From: kateh_1@charter.net   
      
   Then Vince's wife needs to start playing..... today!  :)   
   I don't think it takes that long to get the notes down, but I know the   
   bowing takes a good, long time.  And kids can learn it all....so darned   
   fast!  Kinda like learning a new language, I guess.   
   KateH   
      
   "Rye"  wrote ...   
   >I was reading on a bluegrass board today how long it would take for   
   > someone to learn to play the fiddle.  The answer was that it took   
   > about 10 years to get the noteing hand working and a life time to get   
   > the bow arm working.  About half that time can be assumed if you start   
   > young.   
   >   
   > About the original question, you need at least a bass, a guitar and a   
   > banjo for solid bluegrass.   
   >   
   > Vince wrote:   
   >>Yep. We need one. We have a guy who sits in now and then, but he's out   
   >>of town a lot. Most of the fiddlers around here play in the Cajun or   
   >>Country bands, it seems. My wife wants to learn fiddle. I'm trying to   
   >>save up so I can get her one and some lessons.   
   >>   
   >>Joe Cline wrote:   
   >>> Get a fiddler.   
      
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