Viola

What is the right age to start with the instrument?
You can start learning at an age of 6.
What do I need at home?
A chromatic tuner, a manuscript book, your instrumental school.
What do I need to bring to my lessons?
Your instrument, sheet music, a manuscript book and a pencil.
Does the instrument come in different sizes?
There are different sizes so that nowadays children can start right away with viola lessons.

What do I have to consider upon purchase?
The crucial characteristics of the violin here are sound and condition. Your violin instructor should be with you when purchasing the instrument.

In General:
The viola is a bowed string instrument. While it is similar to the violin, the technique required for playing viola has many differences. One of them is that the viola is played "on the arm"(Viola da Braccio). Basically, even though it has a shorter scale length, the viola is a bigger version of the violin and is a perfect fifth lower. The open strings are tuned to c-g-d'-a'.