Hardi and I found:

Strengths reinforce strengths, and both players improve as a result.

Weaknesses usually balance each other out, just as in other aspects of life together, and both players improve as a result.

One of us is a dot-reader with some ear skill and one is an ear learner with some dot skills-- so except for a few tense moments of figuring out how to work together, and respect each others' processes--it all works fine.

And we have stretched each others' interests, also.

What's really funny is he will go upstairs to work out some new fiddle stuff and-- bored-- I'll start doing some hymn arranging. I used to think the fiddle was loud. But it's usually Hardi who hears the amped autoharp and comes down to see what I am doing and join in. ~Susan