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The history of violin playing, from its origins to 1761 and its relationship to the violin and violin music [by] David D. Boyden

Part four: The culmination of the early history of violin playing, 1700-1761. Introduction: the 'evolution of progress' theory, a summary view of the violin -- The violin and bow of the early ...
American Songwriter

What to Know About Learning to Play the Violin as an Adult

It’s true that most violin players start studying the instrument when they’re young—sometimes before they’ve even started school. (It’s admittedly pretty amazing to see a preschooler playing a ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Learning to play the violin isn’t easy as an adult when your 11-year-old kid is your teacher

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Psychology Today

Transferable Mechanical Skills Between Piano and Violin Playing

We often marvel at prodigies who mastered the art of both violin and piano playing at a young age (e.g., German violin soloist and concert pianist Julia Fischer). Speaking from an ordinary person’s ...
Yahoo

At 24, he gets to play a 284-year-old violin. See the extraordinary pairing at a free L.A. concert

Ray Ushikubo holds the 1741 Guarneri "del Gesù" violin. At first, playing the Playfair violin took some getting used to, but now the musician and instrument feel as one. For years, Colin Maki and his ...