All About Choosing and Buying Violins

[airex]

Hihi,


Synwin and Gramercy have rather good range of hand-crafted violins. For full size, I would strongly recommend investing in a good hand-crafted violin. My students mostly get their violins from Synwin. It is important to purchase violin from shops who have good after-sales service and able to repair violins etc.

[airex]

XiaOYinG:

Hi, I would like to know if anyone can share where can I buy a violin for my 5 years old son at the minimum budget. Cuz I heard that buying a expensive violin for children is not recommended as they will change the violin every 6mths as they are still growing up. Besides, what type of lesson should i choose? Individual or class? Any recommended school around Jurong Area?


Thanks..

Hi,

This reply may be too late.
But hope it will help in some way. U can buy the violin from Synwin/Gramercy etc. For beginner, you do not have to buy hand crafted violins. You can purchase the beginner model which is selling at $120 (synwin). It is about this price range at Gramercy too. As a violin teacher, I would recommend individual lesson. I have tried group teaching and it is not very effective as every student has different level of understanding and progress. Therefore it is either slowing down the stronger students' progress or the weaker students' being neglected. However group lesson has its pros. The child will be more motivated due to the positive peer pressure.

[JennyP]

airex:

Hihi,


Synwin and Gramercy have rather good range of hand-crafted violins. For full size, I would strongly recommend investing in a good hand-crafted violin. My students mostly get their violins from Synwin. It is important to purchase violin from shops who have good after-sales service and able to repair violins etc.

Dear Airex

my son was learning piano now since January 2009, but now he said he not want to learn and want to learn violin, is it too early for him as he is just over 5 1/2 years old? and can you please recommend me shall i need to send him to school or private at home? could you please advice me as i not know music at all.
Thanks in advance.

have a nice day!
Jenny

[phankao]

airex:

As a violin teacher, I would recommend individual lesson. I have tried group teaching and it is not very effective as every student has different level of understanding and progress. Therefore it is either slowing down the stronger students' progress or the weaker students' being neglected. However group lesson has its pros. The child will be more motivated due to the positive peer pressure.

Would you recommend 1-to-1 even for 3 year olds?

[thistlesound]

Hello. My school offers violin lessons for both children as young as 3 years old to adults. We also provide the service of getting the violin for the child. As a student in our school, he or she will be entitled to 10% discount for violin and the shoulder rest. At current we have a 30min trial promotion for new students going for S$15 (excl GST). Do check out our webpage: http://www.thistlesound.com

[luckystar]

Ms Yah, ex-nafa teacher, 1st teacher of Gabriel Ng , Dawn Yah (both in Menuhin UK now) , Janell Yeo (UK) and Edward (winner of Young Violinist Competition). She is a good susuki method violin teacher.

[airex]

Hi phankao,


I would recommend 1-1. But u must understand ur kid's character before deciding. Some kids excel with positive peer pressure while others may not like the friendly competition. And for 3 year old, 1-1 may be ineffective if the teacher is not able to engage the child to open up..

phankao:

Would you recommend 1-to-1 even for 3 year olds?

[airex]

Hi Jenny,


5 1/2 is not too young. It is actually an ideal age. Some kids can start at 3 1/2 or even younger.
For school, your child will tend to behave more due to an unfamiliar surroundings. For group lesson, it may be good from young to train their ear. As for lessons at home, it is defintely the time saved travelling to n fro the school. But the child is able to get whole

JennyP:

Dear Airex

my son was learning piano now since January 2009, but now he said he not want to learn and want to learn violin, is it too early for him as he is just over 5 1/2 years old? and can you please recommend me shall i need to send him to school or private at home? could you please advice me as i not know music at all.
Thanks in advance.

have a nice day!
Jenny

[mommyNg]

Hi luckystar, I’ve pm-ed you. Thanks!!

[watmekiasu]

Airex, wondering if you could fill me in on what/how a 3 or 3 1/2yo learns violin? My daughter, at that age, could barely stand still. She didn’t have the fine motor coordination skills either.