DisneyJules
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Thanks Tink, I bought a violin yesterday, I absolutely love it and had my first lesson tonight. It went rather well, sort the way I had imagined. Lots of technique that has to be percisely perfect from the start. So I'm trying to get coordinated but I really enjoy playing and can't wait to learn more, it's a great instrument. The viola is much larger than the violin, isn't it? And I hear it's a tad harder as well. I've never heard a viola before but I can't imagine it would be nice.
Thanks for your help
Thanks for your help
I'm just tweaking, I don't turn my wrist quite fast enough when I'm bowing up but it's coming along. It's sloooowly feeling more natural when I hold my violin, though I did just start so I'm going to have to allow myself some time to adjust. I had to laugh yesterday because G string was sounding pretty awful and I just couldn't get a nice sound out of it. So I asked my teacher about it and he said "what did you do, there's 3 pounds of rosin on this string," 
ahaha Someone else on here said you can never put too much rosin, I guess you can,hehe I need a better violin, I found out last night that it's not properly constructed, the strings are too high from the fingerboard so the sound isn't very good. It's a Romanian Strad 4, beginner type violin. It's not bad to start on but it's definitely going to be upgraded to something better. Overall I think it's going really well, thanks for asking! 
