Give yourself a huge pat on the back when you give your first recital of ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ Unlike your case, which you can cover with cool stickers, you have to cover your pristine pride and joy with childish dots.Ĩ. Quickly discover there are no set ‘notes’ like a piano or guitar (See some of the other worst things about playing the violin here.)ħ. Accept you will soon be using the remainder of your life savings that you didn’t spend on your instrument on massages for your neck cramp.Īnd also make-up to cover the bruising on your neck. Improve your ninja string-replacement skillsĪlternatively, have a second violin to hand (if you can afford it).Ħ. *90 seconds of apparent tuning, AKA screeching*ĥ. This is made even worse when there are 15-20 of you trying to do it at once. “What do you mean it doesn’t come ready-to-use?” Yes, sadly no matter how carefully you look after your violin case, you’ll always need to re-tune your violin before practising. Now you look the part, it’s time to actually pick up your instrument.Ĥ. First of all, your violin will need tuning Be consistent with the rustic trend and have a few stray horse hairs hanging from it if you can. Complete your style with a case covered in tour stickers (people will automatically think you’re an expert and well travelled = extra authenticity points) and of course your trusty right hand man/woman - your bow. “Accessories are important and becoming more and more important every day.” Giorgio ArmaniĪll the gear and no idea.