How to Pick a Beautiful, Inexpensive Violin for Beginners

Buying your first violin can be overwhelming! So many different styles..so many bells and whistles..how do you determine what you will REALLY need as a beginner?

You DON'T need a professional violin yet. These are hand-crafted using expensive wood and parts in order to make a unique instrument with exceptional tone quality. Do NOT let the sales person try to talk you into this! None of these are necessary when you are first learning how to play the violin.

DO Buy a "STUDENT" Violin - When purchasing a violin make sure the model you get is considered a "student" violin. Student violins are manufactured by machine, use average types of wood and are laquer sprayed by machines. This makes the violin MUCH more cost effective for you!

Speaking of inexpensive, learning to play the violin doesn't have to be expensive either. If you are considering paying for expensive private violin lessons, I would encourage you to check out MyViolinForBeginners.com. This video violin lesson series is inexpensive and can really give you or your child the edge you need to improve violin playing skills quickly!

When you pick your violin, it is important that you get the right size you need. In order to determine what size violin you or your child will need, you will need a tape measure and the violin student's arm. You can get a good idea by measuring the child's outstretched arm from neck to mid-palm measured in inches.

The following chart will then identify the correct size for your student: It is always better to round up to the next size if you are between sizes so that you get a longer use out of your student violin before you need to trade it in for a larger size.

Of all the ways a beginner can learn the violin, the best way would have to be online via video. MyViolinForBeginners.com offers you just that. For less than ONE private lesson with a violin teacher, you can have 100's of videos at your fingertips! Not only that but you will also learn how to read music! Violin music is actually fun to read! Notes will become easy to understand, just as letters are. You will soon find that it is a truly amazing feeling to be able to play any piece of music on call, with help from a written page. That is what it is all about!