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Originally Posted by raymo
My son in law was pressured by his parents to learn the violin, and eventually became first violin in the W.A. youth orchestra. One day he put it down, and
never picked it up again, except to put it in the cupboard.
He now has about seven or eight high quality guitars which he messes around on, but has nowhere near the proficiency he had on the violin,
a bit sad.
raymo
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Well Raymo, at least he has a music theory background to help him with whatever he chooses. There are many different approaches people can take with guitars, from classical to metal etc. A Violin and Guitar have some similiarities: string instruments, a reliance on neck positioning, scale patterns, etc. I am pretty sure he is not just messing around.
My son was in his high school jazz band, first Alto Sax, and he too put it down when he went off to Uni. Now he is middle aged, with kids of his own, and he has picked it up again. Give your son-in-law some time.