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How long does it take to play violin fluently?

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.

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V.com weekend vote: How long did it take you to sound good on the violin or viola?

Though it can create some of the most beautiful music on Earth, the violin is not necessarily an instrument that sounds good, the first time you try playing it. Or the second, or the third time! Learning to play the violin is a long-term commitment, and most often it takes years to find ease in playing it and to make a consistently beautiful sound. And even so, the instrument is very sensitive - take a week off from playing it and your violin will likely make some unpleasant noise about it! 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. This varies greatly, of course, with the amount of time a person spends practicing, whether the student plays in a group (that tends to help it go faster) and the quality of the student's instruction.

When did you begin to get satisfied and pleased with your playing? When did it really start to kick in for you? To be blunt, when did you really start to sound good?

Of course, this depends very much on your perspective. I'm not talking about how long it takes to be able to play the Paganini Concerto, just how long it takes to be able to play something for someone else, and have that person genuinely enjoy the sound. Please participate in our vote, and then share your perspective, whether it is from your own progress or the progress of students that you have observed.

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What's the most-streamed song in history?

The Scottish hitmaker's 2018 single 'Someone You Loved' has been crowned the most-streamed song of all time thanks to the 561 million streams it's racked up across both audio and video streaming. Unsurprisingly, Sheeran's 2017 earworm 'Shape Of You' followed in the No.

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The most-streamed song of all time has been revealed

Ed Sheeran was pipped to the post as the most-streamed song of all time has been revealed The most-streamed song of all time has been revealed to mark the 70th birthday of the UK’s Official Singles Chart and you might be surprised about who nabbed themselves the top spot. While Ed Sheeran certainly dominates the top 20, he just fell short of the streams required to trump singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi. The Scottish hitmaker’s 2018 single ‘Someone You Loved’ has been crowned the most-streamed song of all time thanks to the 561 million streams it’s racked up across both audio and video streaming.

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Unsurprisingly, Sheeran’s 2017 earworm ‘Shape Of You’ followed in the No.2 spot, while the first dance song of the decade ‘Perfect’ landed in No.3. George Ezra’s ‘Shotgun’, Tones & I’s ‘Dance Monkey’, The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’, Justin Bieber’s ‘Despacito’, and Lady Gaga’s ‘Shallow’ all help make up the top 10. While parents everywhere will shudder to see ‘Baby Shark’ land the No.8 spot. Elsewhere on the list come hits from Lil Nas X, Drake, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Stormzy while karaoke classics like ‘Africa’ by Toto and ‘Wonderwall’ by Oasis also get a nod. And as Christmas trees begin to pop up in homes across the country, seasonal bangers like Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ and Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ will see their streaming figures surpass those that landed them in the top 50.

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