Playing Fiddle

Due to budget issues, I made the hard decision to stop taking lessons for a while. My teacher is WORTH every penny, but my income fluctuates a bit and my expenses are up a bit due to some circumstances.

First, I tried cuting down to every other week but that was less than satisfying somehow. I think weekly lessons are far better at keeping your attention up and your focus on. I will definitely keep playing. I’m sure I’ll learn at a somewhat slower pace but I plan to keep learning!  I am disciplined enough to keep practicing (or I could never be self employed!).

I hope to start lessons up again someday. In the meantime, my fiddle teacher, in Walnut Creek, has said he’d be happy to work in the odd lesson now and then if I get stuck on something. Plus, he sometimes joins the group of students who come play at my house every other week, so I’ll still have some access to his excellent knowledge and encouragement.

So right now I’m working my way through older songs, to cement their imprint in my mind. I have my iPod playlists of various tunings and am going through them and refreshing myself on various older tunes. (And I’m pleased about how many come back pretty quickly. I totally credit the backwards building method of learning songs!)