Can I learn violin without having to hurt my piano fingers?
I’ve been playing piano since high school and played classical pieces. I’m wondering if my fingers get injured or dexterity loss on piano if I learn to play violin. I expect an advice from a classical pianist. You know, I wont risk my dexterity. If playing violin affects dexterity, then I wouldn’t mind learning it.
Please give me some advise as I’m planning to get a violin next week.
Thanks.
not at all!
I started playing piano a little before playing the violin, and I had trouble doing scales with my left hand, it was so weak. Of course, that was when I was in fourth grade. But after I started violin, my finger strength and speed has both increased in my left hand, and both my right hand and my left hand became more flexible (right hand because of bowing, left hand because of pressing, shifting, vibrato, etc). It has certainly improved my playing alot. You can find examples of me playing on Youtube, it’s improved alot! I’ve only been playing for 2 years and I wouldn’t be at half my level without violin!
http://www.youtube.com/user/Raymondbl
if it doesn’t work, just search raymondbl on youtube.
Violin shouldn’t affect your piano playing at all. I’ve been playing violin and piano for a long time and it doesn’t affect my playing at all. Playing violin actually increased my fingers’ speed and flexibility but everyone is different.
Hope that helps you. ( The violin is an awesome instrument!) Good luck!
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the worst you’ll get from from playing violin is callused fingers on your left hand but you got to remember violins are like piano’s and if you want a quality instrument with great sound quality it will probably cost more then your car. Mine is a refurbishment over a hundred years old and is worth about twice as much as my first car.
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playing classical violin since i was 3.
It most definitely won’t hurt your piano fingers. It could even help improve dexterity! If you practice a lot, you might get tiny calluses on your fingers, but they are not as significant as a guitar players or cellists calluses.
I have friends who are pursuing piano professionally and who play both violin and piano at very high levels. Good luck, the violin is hard but really rewarding!
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You should not use your hands for eating, washing yourself or gesturing either, because those activities are not playing the piano and thus could hurt your piano fingers.
(Your fingers aren’t going to forget how to move a certain way just because you’ve taught them some new movements. )
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No, you won’t lose your dexterity. If anything, it will improve your piano technique — especially your left hand finger technique! That’s what it did for me!
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I play both piano and violin (and started violin 6 years after piano).
not at all!
I started playing piano a little before playing the violin, and I had trouble doing scales with my left hand, it was so weak. Of course, that was when I was in fourth grade. But after I started violin, my finger strength and speed has both increased in my left hand, and both my right hand and my left hand became more flexible (right hand because of bowing, left hand because of pressing, shifting, vibrato, etc). It has certainly improved my playing alot. You can find examples of me playing on Youtube, it’s improved alot! I’ve only been playing for 2 years and I wouldn’t be at half my level without violin!
http://www.youtube.com/user/Raymondbl
if it doesn’t work, just search raymondbl on youtube.
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Violin should not affect your "piano" fingers. In fact, you probably would be ten times better then the normal starting violin players because you have experience the feeling of having to stretch your fingers. As in, having to reach of a key. Violin will definitely give you calluses though on your finger tips. If you don’t’ like that idea, this might be a problem for you.
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Violinist for 5 years.