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How hard is it to play the violin?

how hard is it to play the violin?
how hard is it to play the violin?

I don’t mean: “is it complicated?”

What I really want to know is, “how much PHYSICAL EFFORT is needed to play?”
I mean, how hard can it be?
A five year old can do it? A THREE year old can do it.

Still, we all squeeze, push and force sound from our instruments.

When we really need to COAX the music out.
Allow it to flow.

It will.

Allow it to ring through the room, filling us all with its glow.
That part can’t fail, if we’ll only just let it succeed.

It’s not effort that is needed.
The universe is on your side when you choose the violin.

By Bill Alpert

Bill Alpert is a performer, teacher and author with a unique focus on personal development and mindfulness viewed through the lens of violin study. Mr. Alpert's resume includes recordings, performances and film scores with artists such as The Moody Blues, Pepe Romero, Tina Turner and Johnny Mathis. The co-founder of the award winning Alpert Studio of Voice and Violin in California, he is professionally active in the American String Teachers Association and the Suzuki Association of America.