Is it possible to teach yourself a violin? Can you stayat home, at your own pace and learn to playcompetently? Can you do all of the necessarytechniques that can you teach yourself how to readmusic?

Obviously learning to play a musical instrument is an incrediblyexciting and challenging experience and no doubt you will haveasked yourself many of the questions above when it comes tolearning to play the violin.

So can you really teach yourself to play?

Absolutely! All you need is a little bit of patience, some greatresources and regular practice. When you think about it this isall you need to learn any musical instrument, not just the oldfiddle. Many people think that you have to have a teacher inorder to play but this isn't entirely true.

Of course a professional and well qualified, experiencedteacher will be able to guide you down the right road isand help you achieve success but you must rememberthat most of your progress and practice happens inbetween your lessons, when you are away from yourteacher.

So aren't you teaching yourself most of the time? Aren'tyou disciplining and training yourself every time you pickup your instrument? Absolutely.

One thing that you will always need is some kind ofresource and some kind of material to study andimmerse yourself in. There are hundreds if notthousands of different tutor books for you to choosefrom, but don't forget the online option as well.

There are many great websites that offer fantasticpackages that have been put together by some of theworld's greatest violin teachers. They include videos,text lessons, downloadable music, printable music andeven backing tracks for you to jam along to. So can youteach yourself violin? You certainly can.

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