Learning violin as an adult
A violin journey By Angela Brown Becoming a violin master at age 30 with no prior training. I want to prove that I can go from beginner to mastery as an adult Introduction At the age of 30, while many people are settling into long-term careers, I set out to become a violin master, despite having no prior experience on the instrument. It was a challenge I had wanted to undertake for some time, and I am determined to overcome the challenges with creativity, hard work, and dedication. In this blog, I will outline the unique challenges I faced and the methods I used to overcome those challenges to become a violin master, including the strategies for learning the instrument, the techniques for mastering its nuances, and my eventual success. Challenges of Starting from Scratch As a beginner, I faced a unique set of challenges that are often not encountered by those who learn an instrument as a child. The most obvious of these was that I had no foundation on which to build. At...