Teaching Children to Play the Violin

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Is it possible to teach your own child to play the violin?

I was one of the very first students of the Suzuki Violin Method in Australia. And I've taught over 1,000 children to play the violin. The involvement of the parent in the learning process makes all the difference. It means your child has your support and positive feedback every step of the way!

In fact, training the parent to become the 'home teacher' has been one of the my main roles as a violin teacher over the last 25 years.

But now for the first time I've taken it one step further, and have put together new, revolutionary quick and fun online course to teaching your child how to play violin.

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5 basic steps 

to teaching your child the violin

The five basic steps are:
1 - Choosing the right instrument
2 - Tuning the violin
3 - Teaching your child how to hold the violin & bow.
4 - Teaching your child to get a great sound
5 - Making practice fun

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Choosing a violin for your child. 

When choosing a violin for your child, there are two main factors to consider:

* Size
* Quality

The most important thing to take into consideration when choosing a violin for your child is that the size is correct. Clearly a full size violin is not going to be right for a child. Therefore there are smaller violins specifically designed for children in sizes of: 1/16; 1/8; 1/10; 1/4; ½ & ¾.

One way of measuring your child for the right sized violin is to place the violin on their shoulder, under the chin, and to extend the child's arm so that the fingers curl around the scroll. In this position the arm should be slightly bent at the elbow. If it isn't then your child will need a smaller instrument.

The quality of the instrument is also something to consider, though with the smaller violins, I don't feel it to be so important. Clearly the better the quality you purchase, the better the sound will be, so my advice here is to buy the best quality you can afford. However there are some great little violins on the market these days for very reasonable prices.

Cute child playing violin beautifully 

3 years old violinist

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by lesleyk1

My name is Lesley, and I have been teaching the violin to children for over 25 years. I've been playing myself since I was 4! (more)

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