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Enthusiasm

I passed the 13+ and went to the Grammar School.  I cycled a mile each morning and then caught the bus to take me about ten miles to the school.  After a while a new music teacher came to our school and he wanted to start an orchestra. I was able to learn the violin.  We learnt in a group every dinner hour.  The teacher was very enthusiastic and it was catching. I put the same enthusiasm into violin playing as I now put into learning the Russian language.  If my teacher had known then that I would sell my violin to go on a Russian holiday he would not have been amused.  I have not played my violin for several years, to start with because of cataracts.  When thinking about if I wanted to play again I decided not.  It's not much fun to play on one's own and not practical as I live in flats.  Using a practice mute also makes the experience less enjoyable. I decided I do not want the stress of playing in a string quartet.  Keeping in the right place can be difficult when you have a mind that wanders like mine does. Why would I want to put myself through that again? I have sold my violin to a nice man in his forties who has just taken up learning.  I have always had a liking for adult beginners and he is so thrilled with the violin.  I know he will look after it and enjoy it. If you have a possession just collecting dust because you are not using it and not likely to use it why not sell it or give it to someone who can make good use of it. I have also given away much of my music to a violin teacher. I have kept most of my piano music, which I can still use, as I have a digital piano and can use head phones.  So I am practising what I am preaching.

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