I loved your video, which is very inspiring to me. At the age of 63, my third violin lesson is tomorrow. I have no musical experience and no natural talent, but I am willing to work at it. I only hope that I can emulate your steady progress over the next two years. Alistair B.
Well done, you are doing so well. I have been playing for three weeks and feel like i will never get any better, but you give me inspiration to keep plugging away at it.
Hey! Thanks for watching and subscribing! Good luck with your violin journey! Progress is so slow! My teacher told me to expect to be playing nicely in 5 to 10 years on the day I started haha!
The best part, for me, was the fact that even when super focused on the pieces, you still looked like you were enjoying it so much. That is the key to good progress! That you like what you do and enjoy the process. Violin is very hard to learn and even harder to master, but if you don't have fun playing, what's the point? I have watched a lot of progress videos, but this one legit made me want to pick up my instrument and practice xD I love your energy. Keep at it, I wish you happy playing for many years to come :)
I started to study the violin at age 50 with no other musical instrument experience. Sixteen years later I am still studying the instrument LOL. For the longest time I couldn't hear when my intonation was off. You cannot correct what you cannot hear. Kudos to you ! You will find the rewards to be well worth the effort.
Oh, wow, what a nice comment! I feel like I don't hear when I am off with intonation, wel maybe sometimes I can hear when I am in tune! I hope you enjoy playing! 16 years is such a long time to be at it! And I doubt we ever stop learning and studying.. but isn't that a fun thing? Thank you!
Well done to you! You are an inspiration, I am an adult beginner, I'm nearly 60 and have been playing for a year now and loving it. Never too old to learn.
Me an inspiration? Cool! Thank you! I agree! We are never to old to do anything new & to learn! If you are interested; I also uploaded my 3 years of violin progress recently!
Very nice progress. Good for you for learning to play the violin as an adult. Too many of us limit ourselves once we are grown. I am 77 years old. Seven years ago, I bought a violin merely as an experiment. I wanted to see "IF" I was able to learn to play it. I did not begin with the expectation to play beautiful music, my primary interest was to learn if my body could adjust to the discipline of the physical movements required to play; such as, finger flexibility, fluid wrist/elbow/shoulder motion. Now, I am happy to say, my question has been answered with a resounding YES. My progress would have been more rapid had I not had to undergo surgery on both of my shoulders during this seven-year period. Nevertheless, I struggled through the pain of recovery and now, happily, I am making some very nice [but, not yet beautiful] violin music.
Thank you so much for your kind words! So cool to meet other people who picked up this beautiful instrument as an adult! Never to old. For anything. I never grew out of my I want to learn phase! Probably never will while alive.
Yo llevo un año aprendiendo violín ..aunque lo compré en 2.015,veo tu progreso en los vídeos,tu energía,tu optimismo,el violín es tan hermoso!;yo Estoi enamorada de este hermoso instrumento🎻😍🌹,la afinación se alcanza con práctica 🎻,yo aún desafino😝😅
I think you should be very proud of yourself sonja. The progress you have made is obvious. I especially enjoyed hearing some natural vibrato at the one year and 11 months mark. Keep persevering and im certain that you will continue to improve with each passing year. Ive been a hobbyist-guitarist on and off for over fifty years since I was 10 years old in 1970.so i recognize a musician who has patience and a deep love of music when i see one. I have been where you are in my own music journey and I can assure you that the struggle and the frustration that I have often encountered has been worth it every step of the way. I wish you continued good luck and success in the continuation of your own journey. Keep going no matter what! 🎼🎵🎶🎶🎵🎶🎻😊👍
Hey! Thank you for your nice comment! Thanks for liking my vibrato! It still feels unnatural to apply it. I still get frustrated on a lot of days! But luckily I really enjoy this journey as well! Yay for music! Cheers!
Hey! Thanks for visiting my channel! I really enjoy yours! I will get my piano in a few weeks! I am so excited for that! Haha, in that recital I was just a bit of background noise. I am currently setting up that little pirates piece as a fun video with a throwback to then. But just standing on stage was absolutly fun (and scary, good for my anxiety, etc etc haha) Cheers!
You are doing fantastic, im not a violinist im a banjo player and our fiddle player let me "try" to play his fiddle a few times and that is a very complicated instrument to play to say the least, keep up the good work and thanks for the video 👍🏆.
@@SonjaKreukniet The trick to vibrato is to have your wrist dead relaxed, to the extent where your fingers feel limp. That limpness and the movement of your wrist is what gives you a vibrato
You’ve made so much progress! Definitely an inspiration, I just started in Jan and had watched your one year progress video and was hoping your two year would be out soon!. What’s your goal for this next year?!
