40 year old lady learning the violin Options

[katemorrisviolin]

Hello forum, I'm new here and would enjoy hearing from other likeminded adult learners. I've recently changed instrument from classical guitar to violin. I've had a year of violin lessons and am taking grade 3 this term. It's a beast of an instrument, the difference between making a beautiful sound and a noise that makes my thirteen year old son bound up the stairs to shut the door on my practice room, is the tiniest of adjustments. I'm not sure where my playing will lead me, I'm not confident and consistent enough to play with others yet, but I just feel compelled to push on with it.....it is a long term project. How I envy my children, who belong to school orchestras and wind bands and choirs. How I regret not doing the same in my youth. I play a violin that belonged to my grandfather who was a boat builder, and used to play the saw! He was a lovely proud Irishman. He probably called it a fiddle.
Anyone else out there wrestling with the same most difficult of instruments?
Kate
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[katemorrisviolin]

Lucky you Jojo having the joy of playing Bach on the violin. That's one of my dreams, I love all that.
Intonation, that's playing in tune, right? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
I've got a good ear for that. Sometimes I miss my frets.....but the violin can be so much more expressive.
My kids told me I'm sounding "awright" so high praise indeed from them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/woot.gif)

[jojo]

My kids told me I'm sounding "awright" so high praise indeed from them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/woot.gif)

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I am now trying to really get a 'hang on' and tackle artificial harmonics PROPERLY (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) it's about time I do that! Bartok N3 is all but harmonics and can't 'escape them' (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)
at the moment they are very 'inconsistent', one minute I get them to sound really lovely, the next....erm... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif) ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/eek.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hides.gif)