Would it be better to start by learning the basics of reading music/etc, or just start with an instrument(I’m assuming you learn music reading as well, although not as thoroughly in the beginning)? If the latter, which instrument?

The only instrument I can play is the piano, and even that was self taught so I never learned to play it well or to read sheet music.

and if not, i also love drums, but someitmes they might get too loud. I already know how to play cello and violin. Do you guys have any good interests?

i can read the cello cleft and the violin celf.
ir you want, just tell me the names of the notes and i can play them on piano….
i just want to learn?
any wedsites?

Is there any cheap (under $30) violin lessons/teachers in the General Toronto Area?
or
Are there any good online videos, websites, and books that can teach me the very basics of good technique for holding, playing, and taking care of a violin so that I don’t kill myself using it?

I want to learn to play the violin by myself, on my own terms. I play the piano, and it was mostly self-taught, so I figured that the violin would be a matter of picking it up and fiddling around until I got somewhere with it (like the paino).

From the yahoo!answers I just looked at I’ve gathered that if I teach myself to play violin I’ll learn bad habits, horrific technique, not master anything more than scales and possibly demolish my wrists in the process. I don’t doubt that; however, I don’t have money for $30-a-lesson classes (All the money went to the violin I just bought today).

So, I can already play the drums, and some of the guitar. I want to learn how to play either the violin or piano. I heard learning the piano is very boring. I want to learn both, but I would want to learn the easiest one first, and then learn the harder one. Which one was easier for you?