[blparent] My four-year-old daughter wants to learn the violin.

[Tara Briggs]

Hi all! My four-year-old daughter has recently lost her heart to the violin. I’m not quite sure how this happened. She had been saying she wanted to learn to play the flute like mom. I was planning on getting her A kids sized flute for her birthday and starting her with my teacher. But she has changed her mind and has lost her heart to the violin. She insisted I make her a toy violin out of Legos and rubber bands. Last weekend we went to our local arts festival and there was an instrument petting zoo there. She went straight for the violence that was her size! My flute teacher has helped me find a possible violin teacher. But I have a question for all of you, how do you help your child practice with an instrument you don’t know how to play? I guess what I mean is I can’t just observe from the farm at her lesson and then give her a few tips  while she’s practicing. Anyway if any of you have encountered this situation and have some advice let me know! I know I can help her with the learning music because my flute teacher has taught me print music with magnet notes and I could either borrow them or just buy some on Amazon. But I’m not sure how to help with how the violin works.
Tara


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