This is a guide to playing the violin, and is a continuation from part one, which touched on the first five steps in the process. For more information about learning how to play the violin well, keep reading!

* Keep in mind that more pressure is going to create a larger sound. If you apply too much pressure, however, the sound that you will produce will be scratchy. The real key to producing a solid, attractive sound is to keep your wrist relaxed.

- 6 - Now you should practice by playing the violin's open strings on your violin.

This means that you should not be pressing any strings down using the fingers on your left hand. You should simply rest the violin's neck between your first finger and thumb. The strokes that you should take should be long and full, but then you can try half strokes as well. The transition from the return point should be made as smoothly as you can possibly handle. You should also practice playing one string into playing another. Once you can play one string without touching the others, you are track with your practice.

- 7 - Now you should practice playing the scales, which is another important part of learning how to play the violin.

A scale is characterized by playing a note located on a lower note and then climbing to higher notes. Begin with C-major scale, for example, which means that you should play the third finger by bowing the lowest string as the first note. Then move to the open string, D, first finger, E, then the low second finger, F, then G, then the open string for A and B, and the low second finger C, which is on the second highest of the strings. There are a number of different scales that you can play, including a D major scale, F major scale and an A major scale, simply to name a few. In order to play each of these scales, you should place a finger on each string one at a time when bowing them. The focus here is to play each note relaxed without any quick or sudden stops. If you want to produce a warmer sound, which should be your goal, this is a good practice for you as it will keep your sound from becoming too shaky.

- 8 - Now that you know what is required of you in order to practice, you should make a commitment to practicing every single day.

You can begin with a short practice length of only ten minutes or so, and then you can work a little longer every day until you are practicing around 30 minutes every day. Practice makes perfect, though, so do not be afraid to practice more and more as you desire. And be sure that you create a unique goal for each day of practice.

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