Playing the violin helps you express your feelings

By: Rebecca

What is a violin?A violin is a wooden instrument that is played by a bow and your fingers. Violin has 4 strings, which is E, A, D and G. Many people think violin is

harder than piano because you can see the notes on a piano, but you can’t see the notes on a violin. Well, that problem is solve when you practice

playing with your fingers and your fingers will know were to put without even looking! According to wikipedia they said “Violin is first known in 16th

century-Italy” Violin is a very important music in band and musical genres. It is also important in rock music, country music and more.  

Violin looks like a ukulele, but ukulele is bigger than a violin, the biggest sized violin is almost the same size of a ukulele in size 23. A violin have 4

pegs for tuning, the different thing is violin’s neck is very thin, thiner than a ukulele’s neck. Also, a violin has a bridge to help the strings to stay in

places, violin also have 2 F holes that is were the sound comes from. Violin also have a chin rest, because violin is played under your chin.

Part of a violin

What are some ways of playing the violin?

There are many ways of playing the violin, one of the ways is Plucking the strings with your right hand fingers, you might ask: “Plucking? But Violin is played by bow!” Well, then you are wrong. Violin can also be played when you pluck the strings, but there isn’t many music piece that have used plucking. Plucking is also called “pizzicato”, it is going to written in the music piece as “Pizz” for short.  

Pizzcato

Another interesting skill of playing the violin is vibrato, it is when you move your left hand (the hand you play on the board) gently and make the sound vibrate. Many violinist use this because this way it will make your notes more emotional and beautiful. Many violinist use this when it is in a sad part or a romantic part of the music piece. Vibrato is a difficult thing to learn, many people learn it for months to play it well.(because it is hard)

Vibrato

Violin can also be played on two string! What this means is a violin can be played on 2 strings at the same time. This will take months or even years to play it well too. First you will need to play a note on two string not adding any fingers. Then, when you finally know how to play it on two string and play it well, you can add the fingers on the strings too. After that if you want to challenge yourself, then you could put two fingers on the two

strings that you are playing, that will be really hard to master, you will face many failures. But finally, you will be able to master it because you

practiced really hard and focus. 

Double stop

Another way is straight bow. In my opinion this is the easiest way to play the violin, it is basically just playing the violin by using the bow and pull it down up down up… But the not easy part of this is the bow need to be straight, it needs to be straight and when you play, it is a parallel line with is bridge. Wait! Yes, I think you don’t know what is a bridge yet, well you should look at the question: “What is a violin?” But if you don’t know, I can explain it now. A bridge is a piece of wood that is a very important thing to the strings, it holds the strings up and in place so they don’t move when you play violin.

Straight bow

What are some skills you have to learn in order to express your feelings through violin?

To express your feelings through violin you just need to learn to play straight bow, and you need to know where to put your fingers, it is important to know it because if you don’t know where to  put your fingers you can’t play violin. It is easy to express your feelings when you aren’t performing, because if you aren’t performing you don’t need to make it beautiful, you can just play “La” in a different rhythm.  It is easy to play to express your feeling through violin.

But if you want to make a good piece of music to express yourself through violin, then it is not so easy anymore.

How does playing violin change your feelings? 

 

Most people’s feelings change after they play violin, playing violin helps them feel better. For example, when someone is very angry, they might

play an angry song, which will make them less angry. Another example is when you are sad, you might play a happy song to make you happy, or you

can play a sad song to make you less angry. Music is very useful to make yourself peaceful. Sometimes, you wouldn’t work, because you are just

getting so angry or sad you don’t pay attention to the music you just didn’t want to play music. For example, sometimes I am very angry I don’t have time to listen to music, all I hear are the wrong notes I am playing, I don’t

even pay attention to the notes I play well. 

How does a violinist help other people understand them? 

Playing the violin is practicing the violin too, sometimes you choose songs you want to play, but sometimes you need to practice the songs other

people choose for you. That sometimes wouldn’t express your feelings, because you didn’t chooses them. But, sometimes, even though you didn’t choose that, you can still express your feelings according to what the song

sounds like. For example, my violin teacher choose all the songs I will practice, but that doesn’t mean I can’t express myself I always express my

feelings through those songs. However, sometimes I can’t express my feelings through some of the songs, but I will still try to do it. 

 

When you are playing a piece of music you make or you choose it yourself, it is an easier way to express yourself. But, sometimes some

feelings come so strong you don’t have time to make or choose a piece of music, you just play the note down, but this way you might express your

feelings but, you couldn’t play the music again in the very same notes. For example, when you are sad your grad your violin and plays a very sad

piece, this piece of music you never practiced before because you will not perform it, you are just using it to comfort or express yourself 

Citations

“Violin.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 26 May 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin.

“Violin Technique.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 May 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_technique.

“Violin Parts: Violin Strings: Chin Rest: Violin Anatomy.” TheaterSeatStore Blog, 29 May 2020, www.theaterseatstore.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-violin#:~:text=The Violin: An image of,rest, and the fine tuners.