Hey Audrey! Thank you so much! You are so kind! Cool! You picked up the violin! I really hope you will love your violin journey! Progress is slow but fun! My goal for this year is to practice vibrato, use more dynamics combined with emotions and to start with 3rd position! And whatever else my lesson book will have me doing! And then when the time comes to explore more pieces that I will be able to play! Cheers!
You have good bowing and bow control keep it up. You should be proud of yourself. Only thing is your intonation, I recommend you do scales (prioritise them) daily.
I know about my intonation. I am ashamed of it! I do scales daily. I am working on it with my teacher too.. A lot.. It just doesn't improve so fast for me!!
Awesome progress. I just started about a week ago. I’m considering an electric violin (to save my marriage, lol) and noticed you used one? Yamaha YEV? How do you like it? Edit to add: you’re also doing piano?! That’s doubly awesome. Me too! Thought I was crazy to try to learn two difficult instruments at once. Glad I’m not alone. Cheers!
Hey Maggie! Thanks for the comment! Oh! Have fun with the violin! I aways say.. the more practice frustration, the more fun it is! I have a Yamaha Yev-104 electric violin, yes. I am not a big fan of the electric sound overall, any electric violin.. But I am happy with it. I mainly use it to practice late at night. I live in a rowhouse.. SO I have neighbours on both sides.. During the day I practice with a heavy mute (Artino PM-01 Practice Mute) And then the day before and the day of my lesson, during my lesson and during recordings I go without a mute. Also to keep everyone around me happy. Hubby works from home due to the pandemic ;) Oh, I also use it when I am really out of tune as I have put a lot of stickers on it to serve as frets... well sort of. I have really small hands so I tend to mess up finger placement a lot with my left hand. If you have looked a little further in your lesson book: My low 2nd and high 3rds mess up everything haha! So it is a practice tool for me mainly. But I find the Yev easier to disguise mistakes with to be honest. So sometimes when I do it right on the electric I still mess it up with the acoustic. And this mainly happens with my bowing... I started with the violin two years ago. With lessons also. And the piano is now a month and without lessons! Piano is also so
@@SonjaKreukniet Thanks for your helpful response. I ordered a better mute. I’ll still look into an electric violin but, like you, prefer the sound of an acoustic. Please post more progress videos-look forward to seeing how you continue to improve.
I see that you have difficulty with intonation i have a tips that worked for me ; you should just learn how the interval sound like ex: sol open string to la first finger if you already know how it sound you will immeditly notice the bad intonation. Its easiere whene you have perfect pitche but you can learn it, try to memorise with songs that use the same intervals. Hop it will help you and good luck.
It's not easy learning the violin. I picked mine up again a couple years ago but only started regular practice recently. It's slow going, isn't it but not an easy instrument!
Great progress, the violin is an instrument of great perseverance and patience, and it is clear that these are two qualities that you have.
Thank you so much!
I can definitely see your progress, especially when you play the same pieces again at a later time. Your perseverance paid off - Good job!
Thank you! Progress is so slow!
It will continue to get better and better. You got this!
I loved your video, which is very inspiring to me. At the age of 63, my third violin lesson is tomorrow. I have no musical experience and no natural talent, but I am willing to work at it. I only hope that I can emulate your steady progress over the next two years. Alistair B.
Enjoy your journey! I also have a 3 years progress video up here on UA-cam of you are interested!
As someone who started playing violin at a young age, I commend you! Violin is *hard* and you've made absolutely amazing progress!
Ahw! Thank you so much!
Well done, you are doing so well. I have been playing for three weeks and feel like i will never get any better, but you give me inspiration to keep plugging away at it.
Hey! Thanks for watching and subscribing! Good luck with your violin journey!
Progress is so slow! My teacher told me to expect to be playing nicely in 5 to 10 years on the day I started haha!
The best part, for me, was the fact that even when super focused on the pieces, you still looked like you were enjoying it so much. That is the key to good progress! That you like what you do and enjoy the process. Violin is very hard to learn and even harder to master, but if you don't have fun playing, what's the point? I have watched a lot of progress videos, but this one legit made me want to pick up my instrument and practice xD I love your energy. Keep at it, I wish you happy playing for many years to come :)
Thank you! I do enjoy most of the journey! To many more years!
I started to study the violin at age 50 with no other musical instrument experience. Sixteen years later I am still studying the instrument LOL. For the longest time I couldn't hear when my intonation was off. You cannot correct what you cannot hear. Kudos to you ! You will find the rewards to be well worth the effort.
Oh, wow, what a nice comment! I feel like I don't hear when I am off with intonation, wel maybe sometimes I can hear when I am in tune!
