Mathguy12776

the issue is me, not the violin. she said it was well worth the money i paid for it. her only gripe was that she said the b flat sounded a little bright

I have a book for beginners in music theory I was going to read regardless. I just didn't know if that would be sufficient or not. I'm only interested in classical and baroque.

Would learning music theory make it easier to learn the violin?

Yes, I'm a math\physics major. I just took a course in Fourier analysis last semester lol.

I will, I see my teacher tomorrow. If it is indeed a wolf tone, does it warrant sending it back or should I just work around it?

That's good to hear. I would MUCH rather it be me making it sound bad than the instrument itself being off.

what about the double stops and the g string? do you think those are just my lack of technique? I made sure to play close to the bridge for the double stops (and I played everywhere else to make sure) but they sounded dead. The strings vibrate when I play them open, but when I play stopped notes, it's like they die the instant my bow stops moving, no ring at all

The D string seems fine, but the third position on the G string sound terrible, but I probably attribute that to me being a beginner. I just got this violin and I've been playing with it for a few days to make sure everything sounds good. I did try some double stops, when I play open string double stops they sound beautiful, but when I play stopped notes with double stops, the strings seem to stop vibrating, I don't know how to explain it. It plays the pitch, but the strings don't ring. I even used a tuner to make sure I was playing the exact notes for the double stop, but it sounded "dead". Again, I am a beginner so it might be me. I see my teacher again Tuesday, I will ask her what she thinks. She played it once and it sounded great, but she didn't do anything in depth.

I made absolutely sure I was bowing straight. Why is it only that one note? The high notes on the A string sound fine. It could be my bowing, but why just those notes?

On the A string, if I play low fingerings around A sharp or so, the tone quality is terrible. I have a video here comparing other notes to these low notes on the A-string. The sound is terrible and I don't think it's me. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-MaI55nDZ1DX2ROWENhT3prQkU/view?usp=sharing

the problem is my bowing. for some reason i play the open strings straight, when i play fingerings my bow goes slanted

When I am playing in first position, my fingerings sound very airy and harmonic, I made sure I was pressing the string hard enough so that this shouldn't happen, but something else is causing it. When I play the open strings they sound fine, but when I go to fingerings (especially on the g and d string) there is a raspy harmonic sound.

i took a photo of the back with an actual camera, the iphone picture made it look terrible, it's actually very lovely

i decided to purchase it. the normal price is 3400, but he has a 10% off special on all violins under 5k so it was only a little over 3000. they also offer a 100% trade-in value for this violin so i think it's a good investment.

I'm in love with the sound. It's so clear and lower strings have a wonderful warm ring to them and the e is superbly clear and sweet.