I had my 2nd lesson today and I'm still really excited!! My teacher asked me to buy a scale book for next week. I thought it was kinda soon, but maybe I'm wrong... I forgot in my piano days how soon I started to do the scales, but probably alot later than 2nd/3rd lesson.

When did you start learning the scales?

5 years or so after starting the violin

I think the G major scale was the first thing I did learn Even before any tunes.

I think you're coming to the violin with other musical experience?

If so, scales early on are a really good way for you to understand the geography of the fingerboard.

Also great for focusing on tone, technique, posture!

I like scales

I started learning the violin when I was 8 or 9 and played for a year or so on and off but in all that time probably only had a dozen 15 minute lessons at the most and never even progressed to 4th finger.
I class myself as having started learning last September when I took up the violin again aged 35. When I went for my first lesson I expected my teacher to take me right back to first principles again but was started on shifting exercises!

Thankfully I've about drawn breath again now and am working towards doing grade 4 this summer.

I really enjoy scales, if you put in concerted work on scales they give big improvements in all your playing.

Scales are great!

Hahaha... I never did any scales until around grade 3-ish when my teacher made me play all those in the ABRSM scale book. And I wasn't even sitting for exams! That lasted for a couple of months until I stopped taking lessons from her. Now I never touch scales unless there's an exam.

G major scale was the first thing my violin teacher asked me to play in my first lesson 2 octaves too! lol
Since then... ummm, it was a few months before i really started to get my scales sorted and learn them all (well all the ones i need for my exam which is only... 25ish or so?)

I love scales on flute, but, well, they're alright on violin. Only alright

Yes, I've played piano till G7. I hated scales when I played the piano (lowest scores of all sections, pretty pathetic), but I'm actually a bit excited to get to start scales so soon!

She had me play 2 variations of the twinkle, and then had me sight read the 2nd song in Suzuki, and wanted me to start on the third song.

SAME!! I can just feel where my fingers need to be so much easier on flute.

I haven't done any scales since I did my grade 2, three years ago. Now I'm aiming for grade 5 this term so need to get a move on. I hate G minor 3 octaves!!

I learnt did 2 octaves of the C major scale in my first cello lesson. I already played piano, but this was tough! I also had to compose a piece for open strings for the second lesson.

Started learning scales when i started learning scales and pieces for grade 1.
I didn't know what scales are for approximately 6 months after beginning piano lessons.
But my father teaches me the violin (no exams though, maybe after I finish Grade 8 piano), and he insists on scales every single "lesson" from the very first one.

I'm a guitarist, so this might not apply to you
but
I started doing scales on my 2nd lesson
before I knew that notes went from A to G, I was doing G-Major in all modes
it was as you could imagine rather confusing at first but it has helped me inexplicably in these past 2 years
hope this helps =)

I LOVE SCALES I LOVE SCALES I LOVE SCALES, did I tell you that I LOVE SCALES???
Started learning piano with scales (that was the first thing I learnt), then a month later started violin and I learnt my scales within a month of starting violin (on my own accord, teacher did not prompt me to do it).
I guess I waited 3 weeks or so on the violin as I wanted to learn where 'my fingers went' before I did anything and anyway, my first lesson was spent on open strings and I only had lessons once a fortnight so I started scales after my second lesson

As you all know, I only did it for two years, but I think I learned a couple of scales within the first year/
But then again, my teacher wasn't really qualified.. which is why she got sacked ;]