Love, I think you are starting too quickly for me. How about we set the bridge and tune the strings first? I have never touched a violin before. I already had the D string peg break in my fingers and I broke the G string by tuning too tightly, I guess. I tried to rosin up the bow….do I have too much rosin? Too little? How do I tell? All I know is I sound worse that a herd of hoarse, dying frogs. I could play my recorder/trombone/tuba/baritone when I first picked it up better than I can this thing. I am not yet frustrated, just incredibly new and I keep playing the E string along with the A string when I only want an A sound. How much pressure do we use when bowing? My violin seems to make a noise better and clearer when I just rest the bow on the strings and pull rather than pushing down on the string and pulling.

I love this approach. It is super helpful to highlight the rhythmic pattern this way. Too often bowing gets overlooked in pursuit of the notes. I hope there are more vids like this - am about to check. Thanks George! Amazing teachings! I so appreciate you.

oh my goodness. ive just got a violin and watched your first video and i have never learned something so quickly. you explain everything so perfectly. i wamt to play irish music so badly lol xxx

The “wuh wuh” sound was genuinely so helpful, I’ve never heard it until you mentioned it! Thank you :)

I just can't get the hang of following the tune with the demonstration when it's played clearly first, then explained after really quickly, then moved right along. I end up having to constantly skip back in the video to try and figure out what I was supposed to do.

Can you make a sheet music for this? I am having trouble following along.

Wow! Very beautiful video! Beautiful playing by a beautiful person, in a beautiful house (setting)! ❤

Absolutely excellent and very clear- thank you!

Forest lesson went well, thank you.

You are cool

Excellent guidence for biginers. Thanks

Thank youuu. My first day!

Love love love this tune...thanks for sharing my friends. Got gifted a violin last December can't wait to learn how to play it well. Peace, love and light folks. 💜🙏

Extremely helpful. Thank you!

Incredible

That was great!

yeah, date Mozart and leave me alone

Hello George, thank you a great first lesson, i am 58 years old, i started learning guitar when i was 7 years old, not a master by any means, but im excited to find your lessons, I usually just try to learn most things by myself but its very nice to be shown properly.

BIG LOVE

Great video, just good for a complete newby like me. Please do correct me if I'm wrong, but two things I learned before watching this video which I think are worth mentioning: 1) Remember to use rosin or else the bow won´t make a sound :) If the rosin is shinny, use some sand paper to break it before using, it should release powder as you apply it to the bow. 2) Bow pressure on the strings should be minimal, or else sound will be horrible

Wow!

@georgejacksonmusic what is you violin size?

This sounds amazing! I’ve been trying to learn this solo.. love to get some more information on this!

Love you sm

Thank you so much for this!!! Does anyone have recommendations for a good beginner violin to purchase?

Amazing performance, guys! :-) Such a joyful song!

Im so glad i found this! I just got my first violin and honestly youtube videos teach me best!

Thank you 😊

Thank you for the lesson! This is perfect for me; i just got a violin today!

Sounds great y'all!

Always great audio, video and of course playing!!

Beautiful sir

I'm at Zerooo...! I feel the bow so heavy for my hand. The biggest problem is that the chinrest hurts my collarbone 😢. Then I have to switch tasks between hands: right hand holds and left hand fiddles😂. Sounds crazy but it's much better 🤣🤣

What violin should I get?

very toughtful. thank you.

So little views :(

Sounds like "Man" in the Woodpile to me

Awesome George...! I don't even have a violin as of now but I'm already hooked..!! Thank you so much.🎻

Dutch, Sean’s fightin with the ol’driscolls in the bar again..

This was amazing!!! less than 2 hours and I was playing for first time ever Violin!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Are u the guy on the thumbnail?? That dude oozes outlaw n cool

How hard is it to learn Vivaldi summer?

The scale part os messing me up i need a view of the hand from top so i can see where the fingers go

Why when I play it, when I try playing full bow with the same technique, it isn't making a sound despite having rosin, Is my bow bad or am I doing something wrong..? what could be the possible reasons?

Great video! 👍🏽

Well, I managed to break a string. Oops. However, I appreciate your thorough explanation. I found myself asking clarifying questions in my head, and lo and behold, you managed to answer them as if we were having a conversation face to face. Wonderful job anticipating a newbies mistakes. I watched the bow string while doing upward and downward strokes and that seemed to improve my ability to make a clean note. Is this improper? Where shall we look when learning?

Hi, I have always wanted to learn violin. Your videos seem fairly easy to follow and I am eager to learn from your videos. However, I am struggling in which violin to buy. Could you recommend one please?

You make it much easier to understand George. Thanks so much for this lesson.