how hard is it to play viola as a violinist
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when the viola is mistaken as a violin: 💀
I know right?
As a viola player I will get so mad at this
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@@drmeechbinanddrtinbin3767 y e s
@@SwiftieForever_213 Me too!
I play both, started with violin and picked up the viola many years afterward, but am now definitely team viola (if I had to choose). I still like the violin, but the richness and depth of the viola's lowest notes are unbeatable. Love the C string so much. ❤
Oh yes, C string is beautiful!
same here!!!
Sameeee
C string's dark and rich tone make the viola a win for me. Violin is still gorgeous nonetheless!
I've been learning violin for 7 years now.. I've just started playing the viola. Honestly i would prefer viola from start... I think the viola has more possibility in terms of sound, aside from the violins repartoire advantage.
When a violinist recognizes violas:
*I must dreaming*
Frr, as a Violinist the sounds from a Viola makes me happy 🥵
Omg yes because my viola is a 14” and it’s so tiny so everyone thinks it’s a violin..it’s not fun😭😭
@@LizzyBealOne time I was just carrying my viola to orchestra, and someone asked, "Is that a cello?" 😭😭
@@user-vx4ej6ru4wWHAT?! There’s no way!!
I play violin, viola, and cello. Each instrument has it's own place in my heart. It would be hard to choose.
I love the sound of the viola, but the size of the violin is better for me.
Oh yes, it felt as such a relief to pick up the violin again after trying viola!
I personally like the feel of the viola better than the violin, my hands are small, but it’s easier to play the viola sense it is bigger
My Viola have the same size than a 4/4 violin
I am used to violin as I have played for over 12 yrs but I always loved the deeper mellow sound of cellos and violas. I recently got a 5 string electric which feels the same as a violin but has a C added on the bottom. I love the extra range but it's taking some getting used to as the string placements are slightly different
I play a viola and this made me happy seeing u do this!
Bro me to nobody gives violas credit
The technique is quite different. I ran into trouble two different times taking viola from teachers who "also played viola" but were trained as violinists. 😕 It is *not* the same!!!! I studied one year with each teacher, then while at orchestra camp each summer, I was continually corrected: Yes, that is how it is done with *violin*, but not viola. I will never make that mistake again! I found a teacher who is highly accomplished in playing viola, and also is maybe the best pedagogue I have ever encountered. So now I'm getting all the inside info!! Soooo happy!!!!!
That's wonderful!
Wow, that is interesting! I never would have thought that there would be such a big difference in the playing technique between viola and violin, as they are both played on your chin - and only the size, a couple of the strings are different, and the bow is different.
What are the main technique differences between the two?
Viola for sure! I play it and it’s amazing and so beautiful!
So are violins.
TEAM VIOLA
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I play viola
Me
YES
YASSSSSSSSSSSSS❤❤❤❤❤QUEEN💅
ME
I cannot express my happiness when I see violists coming together in a comment section 🥹
When your name is Viola:
👁👄👁
😁🎻💫
I don’t think u got what that meant
@@notkevin5252i dont think YOU got what that meant 💀
My cousin gianna she has a friend and her name is viola
VIOLA!! Miss playing the Viola. Felt like the notes of the lower strings pierced my soul.
I got a Viola yesterday. It’s surprisingly easy for me to play! The only hard bit is learning alto clef but I’ve made a couple cheat sheets and I’m getting there! I can now recognise open strings and first fingers. I can’t name notes on alto clef yet but that’ll come later. :)
Anyone else play viola ✨😊
me
Yep
Me yep
My grandfather used to play in an orchestra. He mostly played viola if I recall correctly but also played violin. I still have both of them. I was little when he passed so I didn’t get to hear him play much, but loved the bond him and I shared over these beautiful instruments.
What a lovely memory!
Violin / viola skills are transferable. If you play the violin you can play the viola and vice versa. The initial challenge would be the weight, distance, finger positions and the reading alto clef instead of treble clef.
Exactly!
