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A piano is a mechanical instrument in that the note is already there, you just press the appropriate key
Guitar is semi mechanical - Yes the note is there, but you still need to fret it and pick it
Violin is like a trombone - You have to develop a good ear to obtain the correct pitch - And that is only for starters
Certainly one of the worse sounding instruments in the hands of a complete beginner
Still not answering the question, sorry.
I seem to recall that Pat MacManus was a very accomplished Irish fiddle player before picking up guitar ( and still incorporates it into his rock bands) and found the fretted beast to be a piece of piss to play in comparison.
Seth Lakeman is the only other person I know of who plays both although on guitar he tends to stick to a tenor instrument. I think violin came first with him, general competence in guitar certainly looks a lot easier than what he can do with a fiddle.
And if you're used to alternate tunings, or say tenor guitars tuned in 5ths, then that would be useful for knowing a little about how to get round the fingerboard?
I also found that transition to mandolin was incredibly simple as it’s the same tuning as violin and like a guitar having frets makes a hell of a difference. I soon put the violin down after discovering guitar and never really returned, although I have occasionally messed about with a viola and a cello.
Then I badly broke my arms (yes plural) and after that I couldn’t get my wrist down correctly and eventually packed it in. I took up trombone instead for a few years before taking up guitar in my teens.
i too found it easy to switch from violin to my brother’s electric mandolin, as it has the same fingerings. In fact playing a bit of electric mandolin through an Arion chorus pedal and a delay was probably my gateway into electric guitar. I wanted to play Iron Maiden and not R.E.M though!!
Having said that, I wouldn't really call myself a very good guitarist (although I play a lot and gig guitars more than anything else at the moment - well, when we were allowed to). I'm really a wind player who blags it on guitar. Clarinets and saxophones (and to a lesser degree recorders) need to played to pitch as well (you can't just expect each note to be in tune) so adjusting by ear is a part of that as well. But bowing technique on a violin eludes me so far.
And the lovely Seth making folk sexy again, just one instrument this time
So yes you can use some of that logic and it puts you at a stage that is above that of a total entry level player - But after that be patient
And by way of light relief, a short vid on the progress of violin compared to other instruments:
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
One of my favourite musicians plays both; Warren Ellis - violin and tenor guitar. He played violin first.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Cons. Reliance on shapes in relation to frets gets you almost no where. The big/wide/ wobbly Zakk Wylde vibrato gets you no-where- see also bends.
I should add that lockdown put paid to lessons so I've been relying on a book from the Oxford Library Press and the good old fallback of working out pentatonic shapes and playing roots folk stuff
EDIT I should say it's great way to make yourself listen to what you're doing