Should I take Violin lessons?

Question:I am 14 years old and i want to take violin lessons. The thing is apparently i don't keep with things. I have taken guitar, piano, and trumpet and i've quite them all. Trumpet my mom made me quite because i was starting middle school and she thought'd itd be to much for me. I started taking violin but i hated my teacher so i quite. Im scared that I'll quite again. But i really want to play. I'm sacred to ask my mom though because i don't want to make her spend worthless money. Piano i quite because my teacher said I was horrible. I really want to play so please help =D

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I am 14 years old and i want to take violin lessons. The thing is apparently i don't keep with things. I have taken guitar, piano, and trumpet and i've quite them all. Trumpet my mom made me quite because i was starting middle school and she thought'd itd be to much for me. I started taking violin but i hated my teacher so i quite. Im scared that I'll quite again. But i really want to play. I'm sacred to ask my mom though because i don't want to make her spend worthless money. Piano i quite because my teacher said I was horrible. I really want to play so please help =D

Yes, take some lessons, but more important is to practice. Stick with it and take your time. Violin takes a lot of time and patience to learn. So, practice slowly and regularly. If you still have the violin you can practice the stuff from when you used to play. But take your time, be patient and stick with it. Even if you're worried that you'll quit again, still take it up for as long as it interests you.

Good luck!

Just keep trying until you find something you're good at and enjoy. Remember though, with musical instruments, it can take quite a long time to become 'good at' it. I took violin for two years beginning at age 8... my teacher said I was her best student and she had the highest expectations for me, but by the time I quit (it conflicted with middle school band), I was still, at least in my opinion, squeaking around on the thing. It would've taken several more years to become good enough at it to say, play in an orchestra.

What you need is positive reinforcement. If you feel like you are doing well and making good progress, it will be fun. Like you said, if someone (especially your teacher) tells you you're bad, you won't have fun doing it. Get yourself into a program where you have others with you (my original violin class had four students in it) that can motivate and challenge you. Set yourself up for success this way and it'll be much easier to stick with it.