katie m said
Ok well I’m well on my way I think ! It’s a big challenge because 6 months ago I’d never even held a violin and also differentiating between when the note is slightly out of tune and in tune seems impossible at the moment however maybe I can tell there is a slightly better ring to the notes when I play one in tune.. kind of like the echo you get in a church maybe ? Hmm it’s definitely slightly different. Also I’ve printed out the scales from the video above! So thank you for that ! 

  

Does seem impossible at first, gets easier with practice, you will be amazed as your ears develop its like magic. It does sound to me something like a hollow noise, when hitting the note bang on, its unmistakeable, and when you first hear it you think you have got it correct but then you notice you can get it even more correct, you will see what I mean eventually, but dont despair it can take a long time, but its the secret of navigating the fingerboard, you see with your ears, the only reason I look at the fingerboard is to make sure my bow is straight, and like I said we always practice in tonation, one of the people who help me from another forum actually told me the other day he learned bachs chaconne to improve his intonation, and this gentleman teaches violin at university.

Mouse said
It also helps to listen to simple violin tunes. I think simple ones, that are not really fast and complicated make it easier to hear the intonation of the notes you will be using right now. Maybe google for videos of the Suzuki book 1 violin pieces. listen to them. It helps you hear the intonation. Find videos made by instructors, not students, if you can. I know there is a cello teacher who has videos of at least the first three cello Suzuki books. Could be some for violin, too. I am not a fan of the method, itself, but those songs are great to learn from. Listen and pay attention to the sound. It will be different than what your violin sounds like, but the note is the note.

Listen to the intervals between the notes, that helps immensely, I did not know how much until my last cello instructor had me listen to the intervals, If you know you hit the D on the A string accurately, and the G on the E string does not sound right it will be easy to pick up when you notice the interval. Or the properly tuned open D string to the E. You will be a le to tell in time,

The sound from open A to a B, is a whole step interval. The E to the F is a half step interval. They sound different and you will spot it eventually. If you have any music theory questions, which I am kind of getting into here, there is a Music Theory section of the forum. Go to that section and ask away, especially about what I just mentioned here, 

@stringy,  I know you visit this post, If I mentioned the wrong notes to show the whole and half step intervals, please correct me and I will edit my post. 

But listen to songs that are easy to hear the notes with.

  

I can’t correct anyone, you know more about music than I do, I think you give really good advice, and it will really help her, if she follows it😬

practice will be paying off, more or less impossible not to improve if you do dedicated exercises. Violin is supposed to be enjoyment above all else, at least thats what I think. If it makes you feèl good thats what matters, and if you make others feel good through your playing thats a bonus, dont worry about how fast you progress, it doesnt matter, prodigys are few and far between.