I'm so glad you did this. I started playing the viola, and your videos are so helpful. pls make more viola videos.
Thank you, I might!
Team viola ✨✨✨
Definitely team viola 🎉❤
I used to play the violin in my elementary school string orchestra. But when I went to audition for my middle school string orchestra, they dragged me to the viola because they said I was “capable” or something. I can play both now and they’re both amazing instruments
Great! Have you ever tried a five string violin?
@@nickiemcnichols5397no, and I do not want to spend more money on instruments anymore XD
follow up, I sit next to first chair now, I guess they did the right thing-
@@nickiemcnichols5397 Hmmm... that's a bit sacrilegious
I love seeing a violinist actually acknowledging viola
Violaaaa all the way... But if there was a viola as light as a violin and is rich in sound as it is. IM IN LOVE 😍
There are a few light weighted 14 in. violas, or you could take a 4/4 violin, & have it turned into a viola.
Viola 100% this is my 3rd year playing and I love the sound
Violin I just love the sound ❤
I am team viola. I have played viola and violin my whole life but I feel like the viola makes richer sounds and is just so beautiful 🤩
I respect Violin and viola, because each have a different sound frequency and sound richness and texture, but i go to violin because i like high frequency sound. Violin 🎻💓 and viola 💓🎻
I play viola and love doing it I,v only played since 2022 more at the end tho
It feels like the viola is a better story teller.
I play both regularly. I play in churches, and depending on who is available each week and what style the song is. Whenever I come back to the violin, I feel very nimble due to the spacing of the fingers and the size difference.
I played the viola as a young teen, and would absolutely love to pick it up again as an adult.
Violin is more of a exciting beautiful sounding instrument and the Viola is a sad, and intense instrument
Viola.. I use it as crispy sounding ukulele instead. Bowing is hard 🤣 it keeps bouncing or hitting other strings after half of the bow..
Well you’ve solved that nicely😁
I am team violin, but I played some viola in the past too. Even auditioned viola for an orchestra just for fun. (didn't win, but learned a lot) I feel after playing the viola when switching back to the violin, the violin sounds much better and handles like the tiny thing it is. It is really beneficial for the sound to switch between both sometimes.! I like to play both, but I only have violins..
Wow, an audition even! Yes, violin feels so nice and light after viola. ☺️
Viola beginner here, after playing guitar for a while. Loving it, but of course it will take a while to get good :)
As a violaist i love the sound of the deep. I ❤ viola!
I HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOR SO LONG
Team viola all the way, I’ve played viola for 6 years now, to me the violin always felt off in my hands where i was so used to playing a larger instrument
I was a concert violist all through high school and college. I switched to Viola in the 10th grade as my hands grew a little too large to be comfortable on the Violin anymore.
viola is my main, (i’ve been playing for 6 years, i started when i was 10 and i’m 16 now) but i’ve also picked up violin, but viola will always have my heart it’s so beautiful i wish it got more recognition
I love ❤ both of the musical 🎼 instruments , they sound lovely.
I've been a violinist for 10 years. Just started learning both viola and cello this year. Reading the alto and bass clefs indeed are my biggest struggle of the whole transition 😂
My wish is both ,but recovering from a bad day at the office thats taking 20 years. My grampa carved my fiddle with a jackknife when he was twelve . It is my passion to rebuild it again and play it again before im done ,but for now i have to play these old german and chechloslovocian violins and violas. Trying hard with a ruined shoulder and busted up arm but feel so blessed to play at all now.
Viola all the way 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Both, primarily viola but violin as needed currently a 5 string viola.
I’m both, I play violin as my main string instrument, but I can also play viola. It’s actually pretty easy and super fun!
Both - started violin but after 3 years switched to viola. 10 years ago picked up the violin again. I also have a 5 string viola (added E string) fir when the viola part goes up into the stratosphere.
