If your callus is more on the angle of the finger versus on the tip you may want to take a look at how you are placing your fingers. They should be landing on pretty much at the tip of your finger pads, allowing your fingers to maintain a strong (but relaxed) curl.

Thats the best advice I can give without seeing you up close. I hope that helps, Jeff!
-Thom

As a guitar player, my calluses were right on the tips of my fingers.

But with the violin the ones on my ring and pinky are a bit on the side closer to my index finger?

I am only familiar with the Hindustani violin style from the point of view of knowing what it looks like. I don’t know any actual specifications or if they are different for the set up. From watching a couple videos on Youtube the bridge appears to be same, however, I could be wrong.

According to Wikipedia the tuning is different. I don’t know if that would have any effect on the strings you are using.

I wish you all the best!
-Thom

I want these doubts cleared, please:)

Thanks, again And may God bless you, sir

I play the Violing in the Hindustani Classical style and I want to learn playing the Violin in the Western Classical style. Your lessons are nice..I’ve just watched these two videos for now..I have a question: For the Lesson 2 here, am I to have a certain book to refer to, while you’re teaching through the video?? If so, please tell me which book that is..

While I don’t have any direct experience with the Stentor Student violin, I just looked up some videos on Youtube and saw they are certainly capable of great sound for a beginner instrument. Many violins ship with “Red Label” brand (or other cheap brand of strings). Upgrading the strings will help add some body and tone to your student violin. A popular (yet often expensive) brand is Thomastik Dominant. I have personally used and enjoyed D’Addario Helicore
and Zyex
strings.
Right now my acoustic has Pirastro Evah Pirazzi
while my electric has Helicore strings. Newer strings will always have a short “break-in” period where they may sound a bit tinny and empty at first, but after enough playing they will open up into their true and full sound!

Kind regards.