Originally Posted by
Doug28450
That helps. I never knew those different characters of the instruments. I was looking on line trying to figure out what are good brands and what are junk. I may look into renting one for a while to see if she is going to stick with it. If she does, then maybe buy her one. It looks like decent beginner instruments are in the $200 to $400 range including the instrument, bow, case and some rosin.
i was in public school that assigned us instruments from school, then rented one for a year till i decided i wanted to suck at guitar instead. i would concur with the rental
another thing worth noting is that if she already plays an instrument with music written in the treble clef (as most instruments are), the transition to music written in the generally alien alto clef can be difficult (it was for me at least, it took me a while to get used to it)
and more confusing is sometimes the viola even has parts in the treble clef. that was fun.