klang and bkt jalil not really my hunting ground. anyone to help out here?

i know a tutor who can travel to bukit jalil to give lesson, pm me if u wan to know more about him

from klang can come setia alam, number of violin teacher here, u can try out. u know whr is setia alam>? near kalng bus station, the new one. should be convenience to u:)

Anyone here knows where can I find a violin shop that offers installment/loan payment of purchasing a higher range violin model?

Thanks, i'll see about it. There's currently a newly opened music centre in my town...with a violin teacher! Sadly, her schedule is full since she's from klang and comes down for only 3 hours per week . The music centre said that they'll contact me ASAP if they can get her to expand her time. Anyway, i appreciate your help a lot.

welcome welcome. hope u have success wid your lessons

my vibrato is just can't do well. How ah? I feel my finger very stiff. Cannot vibrate fast. Pls recommend me way to improve..

why no sifu reply, lolz, free bump for this topic.

I don't know about stringed instruments, but for guitar, what I would do is use the wrist to aid in vibrato rather than fingers. Like opening a door knob motion.

jz follow watever your teacher says and practice more lo. the action of vibrato is pretty different from what muscles are used to - unless u are michael jackson

it takes a couple of months to get used to it. so no point rushing.

and freakfingers, i dun tink u are supposed to even use you fingers in initiating vibrato

i have a problem here when counting rhythm by heart (without foot tapping). When i put more concentration in listening to the sound, a little bit lost when counting the rhythm by heart. when i concentrate more on the counting, then i cannot pay attention to the tone i play. when i "foot tap", then everything is fine, but my instructor told me not to nurture such habit. Is this common issue for beginner?

hi guys, i want to learn how to play violin. I am 26 yrs old, feel a bit embarassed to start at such old age. I went to Yamaha center and saw all small kids thr, kinda discourage me to learn. Anyone teaching violin here? or any center that teaches adult violin lesson? Me in Cyberjaya/Shah Alam/Subang area. Thanks !

i know a teacher, pm me if u wish to know more about the info

vibrato is highly personal. you'll have to figure it out yourself no matter how much the teacher help you.

basically, you need imagination, and imagination of the whole picture, not just focus on small area e.g. your wrist/finger/arm only.

watch these to get some tips:

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Added on October 25, 2010, 7:55 pmyou can try phone euro music and chamber music. i think chamber music offer the EZ payment or something, and they have a few fine violins there for not too much of money.

yes it's a common issue, more like for any instruments/beginner.

basically, you'll have to listen to the sound, and react to the sound you hear. you don't concentrate to what you do, just concentrate on what you hear.

it's like, you play L4D, counter strike, or any other action games. you stare at the screen, and your fingers will react to what you see, subconciously, as if the keyboard is part of your hand.

in short, listen to what you play, not what you do. don't worry, your teacher will point out the error on posture or other problems.

This post has been edited by little ice: Oct 25 2010, 07:55 PM

Yep, that's kinda what I meant, stiff fingers, more on wrist motion than anything else.

stiff finger is considered wrong by majority of violinists. it's simple, your finger's knuckle need to be moving to achieve a big and beautiful vibrato swing.

there might be violinists with stiff finger vibrato but it's a very rare case.

I tot i need to count rhythm by heart and then how long to bow is based on my counting? I found a bit lost on my counting. When i concentrate on the sound. How to solve tis?

haha. finally the master spoken

Raitma,
If you are passionate about learning how to play violin, you should not worry about your age or be put off seeing small kids. Take it from me, I started learning violin at 46 years of age. I did get plenty of stares at first at the violin school but people there got used to it. Later, some even thought I was a violin teacher which is some small consolation. Three years had passed since and I am still taking violin classes and gunning for at least a Grade 4.

Regards

Really? Woah, I'm gonna have a hard time when I start learning violin...