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How To Set Up A New Violin | Getting Started with Your Violin | Violin Unboxing

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How To Set Up A New Violin | Getting Started with Your Violin | Violin Unboxing

619,568 views October 25, 2015 8:37

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ChannelThe Online Piano & Violin Tutor

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This video covers everything you need to know from when the violin arrives on your doorstep (or under your Christmas tree!) to actually playing it!

Timestamps and links below:
0:14 - Opening up the case and what's in it.
0:45 - Putting in the bridge/how to put in the bridge.
3:45 - Tuning the violin/about the strings.
4:34 - The shoulder rest.
5:23 - The bow and applying rosin.
6:45 - What the bow sounds like WITHOUT rosin.
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WHAT SHOULD YOU DO NEXT?
Now, you need to follow a course of some sort or seek out a local teacher who can teach you properly.
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The Online Piano & Violin Tutor published this 8:37 video tutorial on October 25, 2015. It has been watched 619,568 times on YouTube.

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