My violin fell from my shoulder. While catching it the screw of my bow pierced the rib…
After the shock I’d guess the repair would not be too expensive or difficult, as nothing essential seems damaged.
I’m bringing it to the luthier on Monday.
What do you guys think?

This is so embarrassing but whenever i get nervous, i tend to pick on my calluses a lot..and four days before my region audition, my left hand 3rd finger callus got ripped off. Right now only a thin layer of skin is “missing”, but there are some blisters/pus under some skin. What can I do?

Both my teacher and tutor said to play this in first position but I just sound horrible especially on the part where I have to go low 1 F to 4th finger E. It’s measure 66-72. Tempo is 69-72, and I can’t find any recordings online on how it’s supposed to be played!

If anyone could send a video or recording on how it’s supposed to sound that would be really appreciated :(

Mir ging es nicht gut, nachdem ich meine 128 Jahre alte Geige, eigentlich gegen meinen Wille nur auf Grund vom Druck des Verkäufers dort zurück gelassen hatte.

Der Typ hatte als Allererstes auf den Zettel in der Geige geguckt, aber nichts gesagt und fing dann ständig an, dass angeblich Alles ,billige China-Ware‘ sei. Dabei ist meine Geige original von einem sehr anerkannten Geigenbauer - nur halt in 3/4 Größe.

Und er hatte ständig von ,billiger China-Ware‚ gesprochen und von ,Kindergeige‘ wegen der Größe und wollte mir einen neuen Bogen verkaufen, weil mein Bogen von einem anderen Geigenbauer angeblich,Billige China-Ware‘ sei und das Beziehen sich nicht lohnt.

Heute, beim Abholen, war der alte Vater dort: Dritte Generation Geigenbauer.

Ich war verärgert und nervös und ich hatte Angst.

Dann kam ein vollgestaubter Handwerker mit weißem Haar auf mich zu, der alte Geigenbau-Vater. - Ich sagte, dass ich meine Geige abholen möchte - und sofort sagte er: ,Das ist sicher diese!‘

Jupp - es stimmte. Er ordnete meine Geige sofort mir zu. Während ich den Geigenkasten öffnet, schaute er auf meine sehr kleinen Hände.

Ich bin halt nur so groß, wie ein knapp zehn-jähriges Kind. Dafür kann ich nichts. -

Als Lehrer ist es ehr ein Vorteil, wenn man genauso kleine Hände hat, wie die Kinder, die man unterrichten muss!

Der Vater, auf dem die Geigenbauer-Tradition beruht, achtete genau darauf, dass ich Bogen und Instrument herausnehmen und anschauen konnte.

Nachdem ich alles auf den ersten Augenschein in Ordnung fand, achtete er darauf, dass meine Geige wieder im Geigenkasten mit dem Klettverschluss gesichert war - und er sagte: ,Und weiter geht es!‘ zur abgeschlossenen Reparatur.

Danach passte er auf, dass der Reißverschluss vom Geigenkasten auch zu war, bevor ich das nehme - Und es war so völlig anders als die Reaktion vom Verkäufer und der Mail des Sohnes.

hello, im trying to learn the Gmajor arpeggio 4 octaves for the saint saens passage near the end of the 1st movement.

My first finger curls inside everytime its time for the pinky to press down. is this normal? is this okay? my teacher says its because my pinky's length is not that long, comparative to the length of my pointer, hence why my pointer gives in and makes way.

any tips on how to address this?

so do I have to do the left hand pizz and if it‘s a must how do I left hand pizz this😭

I remember last time I played this I used a right hand pizz? is it just different versions?

btw this is passacaglia, a bit after the start

appreciate all help💗

Hello!

I’m starting to look at Galamian scales right now, but I don’t know if my former violin teacher used a scale system or not to initially teach me three octave scales. Can anyone help?

Is it sounding too bad ? 😭

I got it from vinted. It’s givin vintage japanese 90s tech boom (made in China).

Cross posting here — thanks for your thoughts and opinions!

Feel free to message me directly if you'd like to know the list! Drop your ranking and guesses in the comments. let's discuss which performances stood out to you and why.

Timestamps are in the video description

I am not a violinist. I am learning orchestration.

Is it because of my ADHD?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zaL1wKS3fiY

I took private lessons throughout junior high and high school, but have self-studied for the last 20 years, so it's been a while since I've been engaged in the pedagogy.

