Violin #1

Everyone has a passion and for me it's music. I have grown up around music my entire life. I started playing the violin when I was only four years old and have now been playing for thirteen years. I'm going to journey back through the years and share some of my favorite memories. My love for the violin started actually when I was about three. My older sister had been playing for two years and I decided I wanted to play too. I remember going to her violin lessons and doing little projects my mom had packed to keep me quiet and thinking I want to play the violin too. Finally it was my fourth birthday and my parents surprised me with a gift they had kept hidden till I had opened up all my other presents. I ripped the paper off like it was on fire and inside was a brand new 1/16th sized violin. I couldn't wait for my first lesson! I remember the entire lesson. She taught me the names of the strings (E, A, D, G), the parts of the violin and bow, and how to hold the violin correctly. Being four my attention span wasn't the best so after I knew notes I would just memorize my whole lesson go in and play it all in about eight minutes. I don't know how she did it but my teacher would always find a way to keep me entertained while still learning for a full half an hour. After I had played for a few years I learned my very first fiddling tune called Boil the Cabbage. My sister was in a group with my violin teacher's son and daughter who were around her age and also played the violin and two more of my teacher's students. They played for concerts all the time and once in a while I would be allowed to play Boil the Cabbage with them. The tune was loaded with antics and was a crowd pleaser. The boys would play behind their backs in one part and my personal favorite was when we all lined up and the person to our right would play our violins and we'd finger. Now since all of these people were at least four years older than me I was never tall enough so when the time came I'd climb up on a chair and continue playing. This is the end of my first post and I hoped you enjoyed it.