Learning and Playing the Violin
When you are learning and playing an instrument like the violin, the journey of practicing technique and repertoire everyday may seem boring and routine at times.
But, whenever you come across that thought, stop yourself for a second. Think about learning and playing your violin this way: every single time you pick up your instrument and play on it, you are making an inanimate object speak and sing.
Every single time you pick up your violin and play on it, you are making an inanimate object speak and sing.
You Have the Power to
Make a Violin Sing
Stop and think about it again: you have the power pick up this beautiful object made out of wood and you are able to make it sing!
Can you make a pencil sing by itself? Can you make a chair in your kitchen sing? If you throw it across the room, it’ll make a loud crashing noise, but that’s just noise. It’s not a beautiful or soothing sound.
Whether you’re playing scales or a violin concerto – you are making the violin sing with all of its sounds. Just let that sink in…
Only We Can Make a Violin Sing Beautiful Music
Only humans can make objects sing this way. Isn’t that awesome?
Yes, there has been research and studies done on this and we have found out that the stars can sing by making soundwaves. Dolphins and other sea creatures sing in their own way. You hear birds sing everyday and listen to their songs.
But humans can play on an instrument of any sort and produce beautiful and pleasant music. No other creature on earth can do that other than humans.
So, every time you come across the thought that practicing and learning the violin: your arpeggios and scales, etudes and exercises, concertos and caprices gets boring and routine, stop and realize that only you, as a human on this planet, are able to make your violin sing!