VIOLA!! (and bass which if you look at the strings are just big backwards violins)
Never cared for strings until I heard a violist play solo. That instrument range is my jam
Both, both of them just sound relaxing, these instruments are one of those instruments that has no haters
I like the voice register of the viola & cello, high notes on violin can be like nails on a chalk board sometimes.
havent touched a viola in 4 years but Im still team viola til I die
My first year of playing I played violin but now 5 years later I’m going strong with the viola
I'm a violinist starting viola to help a student. I must say, I could see myself really loving the viola. I have big hands, so I always struggled with the small finger distances on the violin. And I love the deep sound. But the weight is definitely difficult.
i play viola but learned how to play viola by reading one piece of violin sheet music, im not so good at violin even though their slightly similar (im used to the viola weight, violins feel too light) and i sometimes forget that there is no C string but overall, both are awesome instruments and are amazing in their own ways
I feel its sometimes easy to tell when a violinist switches to viola just by paying attention to their vibrato. Violists tend to have a wider vibrato than violinists.
I picked the violin when I was in elementary school. The sound of the violin is beautiful. I do like the sound of the viola too.
Was always very curious about this as I love the deeper tones. Thanks for this!!!
Beautiful
I play the violin and once in a while I play my sisters viola and I like both but violin is my favorite for sure
I have a viola right now and people at my school keep saying *oh you have a violin?* and I’m like NO 😭
I play viola and it’s amazing to work with
That is one fine-sounding viola!
I play the viola and when I have violinists play my viola they always say “oh my gosh this is so big”
Viola kingdom !!!
I play both instruments and love 'em both, for their differences. Sometimes the violin is too high pitched and light-sounding and sometimes the viola sounds dreary. So i have a somewhat different bow technique for each. I lean in on the violin, for more overtones and I have a rule for my particular viola--no carbon fiber bows, as they tend to darken the sound.
But some people like that melancholy feeling 😉
I can play every instrument in an orchestra but I'm best at violin and viola and in my opinion violin is more fun to play because you constant have the melody but viola is much easier to learn
In childhood i learned Violin and now, 35 years later i give my 7/8 Violin away i used as a child to buy a Viola and start playing again. I realized that i Love the deeper range and the bigger Volume much much more than the high Tones of the violin❤
So now: Team Viola (without eber playing IT until now😂)
I’m team Violin, It was just a random thought at first but then I mentioned it and my mom thought it was a great idea and got me lessons, in orchestra ( middle school orchestra ) My teacher teaches about Violas cellos and violins and I think violas are super cool
Team Violin, i just picked it up a few weeks ago and after i learn it i may pick up a viola later down the road
I played the viola in high school. Have thought about getting and learning to play a 5 string for fun.
In my violin shop I always heard players took only a few weeks to get used to a 5 string.
Both but I love viola more it’s my first instrument ❤
I would recommend starting The Swan in 4th position with 4th finger on G then shifting down. You avoid the string change and it sounds more elegant.
Thanks :)
Another very noticeable difference I find is bow weight. There is slightly more pressure needed for a nice rich sound on a viola. I’m a viola player and I always need to remind myself to put less pressure when playing violin. Intonation is definitely a challenge but the rules are a lot looser with fiddling, (which is what I play when using violin/fiddle)
I play both, I like both. But I must admit that the deeper and melancholic sound of viola just matches my soul. So it's a little bit more preferred than violin. 🎻🎼
viola sounds beautiful :)
Tune the viola as a violin it sounds nice 😊
Both! I played viloa, and loved the violin as well. Its essentially the same instrument, just in a different range. Its not that much bigger than a violin.
I like both. They are so beautiful they could put me in a trance
I'm a relatively new fiddler who bought a viola about 15 years ago.... Never played it much I'm gonna try to revive it.
Wonderful!
My son is 13 and is now learning to play the viola in the school orchestra. He has never played either before. I'm hoping he sticks with it and ends up being good at it. I've always been a big fan of both but never played either. Utterly love the sounds from both.
