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You desperately want to learn how to play the violin and you would love to straight away start playing it, but instead, the teacher gives you a heavy book of Music Theory Worksheets. You’ve been given homework of several pages of repetitive music theory worksheets of scales and definitions. Annoying isn’t it?Although this might feel like a dull work process, it is absolutely necessary for understanding music. It’s almost like reading a book. May be you can read the words, but if you don’t know its essence, the book can make no sense to you. Music Theory Worksheets are definitely not glamorous but they are however a very essential part of violin lessons. If we could all play the violin merely by listening, there wouldn’t be a need for any violin teachers right? Most of us need to be taught, to make sense of each of steps on the strings and the sounds they produce. Also, if you want to try your skills at writing or improvising a particular musical piece, you still need to understand how the song works.As a beginner, you need to learn about the ways of bowing and the different sounds each position on a string produces. You will spend hours learning and practicing scales, playing them over and over again on the violin. A scale is in simple words, ascending or descending order of the notes. This is good for learning and most importantly for getting a control over bowing.If your goal is to write music, you will have to delve deeply into the theory and mechanics of music. There are many courses that are available on the internet that teach nothing but music theory. Your violin lessons will give you a start towards a lifelong enjoyment of playing the violin.