Play Your First Rock Riff in 5 Days

Hi, I’m Jenny.

Learning violin as an adult can be surprisingly frustrating.

If you’re like me and many of my students, someone may have told you that you were “not talented” or “too old” to bother trying. 

I know that feeling because I lived it.

I didn’t grow up taking violin lessons, and I didn’t have endless time or perfect training. What I did have was the desire to play real music, along with no idea how to practice so I’d actually start sounding better.

I got absolutely obsessed with figuring it out. I put thousands of miles on my old Subaru to find teachers who knew how to help an adult learner, and little by little, I figured out the small handful of things that made the biggest difference. That approach took me from awkward and scratchy to playing professionally, recording albums, and eventually teaching adults full-time.

For over a decade I’ve used these same principles to help hundreds of adults learn to play.

That means you get to skip the endless kiddie songs, overwhelm, and wasted practice time.

Introducing…

• Guided daily lessons (~5 minutes)

Short, focused videos designed for adult brains and busy lives.

• Beginner and advanced lessons in one place

Start from zero, fix old habits, or jump ahead when you’re ready. You’re never locked into the wrong level.

• Real songs + real technique

Learn music adults actually want to play – from folk favorites to pieces like Theme from The Last of the Mohicans – paired with the skills that make them sound good.

• Technique that supports musical freedom

Vibrato, shifting, double stops, ornaments, and improv – taught in context, not as dry drills.

• Support materials that make learning easier

Tabs, fingering charts, worksheets, and Q&A videos – with sheet music optional, not required.

Less figuring out what to practice. More actual playing.

Private lessons can be wonderful, but it’s easy to forget half of what you learned by the time you get home. And YouTube? It’s like trying to drink from a firehose.

That’s why I created Jenny’s Daily Lessons.

Instead of overwhelming you with an hour of instruction, I give you small, manageable lessons that build on each other. We alternate fundamentals with real music, so you’re building skills without getting bored.

And it works!

I first offered this program in 2017, and within seven months, the students were already playing Last of the Mohicans and learning vibrato!

It’s not a race, and I don’t like to dwell on timelines. But it was remarkable to see them learning things I’d normally expect to teach after at least two years of private lessons.

I also know what it’s like to learn as an adult.

I didn’t grow up playing violin. In fact, the first teacher I approached turned me away because I was too old!

I spent my first year learning Irish fiddle tunes, and by the end I had 100 tunes under my belt. Trouble was, they all sounded terrible to me.

So I humbled myself and started studying classical violin. But somewhere in Suzuki Book 1, I nearly jumped out the window in a fit of Twinkle-Star-Madness.

That’s why I’ll never make you play Twinkle.

You can learn the skills you need while playing music you actually enjoy.