September 6, 2005 at 5:52 PM

I had my first viola lesson today. I think I may have to consider switching to viola a little bit more seriously now. I really liked the sound of the viola. Of coure I wont make any decisions as of yet. I am still learning to read the clef. Once I get into the real viola literature I will definately be more sure if I wish to switch. For a little while I will be working on the Telemann Concerto and his double concerto, and some easy etudes. Basically all of this is for reasons of learning the clef and he said that my first actually difficult concerto would probably be the Vanhal Viola Concerto and he said that at some point I could do the Frank Sonata. All in all, I'm pretty excited. He commented that I already had a nice vibrato for viola so we don't have to work on that much, just get it a little stronger. I only have a 16" viola and he said I could handle a significant viola meaning a 17" I suppose. I think that basically reguardless of my decision at the end of semester I will get a nice viola at Christmas Break. Not super duper nice but one that's for an advanced student (so probably between $2000-$3000 retail at probably about 30% off because I have an awesome person I buy instruments from. Anyway, I have my first violin lesson on Thursday and I will tell you how that goes afterwards.

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