Hello Everyone,
This is Goldfinch trying my luck at getting my message through and to the correct forum. Just a brief intro: I've taking up playing the fiddle again after a little rest of about 25years! I'm not that old, I started young and finished sometime in my early twenties. Why so long? I'd never know playing the fiddle without examines, lessons and some fearsome teachers - and some nice ones it had to be said - but the constant pressure finally overshadowed the pleasure - and when the pleasure of playing has gone nothing is left to play for. I'm a writer now!

But last year the urge came back and I can't express the thrill of it all - no examines, no lessons, no teachers (and I mean that without any disrespect to teachers - they taught me everything I know and the main lesson they taught me was to be your own severest critic). I can't believe how quickly it's all come back to me - like learing to swim you never forgot it. So after all those early years of struggle and anxiety I've realise now I have been gifted with something very special - I can make my own music and it's priceless albeit a bit ropey around the edges and in the middle.

I'm so glad to have found this site especially if this message gets through. One thing I know for certain - I'm better on the violin than on the computer. Now how on earth do I post this!

Sorry - I've gone on a bit. I think I needed to share my joy.

Best wishes,

Goldfinch

Hi and welcome! (You're member no. 9000 I see - how amazing is that!)

That's one of the nice things about this forum. It's lovely to hear about adults either rediscovering music, or discovering it for the first time

Welcome Goldfinch, nice to have another bird to twitter with!
I think we should start our own little club (The Aviary?) because there's quite a few of us now - redrobin, babybird, you, me, and I'm not sure if ren is a bird or not....
Are there any more birds flying around out there?

Hope you find it useful and enjoyable here.

Best wishes
Skylark

Welcome to the forums!

Welcome !

Welcome!!

Welcome to the forums Enjoy your musical adventure

Twitter being the operative word. *ducks*

Welcome Goldfinch, have you ever considered taking up the viola?

Welcome to the forums!! You say you play the fiddle so are you from Scotland?

Welcome to the forums!

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome and for pointing out I am the 9000 member - do I get a prize? And lovely to be joining the exclusive flock of birds club!.

And in answer to the two questions - no I've never even had a go on a viola - out of curiosity is the fingering the same or are the intervals larger than on a violin? My little finger is screaming at all the extensions I'm putting it through - are they even greater on a viola?

As for the Scotland question - no I'm not from Scotland I presume because I referred to the violin as a fiddle? But no I don't play folk music, although I love to listen to Scandanavian fiddling - I'm mainly into classical and madly into Bach and early music.

Tweet tweet,

Goldfinch

p.s. excuse typos - I never see them until I've posted and then they jump out at me to the exclusion of all else.

You get a 9% increase on your wages if you apply for a job in the cafe

Oh, and welcome to the forums

Car Expert

there exists a wellington appreciation society which could probably be joined by asking me if you can join it...

Or just forget that the society ever existed

Car Expert

hi welcome to the forums!

ShArOn