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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a dumb question but do they teach them from the beginning?

Can a kid who’s never played the violin start in 4th grade and learn at school? [/quote]

Most schools have Beginning Orchestra/Strings and Beginning Band, and Advanced Orchestra and band.  Beginning orchestra and band is intended for kids who have never played the instrument or who have less than one year of playing and it's mostly 4th graders with some 5th graders who didn't take IM in 4th.  A 4th grader with previous experience would be put in the advanced group with the 5th graders who started in 4th and other 4th graders who have played before. So your 4th grader would not be placed in the section intended for kids with prior experience in the instrument.

I highly recommend it; it's a nice break from class, actual instruction time missed is pretty minimal, and at least in our kid's experience there wasn't as much home practice required as compared to private lessons.  And as others have noted, most of the kids in middle school band and orchestra have at least done elementary school IM, so it's harder to start in middle school as an absolute beginner.  [/quote]

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