Title edit- I'm not that long a player
I've been playing the violin for around 7 years now, but I've never been that consistent about practice so I'm more around the level you might expect of someone playing for half the time. I've become more serious about playing recently. I have always been good at picking up thing by ear, and that is the only way I am able to play (will elaborate). I am going to a music camp this summer and you are not allowed to have devices, and if I'm asked to sight read I'm doomed. I don't think I do not have a sense of rhythm, but for some reason the notes on the page don't translate that well to me. It's so, so frustrating because at my level I should be able to grasp basic grasp basic rhythms, but whenever I have to count notes or I'm asked to sight sing I just can't do it. I can think a little bit in rhythm, but when I play I can't think at the same time. Does anyone have any tips for how I might be able to become better here? It's been a struggle for almost all of my life that I can remember and I am so fed up.
Submitted June 29, 2024 at 07:42PM by Rough-Beach3193 https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/1drn2b3/long_time_violinist_good_listener_but_still/?utm_source=ifttt