I want to play again! There, I said it out loud. Now what?
Tales of a youthful violin player:
I played classical violin until I was 16, taking lessons from the age of 7. I just played. I didn't really understood theory or what I was playing. Everyone said I was had a gift, who knows? Playing came easily, and I could play by ear, infuriating my teachers for spending so little time practicing, but performing my lessons flawlessly. I was first chair for the local youth symphony orchestra, but did not play on the school orchestra. Sports were fun, girls were fun and finally having to practice for real for three hours a day was not fun. So I walked away. That was 30+ years ago.
Last year I picked up an ukulele and it was fun to play. I could hear my violin calling me when I'd set the uke down next to it. Finally I took it out of the case, just for giggles. It had been strung incorrectly who knows when, so I fixed the strings, tightened my bow, tuned them up and actually played a bluegrass tune that popped into my head, well enough for someone to say, "I didn't know you could play".
Now I want to play again, but am actually afraid that I won't really remember how or some other nonsense that will keep me from picking the instrument up for real. So...where do I start...and thanks for reading this far!