Greg - thanks - hadn't thought about the flutes & tamborines. Soldier's Joy is also one of the most common fiddle tunes here. Standard banjo players comment to a fiddler - "Just play Soldier's Joy, they all sound like it anyway!"Marion - You got it right about the stability of that first position - if I don't get that locked in, my intonation really suffers. It's especially hard, I find, to lay down the guitar or banjo, grab the fiddle and play a tune well - takes about half a tune to get the fine adjustment of the ear/hand/fingers.