Hi All,

I am so happy to have found Fiddlerman and this Forum. I am a brand new, adult learne who has had one lesson so far. The violin is an instrument I wanted to play as a child (12/13) but my teacher strongly discouraged me and steered me towards the clarinet. I played the clarinet for approx two months before quitting and enjoying my early teenage years. The experience with that teacher traumatized me a bit and I never went back to playing an instrument. I had forgotten about my wish to play for many years, marriage and motherhood kept me busy otherwise. 
Then, around New Year’s this year (23/24) it came back to me, that memory of always loving the violin and wanting to play as a child. Strange how memory works. I decided then and there I would learn the violin. I spent a good two weeks researching everything, different violins, bows, etc. I visited a local luthier to learn more and hold a violin since it had been more than 35 years since my awful experience with that teacher. I was sooo careful handling the instrument, like a new parent, barely touching it, and definitely not trying to make a sound - lol. I had the luthier play a bit for me. Oh, how I loved the sound! I also got to listen to a young girl playing her Viola - almost made me want to play that instead.
It was such a great experience! It made me do more research and I found my perfect violin.

Got new strings, a bow, rosin, and a fine tuner from Fiddlerman, and reached out to four different teachers. I picked one and my journey began. Less than a week into learning and I feel every small improvement is worth a celebration.