Gosh ! I'm having fun !!! :-D

March 13, 2006 at 12:10 PM

I've been playing for 3 1/2 years now and loving every minute of it ! I can easily spend 2...3...hours...ALL DAY...on this instrument, if I didn't have a family to look after as well...lol. I also have 21 fish tanks to care for..my OTHER hobby...it's a good darn thing I'm working part-time on an "as need" basis at the local elementary school...and I have a wonderful husband who tolerates these obses....er...."interests" of mine. He's a good guy..lol...but he does have his limits, so I do occasionally have to go to my room, fiddle in hand....and close the door....lol !

When I'm not called into work...I spend all day, off and on, working on my skills. I'll play for 2 hours, stop to vacume the floor, or do the laundry or...clean a fish tank...run an errand....or any number of the many other necessities of running a home.....then, go right back to the fiddle and do some more. In the afternoons/evenings when everyone is home....I find myself wanting very much to go back and do even more....but....*sigh*....I do have a husband and 3 kids that need attention too...they've been sooooo patient with me....God bless em !

I try not to think back 20 years ago when the idea to play first entered my head..."if only" is such a waste of time. I've got lots of catching up to do and may never be as proficient as I could have been if I had started back then....but....HEY ! I'm playin....and Lord willing....I'll be good enough that folks can actually enjoy listening to it ! Haha !

My heart's desire is to play some wonderfully sweet, God honoring, heart lifting praise and worship music for anyone who wants to hear. I figure, He's the one who led me to this, He must have a purpose. I'm doing my part and spending all the time I can on it....if He's willing, He'll bless it. That's all I can ask......Praise God !

For now, I've joined up with a fiddle group in a nearby town. We get together once a week and play together and learn from each other. It's great for helping me to learn to play by ear and also for keeping on top of the music ! Boy, you can't be lazy with this group or you get left behind ! It's a bit frustrating at times, when I have trouble keeping up...but I do enjoy it. Just being with others who have the same interest and the opportunity to learn from those who have been at it alot longer than I..is great !

I've gotten alot of compliments on my wrist movement...even from an 80 something year old fella who's been playing for over 70 years...that was VERY encouraging ! My teacher tells me that I have a very good tone developing....for all my inadequacies, I'm pretty bold with that bow....I've almost got the hang of it after close to 4 years now....lol.... if I could just get that dang vibrato !!! GGGRRRRRR!!!!! I'm having the hardest time with that !

Oh, a minor bump in the road....my hearing is going on me....so far it only hinders a little when I'm playing with others. But it may be an inherited degenerative thing going on that will only get worse....bummer....so I have even more reasons for getting on this as quickly as possible ! Funny, how the fella who had that old violin was deaf....an now I may very well be down the road....and my hearing issue came up about the same time I picked up my first violin....
WELL...it's all in HIS hands ! I'm not going to worry or complain about it....I just want to play !!! :-D

(ooooo....these posts just keep getting longer !)

From Sydney Menees
Posted on March 13, 2006 at 1:27 PM

You ARE having fun! Glad you enjoy the site and the violin. Me too!

From Sydney Menees
Posted on March 13, 2006 at 1:31 PM

Visit this discussion:
http://www.violinist.com/discussion/response.cfm?ID=8663
It's pretty good stuff.

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