Violin Lessons | Cello Lessons | Viola Lessons

California Music Studios contracts with independently established instructors who love giving violin lessons. Feel confident & excited to learn how to play violin. Teachers use refined techniques to make learning easier.

Some instructors offer lessons in cello or viola as well, since the instruments are related to the violin. Unlike guitar, instruments of the violin family do not have frets, so it is important for a student to develop an ear for the notes. The Suzuki method is especially useful for young beginners.

Take violin lessons, give the warmth of classical violin! However, the instrument is not limited to the pure harmony and melody of classical music composers such as Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, etc. Violin is versatile, appearing in jazz as well as pop music with Vanessa-Mae being a very popular modern violinist.

The alternative rock song "Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve caused controversy due to the use of violin samples. Now it is not uncommon to see actual violinists performing in modern musical genres. Another example is Miri Ben-Ari, she is classically trained in violin, yet now she is the violinist of hip-hop. When violins are used in musical genres such as folk music, country, bluegrass, or blues, then the violin is usually called a fiddle. Apparently in hip-hop, violin is the cool term.

If you prefer the bass of a cello to the treble of a violin, then ask about cello lessons instead. You may wish to read about the prodigy cellist Yo Yo Ma.

Electrified violin is also very exciting. Here is an impressive video clip of a guy in the UK playing an electric violin in a rock band: Mark "The Mad Fiddler" Knight performing with SID80s. Mark also runs a great forum for traditional or electric instruments of the violin family: FiddleForum.com