Journal 5 Charles Milton

First I shut out all the people and animals from my room. Clean off my chair and select what music I want to play to warm up. Set up my stand at eye kevek and put my music on it. I open my violin case and take out my bow. I twist the adjusting screw to the right to tighten the hairs of my bow. When it is at the right tighness the distance between the hair and the stick will be about the thickness of a pencil. Next I hold dthe rosin up by my shoulder and push and pull the bow across it in a sawing motion. This is done about 30 to 50 times to put a even layer of the fine powder on the hairs. Next I tune the strings on my violin either by ear or to a piano. Now I am set up and ready to play.

First find the smallest most crowded place you can, this is ideal for practicing. Plop down anywhere thats comfy, if you can't see your music just wing it. Open up your case and take out your bow. Tighten the spinny thing at the bottom til a couple strands of hair break, that should be tight enough. Don't worry about tuning the violin, it's just practice doesn't matter. At this point I'm usually too lazy to rosin my bow but it's ok because the horrible screeching sound will drown out the out of tune music!