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EntertainmentHow to Play the Violin

Renting vs. Buying a Violin

Transcript

So when your child first tells you they’d like to start playing the violin, you may not want to make the full investment to spend up to sometimes 250 dollars on an instrument that they may not even like or might grow out of pretty quickly.

So it’s very, very popular to rent an instrument of this size. This is a 16th size. And you can find at your local music store renting violins for probably close to about, I would say, 15 to 20 dollars a month.

What you want to make sure of when you do get the violin, we spoke about the sizing of the instrument in a different segment but what else you also have to think about is the sound quality. What you want to make sure of is that it’s a nice sweet sound. There’s no harshness in the sound. You can have the person at the shop play it for you and make sure that you like the sound.

This is an example of a pretty nice sounding, very small size violin.
So it’s very smooth and even and there’s no cracks and that’s what you’re looking for.

So good luck in finding a violin to rent.


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How to Find Good Violin Practice Music

Beautiful but Sad Violin Music Suggestions

Good Beginner Songs for Violin

Viola vs. Violin

How to Play Canon in D on Violin

How to Position Your Left Arm on a Violin

How to Hold the Bow for Violin Playing

How to Play a D Scale on Violin

What is 3/4 Time on Violin?

Bow Arm Movement & Direction for the Violin

How to Do Vibrato on the Violin

Right Hand Finger Exercises for the Violin

How to Play an A String on Violin

How to Finger Strike on Violin

What Are Different Bow Strikes on the Violin?

How to Apply Fingering Tapes for Beginner Violinists

How to Play an E String on Violin

How to Prepare a Violin Bow

How to Position Your Left Hand to Play Violin

How to Replace Violin Strings

How to Play G, A & B Notes on Violin

How to Play C Natural on Violin

How to Do a Right Elbow Swing on Violin

How to Place the Bow for Bowing Open String

How to Distribute Violin Bow Weight

How to Use Bow Division While Bowing Open Strings

How to Tune the Violin Strings

How to Pick Violin Strings

What Is Violin Shifting?

What Is a Violin Concerto?

What Is a Violin Chord?

How to Play Slurs on Violin

How to Hold a Violin

How to Play a D String on Violin

What Are Finger Patterns on Violin?

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