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Just introducing myself on advice from Cynthia.
I'm an adult beginner (who has been starting his violin self-teaching a few times over the past 10 years or so). I've learned all 24 first position scales (major and minor, all natural - no melodic or harmonic inclinations) without bowing over the last 10 years (pizzicato), sorry for that! - but never advanced past that skill. Too many instruments to play...
Now I feel is the time to embark on the violin learning a little bit more seriously. That's why before even introducing myself first (I got that advice from Cynthia after posting my first message in the ' learning to play' section of the Forum) I asked about playing with fat fingers that don't cleanly fit in between the two adjacent strings.
Here is a cross-reference to that post...
So, you see - it's time to start bowing but the fat fingers touch other adjacent strings.
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Very nice, introduction, SergeViner. I am pleased you received my Welcome Letter.
I am an adult learner, I should say, "perpetual adult learner". I am not playing to be able to perform, just for fun, so being a perpetual learner, if just fine.
Thank you so much for introducing yourself.
🐭 (Cynthia. FYI, I use "Mouse" on the forum. No biggie that you started with "Cynthia", 😂)
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@SergeViner -
Welcome to the forum!
You said:
I've learned all 24 first position scales (major and minor, all natural - no melodic or harmonic inclinations) without bowing over the last 10 years (pizzicato), sorry for that! - but never advanced past that skill.
Fat fingers don't really matter when you start learning to play violin. To play a scale, you only touch one string (with the bow) per each note played. Even if you play scales against a drone, you can place your finger so it doesn't touch the droning string.
Doesn't make any sense (to me) to not learn to use a bow - you don't even need fingers on strings to start mastering bowing technique. IMHO it's the most important part of learning to play the violin - otherwise you might as well play mandolin or ukulele.
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SergeViner
Welcome to the forum, Perlman has very large fingers and plays incredibly well.
Takes some experimentation to adapt to your personal physical abilities.
Mark
Master the Frog and you have mastered the bow.
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