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Something for Beginners

By Crash Overture on January 18, 2026 6:58 pm

A violin track this week.

I started playing violin back in March of 2023, and I got really frustrated that the very early songs in my class weren't anything that sounded good unless you added vibrato (which I still cannot do). So I swore I would write for beginners stuff that was fun and sounded good. I am Excluding a lot of fiddle stuff which sounds great and is fun at the start, because my former teacher discouraged me from it because they really wanted me to stick with Suzuki (classical) which mean I had to learn the same way as a child... as a person in my 40s. including not being allow to know names notes what not. My current teacher is way more chill.

I showed him the piece this week and he was pleased I knew it had no ending or clear beginning and then told me about cadance and I watched a few videos. So here it is. ALSO extremely cool to have someone much more skilled than I play the piece I wrote. And he had so many notes to help me work on the next one.

For beginners because it's G major. You mostly use open strings and your first and third fingers. I have string crossing to make it more complicated but not too much. I also tried to write it to accomodate that I naturally drag or buffer at parts. If you can't follow my exact tempo, be aware that I have a tendency to randomly change it, so it's likely me and not you.

Sheet music

Recorded with my iphone mini below me wrapped in a polar feece sweater to buffer sound. I also use audacity for when I messed up and couldn't one shot the boss.

Its hard to one shot the boss. This turned out great and a really nice clean recording. I look forward to more!

Now you gotta sample your violin parts and cut them up in Garage Band and turn it into your next week's track!

Oh this is a nice idea! Just played it on my guitar for fun.
Hope you do more of these.

nice to hear violin on here! i also hope for more, enjoy the journey  smile

neon liminal wrote:

Its hard to one shot the boss. This turned out great and a really nice clean recording. I look forward to more!

Thank you! It really is hard to get it all in one go!

Continuous Nonlinearities wrote:

Now you gotta sample your violin parts and cut them up in Garage Band and turn it into your next week's track!

That's a great idea for future me!

Dustsucker wrote:

Oh this is a nice idea! Just played it on my guitar for fun.
Hope you do more of these.

I'm glad to hear you played it too! I plan do more. I'm working on two right now, I'm aiming for 10 by the end of the year.

jwh wrote:

nice to hear violin on here! i also hope for more, enjoy the journey  smile

Thank you! Oh you will hear more big_smile

When I started making music, I found traditional class structures very discouraging. It wasn't until I started trying my own thing that I got the bug. Keep on going and follow what makes you excited to keep learning. It's the easiest way to keep growing smile

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ENC_ wrote:

When I started making music, I found traditional class structures very discouraging. It wasn't until I started trying my own thing that I got the bug. Keep on going and follow what makes you excited to keep learning. It's the easiest way to keep growing smile

You are right! Does help and I feel more inspired to work on my musicThank you


emily wrote:

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Thank you!

I remember trying to learn violin like 15 years ago, it was way too hard for me but I got pretty good at jamming along with songs I liked. The hours would fly by. But practicing scales and techniques? Not for me.

I look forward to hearing how you improve on the violin this year and hearing more of your compositions. smile

Sodabelly wrote:

I remember trying to learn violin like 15 years ago, it was way too hard for me but I got pretty good at jamming along with songs I liked. The hours would fly by. But practicing scales and techniques? Not for me.

I look forward to hearing how you improve on the violin this year and hearing more of your compositions. smile

It is way too hard and I keep injuring my arm. Good you could jam, I'm not there yet, but one day! thank you

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