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awt on Sept 3, 2007 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why is the violin so hard to play?

The hardest part of learning to play (and to master) the violin is definitely learning how to use the bow. Actually learning how to play in tune is hard as well. It's just hard.

colortone on Sept 3, 2007 [–]

Yeah, I was surprised that the article didn't even mention intonation. That deserves some lip service at least.

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