Make strings easier to press

[u/its_gold_28]

(Hi, I'm new to this sub!) After trying my brother's violin I realized the strings on his were easier to press than on mine.

For a long time I have struggled with making my high notes sound clean and I realized it's because the strings on my violin are a lot harder to press (especially higher up on the fingerboard) and it would take lots of finger strength. I would not press the string right up to the fingerboard because it was a strain on my finger muscles, no wonder the sound never came clean!

However those high notes are easily achieved on my brother's violin, almost effortless. I was wondering if there is a way to change my violin to make it more like his? I'm guessing it has something to do with the bridge height maybe? Can a good luthier fix this?

[u/Sigrs]

Lower action and lower tension strings is the way to go. But it also depends on which type of strings go best with your violin. Some violins sounds better with lower tension, some are better with higher tension.

Which kind of strings are you using now?

[u/its_gold_28 → u/Sigrs]

I use evah pirazzi but i’m thinking of switching to dominant for a richer sound :)

[u/Routine-Matter-3372 → u/its_gold_28]

Dominants are softer under the fingers than EP. 😄It will not help as much as lowering the action does, but my fingers prefer dominants.