Its been a few weeks into my Violin lessons. I've got the fingerings right so far. Unlike many other string instruments such as guitar and veena, violin doesn't have frets which in some sense demarcates the boundaries between notes. The distance between ri and ga can vary. Only if you have a good ear for music, will you be able to figure that soon enough.
My teacher's pretty strict about one thing. She will not proceed to the next lesson unless she is satisfied with the performance in previous lessons. This is pretty good...but the problem is that she insists on knowing the lessons by heart. That does take a tremendous amount of practice. Of course, there is no point mugging those notes like the way I mugged tables during school days. These notes get (pretty much) permanently embedded into your brains when you practice and practice. Perhaps this is her way to get her students to practice as much as possible. As she puts it, knowing where to place the fingers right, practice, an ear for music and bhava (feeling) constitute in being a good Carnatic Violinist. She gives a very good example of how important bhava is. I should write it in a separate post.
After a month of classes, I am still stuck in the 1st two lessons. And tomorrow is again a test for me. Aaahh I know I can't clear. The second lesson is still not in my mind.
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