don't want to be behind:)

Hmm, well, do you have fine tuners also? My violin has only one fine tuner...that is what will happen is you upgrade. Are there not any other teachers around? Well I'll try to tell you, but it is really hard to say without showing you. Ok, do you know which peg controles each string?? If you don't well, if your violin is facing you then the top peg on the rightis your "A" string which is what you would tune first. the one below it is the "E" which is very weak so if you can , i would use the fine tuner on it...but if the pitch is WAY off, then just be extra careful. If you pull the peg away from you, then you are tuning the string to a higher pitch. I'm sorry if this is hard to understand. You also need a tuner or piano to match your pitch. And make sure you don't pull the peg out when you are trying to tune! The first few times I tryed tuning mine I popped a string...but that is ok, because I was learning, plus I get new strings every 3 months because they WILL wear out when you practice. Well thats awesome that you love the violin!! It is the best! The best advice I can give you right now is to get a teacher, because they can show you how, and you can be watched, you know, just to make sure you are doing it right. Oh and when you are tuning, be sure to grab hold of the peg and peg box and put a little pressure, untill you fill the peg slide in, only if you KNOW that your peg was slipping out a little bit. If the peg does fall out then you will have to reput the string on. I think it is really cool that some people own like 6 million dollar violins!! I just upgraged and my violin is $5,000 and it is Italian. Good bows are around 200 - $2,000, that is where i'm at right now. I would talk more about this, but my mind just went blank!! hahaha!! -Alicia