62 Short Steps To Becoming A Real-Life Violinist | The Odyssey Online
Start writing a post
Entertainment

62 Short Steps To Becoming A Real-Life Violinist

It's an endless cycle of practicing with the added bonus of a one-sided love-hate relationship.

55
62 Short Steps To Becoming A Real-Life Violinist
Interlochen Public Radio
  1. Buy a cheap violin
  2. Try to play
  3. Realize you sound terrible
  4. Find a teacher
  5. Learn Twinkle
  6. Listen to Twinkle
  7. Listen to other classical music
  8. Practice
  9. Learn more basic songs
  10. Practice
  11. Cry because your fingers haven’t developed callouses yet and they hurt
  12. Practice
  13. Listen to the songs you’re practicing
  14. Practice
  15. Listen to classical music
  16. Practice
  17. Learn to read music
  18. Practice reading music
  19. Go back to Twinkle to learn vibrato
  20. Practice
  21. Cry because you’re tired of practicing
  22. Notice that you’ve developed a permanent hickey from practicing
  23. Display your violin hickey as evidence that you’re practicing
  24. Become very proud of your violin hickey
  25. Practice more
  26. Celebrate the callouses and lack of feeling in your fingertips
  27. Practice
  28. Get excited because you’re playing a piece you enjoy.
  29. Realize that music is amazing
  30. Start to enjoy violin
  31. Go on to another piece
  32. Practice
  33. Spend your life savings buying a better violin
  34. Adore your new violin
  35. Practice on your new violin
  36. Move to a new teacher after becoming too advanced for your old one.
  37. Cry inside when they tell you all of your technique is wrong
  38. Learn new technique on Twinkle
  39. Practice basic bow strokes on Twinkle
  40. Practice vibrato on, you guessed it, Twinkle
  41. Start to hate violin
  42. Start to hate Twinkle
  43. Find more pieces that you like
  44. Practice them
  45. Enjoy practicing them
  46. Perform them
  47. Find another piece
  48. Practice it
  49. Start to love violin again
  50. Realize that all of your technique is wrong
  51. Practice it on Twinkle
  52. Rejoice that your technique is finally close to correct
  53. Join a chamber group
  54. Realize that your intonation is wrong
  55. Practice it on Twinkle
  56. Join an orchestra
  57. Realize your rhythm is off
  58. Practice with a metronome
  59. Get tired of all this practicing
  60. Perform
  61. Remember why you love this so much
  62. Keep practicing
Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
Entertainment

Every Girl Needs To Listen To 'She Used To Be Mine' By Sara Bareilles

These powerful lyrics remind us how much good is inside each of us and that sometimes we are too blinded by our imperfections to see the other side of the coin, to see all of that good.

534597
Every Girl Needs To Listen To 'She Used To Be Mine' By Sara Bareilles

The song was sent to me late in the middle of the night. I was still awake enough to plug in my headphones and listen to it immediately. I always did this when my best friend sent me songs, never wasting a moment. She had sent a message with this one too, telling me it reminded her so much of both of us and what we have each been through in the past couple of months.

Keep Reading...Show less
Zodiac wheel with signs and symbols surrounding a central sun against a starry sky.

What's your sign? It's one of the first questions some of us are asked when approached by someone in a bar, at a party or even when having lunch with some of our friends. Astrology, for centuries, has been one of the largest phenomenons out there. There's a reason why many magazines and newspapers have a horoscope page, and there's also a reason why almost every bookstore or library has a section dedicated completely to astrology. Many of us could just be curious about why some of us act differently than others and whom we will get along with best, and others may just want to see if their sign does, in fact, match their personality.

Keep Reading...Show less
Entertainment

20 Song Lyrics To Put A Spring Into Your Instagram Captions

"On an island in the sun, We'll be playing and having fun"

417992
Person in front of neon musical instruments; glowing red and white lights.
Photo by Spencer Imbrock on Unsplash

Whenever I post a picture to Instagram, it takes me so long to come up with a caption. I want to be funny, clever, cute and direct all at the same time. It can be frustrating! So I just look for some online. I really like to find a song lyric that goes with my picture, I just feel like it gives the picture a certain vibe.

Here's a list of song lyrics that can go with any picture you want to post!

Keep Reading...Show less
Chalk drawing of scales weighing "good" and "bad" on a blackboard.
WP content

Being a good person does not depend on your religion or status in life, your race or skin color, political views or culture. It depends on how good you treat others.

We are all born to do something great. Whether that be to grow up and become a doctor and save the lives of thousands of people, run a marathon, win the Noble Peace Prize, or be the greatest mother or father for your own future children one day. Regardless, we are all born with a purpose. But in between birth and death lies a path that life paves for us; a path that we must fill with something that gives our lives meaning.

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments