Listen, you're probably not good at the violin(homosabiens.substack.com)

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homosabiens.substack.com

Listen, you're probably not good at the violin

https://homosabiens.substack.com/p/listen-youre-probably-not-good-at

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Heh. I remember when I first started learning violin, and one of the real gotchas was that, because of your head’s perspective relative to the violin and the bow, even something as simple as keeping the bow perpendicular to the bridge is deceptively hard at first.

My Russian teacher would inadvertently wince every time I played a note that was off. I finally said sardonically, "Look, I know I sound bad. Believe me, I’m the closest one to the violin. It’s right next to my ear."

Still love playing the violin, but coming from piano it was quite the challenge!