I hope you enjoy playing! 16 years is such a long time to be at it! And I doubt we ever stop learning and studying.. but isn't that a fun thing?
Thank you!
you're an inspiration, that perseverance is commendable
Thank you for your kind words! I like playing so everyday practice is almost always fun!
Well done to you! You are an inspiration, I am an adult beginner, I'm nearly 60 and have been playing for a year now and loving it. Never too old to learn.
Me an inspiration? Cool! Thank you!
I agree! We are never to old to do anything new & to learn!
If you are interested; I also uploaded my 3 years of violin progress recently!
Wow!!! very well done!!!! its a looooooooooong journey (im on it myself=) - KEEEP IT UP!!!!!! all the best!!!!!!!!!
Wow! Thank you so much! I just uploaded my 3 years progress video!
Enjoy your own journey!
Very nice progress. Good for you for learning to play the violin as an adult. Too many of us limit ourselves once we are grown. I am 77 years old. Seven years ago, I bought a violin merely as an experiment. I wanted to see "IF" I was able to learn to play it. I did not begin with the expectation to play beautiful music, my primary interest was to learn if my body could adjust to the discipline of the physical movements required to play; such as, finger flexibility, fluid wrist/elbow/shoulder motion. Now, I am happy to say, my question has been answered with a resounding YES. My progress would have been more rapid had I not had to undergo surgery on both of my shoulders during this seven-year period. Nevertheless, I struggled through the pain of recovery and now, happily, I am making some very nice [but, not yet beautiful] violin music.
Thank you so much for your kind words! So cool to meet other people who picked up this beautiful instrument as an adult!
Never to old. For anything. I never grew out of my I want to learn phase! Probably never will while alive.
Yo llevo un año aprendiendo violín ..aunque lo compré en 2.015,veo tu progreso en los vídeos,tu energía,tu optimismo,el violín es tan hermoso!;yo Estoi enamorada de este hermoso instrumento🎻😍🌹,la afinación se alcanza con práctica 🎻,yo aún desafino😝😅
Congratulations on 2 years!! It is awesome to watch the progression!
Hey! Thanks! Whohoo 2 years!
I love other peoples progression videos. So I hope you have enjoyed it as much I enjoy others' videos!
I think you should be very proud of yourself sonja. The progress you have made is obvious. I especially enjoyed hearing some natural vibrato at the one year and 11 months mark. Keep persevering and im certain that you will continue to improve with each passing year.
Ive been a hobbyist-guitarist on and off for over fifty years since I was 10 years old in 1970.so i recognize a musician who has patience and a deep love of music when i see one. I have been where you are in my own music journey and I can assure you that the struggle and the frustration that I have often encountered has been worth it every step of the way.
I wish you continued good luck and success in the continuation of your own journey. Keep going no matter what! 🎼🎵🎶🎶🎵🎶🎻😊👍
Hey! Thank you for your nice comment! Thanks for liking my vibrato! It still feels unnatural to apply it.
I still get frustrated on a lot of days! But luckily I really enjoy this journey as well!
Yay for music!
Cheers!
congratulation's I'm just starting on my journey.
Enjoy your journey!
This was so helpful. Thank you for sharing
You’ve come a long way. I can’t believe you were doing recitals after only a month or so. That’s brave. Keep it up!
Hey! Thanks for visiting my channel! I really enjoy yours! I will get my piano in a few weeks! I am so excited for that!
Haha, in that recital I was just a bit of background noise. I am currently setting up that little pirates piece as a fun video with a throwback to then. But just standing on stage was absolutly fun (and scary, good for my anxiety, etc etc haha)
Cheers!
@@SonjaKreukniet Wow, learning the violin and the piano. You must be a sucker for punishment. 🤣
@@DanielLearnsPiano just a sucker for a lot of frustration and a bunch of swearing when it doesn't happen the way I want it to! 😜😂🎉
Thanks for sharing. I loved your reaction when first using the tyrannical metronome :)
Well done! I'm trying to begin the practice and it inspires me a lot =]
Thank you! I hope you enjoy your journey!
Wow great job👏🏻! I love the Jupiter theme:)
GOODDDDDD PERFECTT VIOLIN BRAVOO ❤❤❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🎻🎻🤗❤❤
You are doing fantastic, im not a violinist im a banjo player and our fiddle player let me "try" to play his fiddle a few times and that is a very complicated instrument to play to say the least, keep up the good work and thanks for the video 👍🏆.
Thank you! I guess with daily practice I slowly get somewhere! The Banjo! That is cool! What is your favorite music to play?
@@SonjaKreukniet i play 3 finger picking bluegrass style music and absolutely love it 🎵🎶👍.
I'm so happy watching your progress. Hoping you can perfect the vibrato soon!!
