Ringing Ceders

Violin exercises like practicing scales will do a lot if you play the violin. It will help you develop comfort and familiarity when playing in all positions. Likewise, it will help you gain confidence and accuracy in all positions. It improves your ear training, it trains you to hear the notes and overall intonation. Playing scales also helps you understand what to listen for when shifting notes and gives you practice of this when playing the violin. When playing the violin, instead of trying to play twinkle twinkle little star all the way through from start to finish without much success, try playing just the beginning or end. If you take a song in bite-size pieces you are less likely to become overwhelmed by it and frustrated if you can’t get past one particular part. Practice all of the parts separately and then when you feel ready piece all of the parts together. Violin exercises like this will help you gain confidence.