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They All Laughed When I Brought Out My Fiddle

UNEDITED POST JUST FOR SETTING UP PURPOSES People seem to be in two different camps about adult violinists.  They will tell you what a fine hobby you have to keep you mentally fit as you age, or they will tell you it’s too bad you didn’t start early enough to be able to actually get good. There’s nothing as humiliating – even to a life-long musician who has played many instruments before – as picking up a violin and trying to make a consistently good sound on it. Oh, the shame.  You were sure you were going to be better than the really bad (read, “non-musical”) beginners. But what is it about this instrument that