Is switching from violin to viola hard?

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Is it easy to transition from violin to viola?

Switching from violin to viola is one of the more easy instrument transitions you can make, if you keep it up and are aiming to make a career out of it, you’ll find violists to be in much higher demand, and there isn’t much of a difference on how it’ll affect your ability to express yourself as a musician.

What’s the point of a viola?

The viola often plays the “inner voices” in string quartets and symphonic writing, and it is more likely than the first violin to play accompaniment parts. The viola occasionally plays a major, soloistic role in orchestral music.

How difficult is Viola?

Perhaps the first thing you need to know is that violas are heavy stringed instruments. The weight, bow pressure, and size of violas make them even harder to learn. As a result, violists kind of develop muscly hands and fingers due to hours, days, and weeks of practicing the instrument.

How do you turn a violin into a viola?

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Can a viola play violin music?

Well, of course you can play anything that’s been written for the violin. 2 on the viola than on the violin. It can sound quite dramatic, especially the low notes. So you just read the violin part and play it on the viola – doesn’t that make your brain ache, what with the clef and such?

How long does it take to master the viola?

So how long does it actually take, to sound good on the violin or viola? As a teacher, I would say that most students take around three to five years to start sounding good and probably 10 years to sound like a completely fluent player.