Thank you so much @BillyG!! So glad to hear that!! I hope indeed that it will motivate other beginners. Thank you for taking the time to watch my video.

That's great @RonB! I really do like the videos of Heather Broadbent. But there many other violin videos on YouTube that I do like very much too.

One of the first websites I found when I started learning the violin was this website and I've played several songs that the Fiddlerman has available on this website. Really like his sheet music because he shows the fingerings and the bowing patterns too, makes it easier to play.

Good luck to you!!

Yes, the fingerings are great!!! Especially when starting to play. At first everything is so difficult and there is so much to think about, so it's great to just be able to follow the fingerings and bowings.

Thanks @AnnyJ Yeah straight bowing seems to be something that's really hard to learn. Last week I've been adjusting me violin posture. I'm holding it a bit higher and slightly more to the left. This makes it easier for me to play relaxed. But now I have to adjust my bowing too. Before it was going pretty straight, now it goes a bit crooked. So, I'm very focused on that now. What are you doing to improve your straight bowing?

@Fran Woooow so cool that you're picking up the violin again! I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun with it!

@Fran, I just changed my strings last week. It was the first time after having used my strings for 1 year. I can tell the difference is huge!!! It's so much easier now to play. Me new strings certainly respond much better to my bow and I can play more relaxed. It's much more fun to work on intonation because with my new strings I can hear the ring of the notes better. I don't know if this always happens when putting on new strings because it was the first time for me. But I'm very happy with the result.

Do you practice long bow strokes on open strings? Did you post a critique video on this website? You would receive some very useful tips. Maybe it's just some small thing you have to change to get your bowing straighter. But you might not know it yourself and when other people see you play they can advice you. Or they might suggest you a good exercise to do.

I changed from Thomastik Vision to Dominants with E Pirastro Gold string. I'm very happy with this combination. But of course it's different for each violin.

@Fran Cool! Enjoy your new strings and let me know how you like them? Changing your strings for the first time is scary. I found it very scary... but I did watch Fiddlerman's video and followed all the steps. It took me about an hour to change all four strings but everything went well! I'm feeling very relieved Good luck to you!