u know, i think im in a sad position now. i dun pressure myself over the guitar and well... more toward violin. but the problem is, after like a month didnt do anything with my guitar, i find tat its weird to take it up. its like, the finger work just seems much more weird.

im wondering something, is elec violin share the same things as guitar? as in amp and effect pedal such

You only have yourself to blame for being greedy and not able to plan properly.


Why lah you go learn both violin and guitar at the same time ?


You are messing with your finger and brain muscle development like that.

Learn one at a time lah.

It's not difficult to squeeze 1 hour a day for practice.

Don't waste time yumchar with friends.

During weekends lagi manyak time, spend 6 hours a day on either Sat or Sunday.

Planning, planning, planning!

Discipline!

so I shouldn't start both of them at the same time?

how many levels/grades are there in guitar?

Preferably not because I believe the muscles are flexed/trained differently but there's no law that says you can't.

What I recommend is if you wanna learn both, do it at the same time, or alternate.. this way the muscles can accomodate and not neglect the other.

Jikolo's way, as you've seen, is to play violin 1 month, and then ignoring the guitar for the whole month.. like that sure cannot improve lah.

Maybe you can alternate odd/even days.


As for levels/grades, jeeeez.z. does it matter ?!!! Just have fun!


Don't bother with the exams or anything. When you can play the song you wanted to play then you've levelled up already. *LOL*

You worry about the exam only when you wanna join some snobby orchestra or something. :-P

IMO, there is no such thing as 'too old to learn'...
it's all about passion...

Without passion, how young u also can't learn...
with passion, how old u also be able to learn...

It depends on how passionate r u to learn something...

just dun give up easily...
no one knows how to run before learning how to walk...

hope it helps...

"sometimes you've got to run before you walk"

who??
MU punya???

toccatina: dun think u're old to learn anything....
age is not a factor for u..

This post has been edited by x-crusader: May 14 2008, 09:06 PM

ironman?

I self-learn piano just a few months ago via online tutorial (youtube) and able to play certain songs. I took some time off during studying at my dorm to practice at the college's wreck piano (I heard that no one tune the poor thing for years... cheap admin)

It take me some problem in using my left hand though but then usually the songs use left hands for repetitions anyway.

Im relearning music theory since I left hanging since I was in standard 5.. haha... Piano doesn't need to learn about everything to learn how to play a song. If you know the song by heart, and know what keys to press, (if you like backward learning) you could understand the music sheet much than starting to learn how to play "Twinkle2 little stars"

heck... university is for learning new skills right.. yep yep...

Learning mozart's twinkle variation, even the theme is killing hard...

i learn bass when i was 16? is that old. most of my bassist and drummer friend started when they were 12 and 13

who cares when ppl start.
the question is who has improved the most and can play better.

if know how to read all the notes then it will be little bit simple for u.
i learn violin when i'm 10 but after 6 yrs i stoped learning d. lol coz abit busy n lazy to practise.

So if u r 20, i think u r quite busy wit ur uni stuff. If u can still manage ur time well, practise at least 30mins per day i'm sure u can still learn it.