Thank you! Glad it is fun to watch! I am currently working on my 3 years of progress video! I still find vibrato very hard!
@@SonjaKreukniet The trick to vibrato is to have your wrist dead relaxed, to the extent where your fingers feel limp. That limpness and the movement of your wrist is what gives you a vibrato
Woahhh! I can't believe just how good your bow hold is at like 5 months... I still haven't managed to relax my pinky XD
You’ve made so much progress! Definitely an inspiration, I just started in Jan and had watched your one year progress video and was hoping your two year would be out soon!. What’s your goal for this next year?!
Hey Audrey! Thank you so much! You are so kind!
Cool! You picked up the violin! I really hope you will love your violin journey! Progress is slow but fun!
My goal for this year is to practice vibrato, use more dynamics combined with emotions and to start with 3rd position! And whatever else my lesson book will have me doing! And then when the time comes to explore more pieces that I will be able to play!
Cheers!
Amazing!!!! I’m learning too since 5 months ago 😀
How fun that you picked up the violin! What would you like to play one day?
@@SonjaKreukniet sure! I wrote you by Instagram:)
You have good bowing and bow control keep it up. You should be proud of yourself. Only thing is your intonation, I recommend you do scales (prioritise them) daily.
I know about my intonation. I am ashamed of it! I do scales daily. I am working on it with my teacher too.. A lot.. It just doesn't improve so fast for me!!
@@SonjaKreukniet is okay you're doing fine!
@@alyssathefellow3067 it is also the reason why I have just started wih 3rd position only now ( 2 years and 3 months) but thats okay..
@@SonjaKreukniet it's alright my students have been learning around 3 years and shes only going to learn positioning now.
Very good job 😉
Ahw, thank you!
I started violon in april,this instrument is Magic,will you post more videos of progress?
Sorry for my english 🙏
@@ronanchauvelon5604 I am planning to do updates of my progress, yes! Your English is just fine. Welcome to the violin family!
Bravo!!
Thank you!
Congratulations!
Thanks dude!
Keep it up!
Awesome progress. I just started about a week ago. I’m considering an electric violin (to save my marriage, lol) and noticed you used one? Yamaha YEV? How do you like it?
Edit to add: you’re also doing piano?! That’s doubly awesome. Me too! Thought I was crazy to try to learn two difficult instruments at once. Glad I’m not alone. Cheers!
Hey Maggie! Thanks for the comment! Oh! Have fun with the violin! I aways say.. the more practice frustration, the more fun it is!
I have a Yamaha Yev-104 electric violin, yes. I am not a big fan of the electric sound overall, any electric violin.. But I am happy with it. I mainly use it to practice late at night. I live in a rowhouse.. SO I have neighbours on both sides.. During the day I practice with a heavy mute (Artino PM-01 Practice Mute) And then the day before and the day of my lesson, during my lesson and during recordings I go without a mute. Also to keep everyone around me happy. Hubby works from home due to the pandemic ;)
Oh, I also use it when I am really out of tune as I have put a lot of stickers on it to serve as frets... well sort of. I have really small hands so I tend to mess up finger placement a lot with my left hand. If you have looked a little further in your lesson book: My low 2nd and high 3rds mess up everything haha!
So it is a practice tool for me mainly. But I find the Yev easier to disguise mistakes with to be honest. So sometimes when I do it right on the electric I still mess it up with the acoustic. And this mainly happens with my bowing...
I started with the violin two years ago. With lessons also. And the piano is now a month and without lessons! Piano is also so
@@SonjaKreukniet Thanks for your helpful response. I ordered a better mute. I’ll still look into an electric violin but, like you, prefer the sound of an acoustic. Please post more progress videos-look forward to seeing how you continue to improve.
She got the sacrilegious violin in month 10!!
Yay-for-not-disturbing-the-neighbours-late-at-night - violin
Vamos yo también estoy aprendiendo
I don't speak Spanish so I just hope you sy something fun and positive 👍
Awesome job!! Where did you learn how to read music?
Tha k you! I learned to read notes along the way.
What violin you play?
Hey! I just posted a video all about my violins! Have you seen it yet?
I see that you have difficulty with intonation i have a tips that worked for me ; you should just learn how the interval sound like ex: sol open string to la first finger if you already know how it sound you will immeditly notice the bad intonation. Its easiere whene you have perfect pitche but you can learn it, try to memorise with songs that use the same intervals. Hop it will help you and good luck.
Hard yakka sister
Thanks mate!
It's not easy learning the violin. I picked mine up again a couple years ago but only started regular practice recently. It's slow going, isn't it but not an easy instrument!
Nope, no an easy instrument! Just slow and steady.. but fun!