"Four strings across the bridge ready to carry me over..."
So I recently acquired one of these strange sound-making contraptions thanks, in no small part, to the excessive generosity of my good friend belacane. Now that I have the device, I must learn to play it.
I've been Googling around for places I might be able to take private lessons but I figured I might as well hit up my friends list for advice to see if any of you had (or have had) music teachers that you would recommend. I'm thinking about calling the New School of Music and the Passim Center because they are in the area and have violin lessons (well, actually, the Passim Center teaches Fiddle lessons, but it's all the same to me). The Cambridge Center for Adult Education also has violin classes but I think I want to do a private lesson and I'm skeptical because they do not specialize in music education, but maybe I'm wrong!
If any of you have any experience with any of the places I'm considering or you have a favorite violin teacher of your own, please let me know!
P.S. This is absolutely my first musical instrument of any kind, ever.