Friday, May 27, 2011

Another Violinist in the House


I know I usually natter on about knitting on my blog, but in order to fund my mad skills well-under-control knitting habit I teach voice, violin, or piano music lessons to about 18 or 20 students.

(I'm not sure of the exact number of students because if I knew for sure I'm certain to panic from the strain and mentally implode.  This would have a negative affect on my ability to knit.)

Miss Boo is 5, so I started her on piano almost a year ago, and just recently began teaching her the violin.

She has the teeniest little instrument that looks like a toy (it's a 1/16 size, which measures about 15 inches long from scroll to chin rest.)

 She sounds appalling, but I don't tell her that.  I'm the teacher, so I have to be loving and supportive.  I'm also her parent, and I often wish that I could pay someone else to listen to her.

All beginning violinists (no matter the age) sound like they're trying to stuff a cat into a coke bottle with chopsticks, so this isn't any indication of future progress.

I am just very careful never to schedule two beginner violinists in a row.  My nerves can only handle so much auditory torture.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

At least you didn't have a sibling who played violin you're entire childhood :(

--Joosh

Anonymous said...

*your

TuttleTime said...

Sweet! I am sure Miss Boo will give Josh Bell and Hilary Hahn a run for their money some day! :) She has determination...

Ellen said...

ROFL.... oh my, this post was great. First of all, she's so darn cute with that little violin. And I well remember how excited I was to start learning, so I'm sure she's pleased with those (horrid) sounds she is making! Claire wants to learn too,... but she keeps changing her mind about what instrument she wants to play, so I guess we'll see. ha ha...