After my first full day of playing fiddle, I've learned Mary Had A Little Lamb, Liza Jane, Camptown Ladies, The Bear Went Over the Mountain and a few others. All played monophonically and in the key of C. But considering I couldn't play a damned thing yesterday, I'm rather pleased and I'm even getting rid of that scratchy unmusical sound although it works its way in if I don't pay attention. But I need to get to the point where I don't need to pay strict attention to play correctly. It should be second nature and I'm nowhere near that yet.

It's definitely a work in progress but at least it is in progress. I've worked with harmonies on my own and am getting a handle on how it works. I'm preparing to try Ragtime Annie although it's going to be pretty awful for a while. But I can learn it. Learning to vibrate my fingering hand while I hold a note, however, is just not happening at all. That's going to require work. Like rubbing your tummy and patting your head.

But I should scale back a little for now and work on those things I can do right now and get them to perform smoothly with one another. I'll conquer the rest later.