Most of the time, they’re actually sitting around practicing the boring things that would drive anybody nuts! Things like scales and arpeggios (These things... Yuck!), not necessarily the fancy Lark Ascending that people love the violin for. And the thing is, they don’t just do 8 minutes of scales. People like Hilary Hahn (world-class Violinist) play half an hour of scales. Straight! When nobody is looking or watching, she’s practicing her violin like she’s on stage and romancing a thousand people with her scales.