Hello. I have been reading this forum for some time anf this is my first post here. For those of you out there, learning at any age doesn't matter so long as you have an interest and committment and not just out of the spur of the moment. It usually won't last long before you give up. I am 48 years old and only started learning to play the violin in late 2007 and my teacher is more than half my age. Since then, I have been making steady progress. I started late because, when young my parent could not afford to send me for music lessons and no violin school here. Later was due to work, marriage and children. Now with most things settled down, I can have the time to learn the violin and to read notes. I believe most adults take up music is because they want to be able to play the song instead of hearing others play just like me. Love your music, constant practice and patience, soon you will be able to play well.

Regards

Since this forum have many good teachers and violinist, hope you can give me some good advices. My first violin teacher whom taught me for a year stopped teaching at my previous school. Now I am taking lessons from another violin teacher for 5 months. I have stated that I am learning for fun and be able to play the violin. I am not interested to take the exam but would consider it a bonus for me if allowed. The teacher expect me to follow strictly to the beat of the metronome which my first teacher don't and right now still can't get the hang of it. I feel that it is taking the fun out of learning violin and want to stop and look for another teacher. Put it this way, I looked forward to attending classes with my first violin teacher but don't for the second.

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Cello and Little Ice, thanks for your insightful advices. Yes, I do agree that the metronome is important if a person wants to play music correctly. All the years, I played music by the ear without attending music school and am unable to read musical notes until recently. I know that the problem lies with me and not that gadget that goes tick-tock-ting which I am trying to make friend with. I have talked to my music teacher about this but was told that I have to follow that gadget resutling in me having to play the same song week after week.

Regards and have a great weekend.

Maggie,
Based on your comments, I don't know if you are taking the beginners course inclusive of music theory. If yes, then I can say that the fee is reasonable with at least 30 mins for pratical and 30 mins for theory. Otherwise, that amount you are paying is almost for Grade 4.

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LOL. For those of you talking about strings snapping and hitting your face. You sure do have a wild sense of imagination. Anyway, my D-string (not the underwear thingy) snapped once when my teacher was tuning my violin. It just broke but did nothing like springing out and hitting her face. She replaced the string and gave me the bill for it.

This post has been edited by ViolinOffBeat: Oct 6 2010, 03:52 PM

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