How to Choose a Violin for a Child

Video Transcript

"I am Teresa Neumann, and I am here to teach you today about choosing a violin for a child. For a child, the basic thing that you are going to be looking for is the size. And depending on the child, if the child is younger than five, it would probably be a one-quarter violin. Children from five, maybe to seven or eight, would use a half size violin. And you know what size to get them by the length of their shoulder to to fingers on the fingerboard. So this is a full size violin. If you see how it rests on my shoulder, under my chin, and where my hand is on the fingerboard, this is the correct angle. And also my suggestion is don't get a expensive violin for your child. It is really a waste of time. It is not going to make that much of a difference. Some people buy, and some people rent a violin. My suggestion is to rent, and don't spend a lot of money on it. Because they will outgrow the violin as they get older."