Is it easier to learn to play the violin on an electric one or a regular one?
pologuy74 asked:
I want to FINALLY learn to play the violin, I am 30.
I want to FINALLY learn to play the violin, I am 30.
Is it easier to learn on an electric one than it is on a regular one?
The electric on is not as bulky as a regular one…
Thanks!
To be honest, I only know piano, not violin, but for me, it was much easier to learn on a real piano vs electric. It sounded more realistic, and felt more natural. If you’re going to go for it, go all the way!
Good luck!
Hey, I’m not a violinist but I know that 100 years ago they didn’t have electric violins and they were just fine. Plus more people use regular so they must be better, at least for beginners.
A violin is a violin, tuned the same and played the same, whether its electric or acoustic.
Its not necessarily true that an electric violin is not as bulky as an acoustic. There are a number of different makes and brands of electric violins and some of them are just as bulky as an acoustic. And a solid-body electric violin is going to be noticeably heavier than an acoustic which of course is hollow-bodied.
Get a regular acoustic violin, then after you’ve learned to play some, if you want to get into rock, blues or jazz fiddle, you can get an electric fiddle and rock out. If you want to play classical, folk, or bluegrass styles, you’re going to need an acoustic violin. They won’t let you into the orchestra, the bluegrass jam or the Irish traditional seisiun with an electric fiddle…..
Well I suspect that if you are not going to be a concert violinist(probably too late for that!) it might be easier to get some good tones out of an electric one, like a distorted lead violin solo or something, but to get any good technique you should use a regular acoustic violin, and you’d better not even think about teaching yourself with online videos and crap like that. Might be OK for a beginning guitarist, but definitely not a violin.
there’s a very special way to draw a bow so you get the proper vibration going with the string. There is absolutely no way an online video can teach you that. You need a live person there to show you and then watch you do it so they can correct your mistake.
You picked a pretty tough instrument to want to start learning.
If I were doing it all over again, I would get a good accoustic and get a electric pickup built into the bridge.
You get the best of both, except you can’t play through earphones with no one else hearing you.
I’d say go with a regular violin first, because you can get a much better instrument for the same price (you pay a lot for the pickups, plus you need an amp).
From there, I’d try playing an electric violin(if you decide you want to continue playing), somewhere such as a music store, and then decide if you want to buy an electric or possibly upgrade to a better acoustic.
start on an acoustic.
master the technique.
start building your repitoire.
then go electric.
woodviolins rocks.