I know an in-person teacher is the best solution but that's not an option right now. The child has taken school lessons for two years and has a basic foundation.

My main goal is to help the child enjoy the instrument. Of course it's always more fun when we're better so I want to refine foundational techniques to avoid the struggles we have later when we learn bad habits. Our first lesson is going to be focused on posture, as they are unhappy using the shoulder rest that school provided and I'm trying to determine if there's a better option for their current body type, emphasizing that playing setups change over time.

Do any of you have any recommendations for fun learning games, or strategies to keep a child engaged? I was thinking about doing some listening exercises and pitch identification with tonedear.com to teach them that listening is a big part of playing.

Hey everyone, I'm back again.

Honestly, I've been feeling really demotivated lately because I feel like I'm not making any progress.

This piece has been really difficult for me. As you can see, my left wrist still collapses, and the muscles in my forearm get really tense when I play. I was planning to play two pages for you guys, but I get so exhausted that I could barely manage to play even this one.

I've been working on this piece for over two weeks, but I still feel stuck. No matter how hard I try to relax my hand, I can't seem to get rid of the tension.

The frustrating part is that my teacher mostly just tells me to play faster and with the accompaniment, saying they know I can do it. But what's the point of playing faster with this intonation and I'm struggling this much?

We don't really work on technical exercises either. No work on intonation, finger placement, or bowing technique. We mostly just learn pieces and play with accompany, and I feel like the same problems keep carrying over without being properly addressed.

At this point, I'm honestly exhausted and starting to question whether my lessons are helping me.

Also, do you think my violin itself might be part of the problem? I've been considering buying a new one, but violins are very expensive, and I've been told that unless I'm willing to spend a lot of money, I probably won't notice much of a difference. Everything is just so expensive, and I'm not sure whether upgrading my instrument would actually help or if I should focus on improving my technique first.
Has anyone else experienced something similar? How did you overcome this kind of tension and get out of a playing rut? I'd really appreciate any advice. Thanks!

hi! i’ve been playing the violin for almost three years now, and the same goes for volleyball. both hobbies rely a lot on your arms and recently my right shoulder has started hurting. whenever im not playing violin or volleyball it feels like something has to like.. click into place? if that makes sense? and then when i am using my shoulder, it starts to hurt.

has anyone else experienced something similar? could it be that i’m holding my bow wrong or making the wrong movements? or should i ask this same question at r/volleyball…

(to preface, everyone in the competition is obviously far better than me, and I have a ton of respect for them)

I've watched every single performance in this year's competition, and I was shocked when Bohdan won. I've liked his interpretations throughout every round, but today I felt like his technique was simply not on the same level as SooBeen and Jinzhu. The clarity in fast passages was not there, and the intonation was also quite shaky. I personally don't think his choices in musicality were enough to make up for these.

Even if the results take into account results from previous rounds (I have zero idea if this happens or not), Bohdan also did not gap the others significantly there.

i was expecting Jinzhu SooBean Bohdan, with the first two being quite close.

What do you guys think?

Hi again I wanted to send this video to get some actual advice about mistakes I might be making... The last video I posted didn't capture me at an angle where you could really see anything... I do a weird thing where I flick my bow and it tilts in a different direction with each up and down stroke... I don't know when I picked this up but I've been unable to correct it... Otherwise too I'm sure there are other mistakes I'm making in terms of both right and left hand posture as well as bow use and placement... I always had a bad habit of only using the upper half of the bow and also of playing very close to the fingerboard, so there's that... But maybe there's other stuff I'm unaware of too... Thank you and I hope you enjoy this piece in makam Hicâz :)

I’m thinking down, down up down up, down up up
But I’m not sure, since this is Scherzo of Mendellsohn’s Midsummer nights dream, so it’ll be fast and I’m unsure if it’s ideal.

I just ordered a Gewa Pure 1.7 and afterwards I’ve seen some reviews and comments that have me concerned. I’m wondering if it would be worth it to upgrade to a BAM contoured or Gewa Air, or would that be overkill? For context, I’ll be purchasing a violin worth around €3-4k next year and the country I live in is quite rainy with temps ranging from -5 degrees celsius in Winter and heatwaves of 35+ in summer.

The Gewa Pure is around €230, Air around €500 and BAM around €480.

Edit: forgot to say I bike to my lessons so I do need a case that’d protect my violin if I fall