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Question: How do u fix a violin tuning peg!?
i just bought a new violin and it's pretty nice, but the tuning pegs keep slipping, and when ever i play one string, my bow rubs against the another one!. does that mean that there's something wrong with the violin, or is that just something all beginning violinist do!? I'm only on day 2 with learning the violin so i'm really knew at it!. (I'm not new at music, i'm an electric guitarist and a classical pianist), and i haven't done anything stupid that could damage it!. I know how to handle it and everything!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
The best thing to do is get together with a live violin player for a few minutes to answer your questions!.
Keeping the bow on one string takes practice!.
The pegs slipping is common among new violins and old!.
Take a peg out!. One that keeps slipping!. Put some chalk on the parts that fit into the violin!. You can put a lot on!. What is not used will disappear after a while!.
Put the peg back in the violin!. Insert the string as you would on a guitar!. as you tighten the string make sure that the string coming from the fingerboard ends up next to the edge of the peg box nearest the peg head!. That helps pull the peg into the instrument keeping it more secure!. That should do it!. If you ever have one that sticks to much, do the same thing except use pencil lead instead of chalk!.
Now go find a teacher!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
For the tuning pegs slipping, you may not be pushing it in hard enough (you have to jam it in there pretty tight)!. If you can't get it tight enough, ask for peg dope!.
Most beginning violinists have trouble playing only one string at a time!. Have you tightened the hair on your bow sufficiently!? If so then it may just be a matter of practice!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
You can get peg dope at any violin shop!. Rub just a little bit on the slipping peg and then push it in tightly!. If you don't have peg dope, some powdered chalk or rosin dust will also work!.
As for the other problem, of playing one string and having the bow contacting another string -- that's something that every newbie fiddler or violinist has to learn to get under control!. There are times when you will want to play more than one string at a time (when you want to play "doublestops" -- 2-string chords -- or a melody on one string with an open-string drone harmony on an adjacent string), and other times when you only want to play one string!. Learning to control the bow so that you can choose when to play single strings and when to play doublestops or drone strings is part of learning to play the violin!. You've only been at it for 2 days, don't worry -- you'll get it with practice!.Www@QuestionHome@Com