Sounds beautiful! I think the challenge would be getting used to the alto clef
I like cello 😅
I play brass instruments but i would choose Viola over Violin bc it sounds nice and my instrument is big as well (i play the euphonium (and trombone part-time))
Will you know do viola small lessons 😄
I’m team viola 🎻
I'm actually a trainee to be a violist in my college string ensemble and these are my journey.
Edit 09/21/2023:
It's a long 2 weeks so I'm gonna recap it very quickly
day 4 of practice. I didn't came because I was handling an event as a member of the student council of my group. I really wanted to come to practice because we were finally practicing finger placement.
BUT we do practice every Saturday also but only us in the ensemble and we just rehearse most of the time BUT this time I have no classes AND two people came who are very good, experience, and great mentors. One is violist but also play percussion, and the other one is a cellist. It was a blast practicing with them also little bit star truck.
NOW we come to the day 5 of practice. We practice finger placement again and well... it wasn't great for me that is. I still suck at following the note, still struggle with the beat, and because I'm still a beginner doesn't know proper finger placement. So after class our violas were given tapes so we can train ourselves and our muscle to remember where we put our fingers.
That's it for now. We still have Saturday rehearsals but I have class but I will still try to come.
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Edit:
Week later day 3 of practice. So we practice playing the half, quarter, and whole notes so that we can be better at reading notes and proper bow control. Yeah it's hard to follow on beat and remembering which note we are playing, actually the day after, me and one of the trainees practice and yep I need to practice going on beat and remembering where I am in the sheet.
All in all, it's stressful but I enjoy it heck college isn’t even hard right now because mid term just started and school gets canceled because of the hurricane. I'm more stress in playing the Viola than school because I can't stop thinking I suck even with the other trainees that say they suck too. Now if you think about it I need to know if this a mental problem or something all musicians go through.
Also wow my wrist hurts. Any tips on how to not make it hurt?
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Day 2 actual practice, learned how to do the basics like bow control and the name of each cord for the viola, learned the different between viola with other instruments, and practice using Rubank Viola Method Vol.1
We weren't taught the finger placement yet since we can only meet once a week with the instructor, one hour lesson for viola, violin, and cello plus lesson for advance players. It's free so it's ok but since I don't have a viola I borrow one that the school have and practice at school after class since we aren't allowed to bring it home. I'm practicing bow control and memorizing the chords.
I'm might update every week. As reminder of my journey. It's ok not to read it but I think it would be fun to see a person journey of improving one's passion.
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Day 1 was intimidating since I was late and I know no one plus I didn't get to use any instruments just watch people who know how to use it and me an introvert that loves music especially the classics but doesn't really know how to play any instrument was very nervous and want to leave.
Team Violin 🎉🎉🎉🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻
as a violist who plays mostly oboe and flute music but occasionally gets actually viola music, in my highschool band, gotta say going back and forth between clefs is definetly the hardest part
also, yeah the size difference is pretty interesting. I didn't realize just how much bigger my viola is till I swaped instruments for a bit and played my friend's violin. it was so tiny!
What is the name of the piece you played on the viola?
What song is she playing on the viola? It's beautiful ~
The distance is quite similar and actually the distance was easier for me as up the position, the distance is still quite similar as at lower positions, this is advantageous for octaves and harmonics my challenge is making good sounds on high positions, i team both btw
I dont know how to play either. I plan to start learning violin, along with my ukulele. However I think both are beautiful sounding instruments. I hope to learn viola in the future, it will definitely be a while though till I do. I pick viollin because its higher in sound, from what I know, more of a saprano voice, which is what I am in chorus.
Better than me who has been playing I for all of last year and quite a hit this year😭
You can definitely tell its harder to get the full deepness of the viola when youre used to the violin lol
Team Viola:)
Team viola every time: husband is a violist but it's not just loyalty: love that dark tone!
Viola!!
I recently learned how to play the violin (self-taught) and decided to learn the viola as well. I'd say they both have their pros and cons, but I may be team viola because of the pure rich deep sound it brings.
TEAM VIOLA BABY YEEHAW
Viola!!!
imagine joining the viola gang by choice
Violin gang