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Montchanin Mountain Music
fiddles and violin family instruments sold face-to-face in Delaware and surroundings
Who decided kids don't deserve a real shoulder rest?
There are plenty of kid-sized shoulder rests. If you buy your violin from Montchanin Mountain Music, you will go home with one that fits your instrument. (Well, not if you choose a cello.)
If the kid still wants to play with a sponge that may have been used to clean up spaghetti and dog messes, that's fine with me as long as it is a choice, i.e. to play the instrument with a ideal bacterial growth medium touching their body.
What could possibly go wrong with buying fiddles online sight unseen?
The descriptions can be a little hard to understand...here's one I found online:
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The strings are correctly spaced, and the throat is extremely comfortable. It comes filled with a high-end carbon dietary fiber violin bow, a high quality Oblong lightweight violin situation…..It comes down with a brand new metal training mute and a superior neck sleep.
More about shoulder rests
from the Cassandra Strings website:
Keep in mind: Cassandra was a character in Greek mythology who was
never believed.
Is it better to learn by ear or from sheet music?
I'm agnostic, both are good. However, I prefer the learn-by-ear approach
when I'm
What's the difference between a fiddle and a violin?
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