Thanks everybody for the advice . It's my brother who's paying for the lessons ;he tells me that his main concern is to not put his daughter off .Neither he nor his wife play the fiddle/violin and I think that's an important factor. It seems to me that a young learner needs a network of musicians to play with ,be friends with , pick up tips from and to some extent compete with . Otherwise they can end up learning just to keep their parents happy . Ceoltas (the Irish cultural group) does provide a learning milieu and I think Rosa would be more likely to pick up the enjoyment neccesary to develop and sustain a long -term commitment to her instrument in that sort of atmosphere.