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Well, I've completed two years of Music Theory courses at Skagit Valley College. I haven't been practicing my fiddle but I think I should know how to use it a bit better by now :)

Yep

There is a tabbing system. Hardly any tabs available though. Too bad, learning to read music well is important.

Tabs?

I'm curious to see if there are 'tabs' available for the violin. If there are, I will be able to play a lot of songs really fast. It does nothing for my reading skill, because I'm already a decent tab reader from playing guitar. I'll do some research.

Pennywhistle

I bought a Tin whistle\penny whistle recently. It was a whopping 5 dollars, and there were 2 types, c major and d major. I got the C major one because it's easier to play with most instruments. D major would have been the better choice, because violins have an easier time in D major than C major.

Singing

I've been working on my singing over the last few hours. Pretty gay sounding, but it really helps if you have a bad ear. I've done a lot of guitar\violin\flute tuning over the past couple of years so my ear isn't bad, but the more I play music the more I realize how much more accurate I can get.

I've been doing major arpeggios starting as low as I can, then working up to where I can't quite hit the highest note. I've also been singing the first five notes of the major scale (do re me fa so fa me re do) and then going up by a half step each time. I also do some simple songs which is kind of fun.

So.. You might ask how this relates to playing violin. Well, with violin, it is really hard to make sure you are hitting the right note. If you don't have tape on your violin to show where your fingers go, you are probably relying on your ear to tell you if you're hitting the right note. That's why singing relates so much; if you can match your voice to the right pitch, you can probably match your violin to the right pitch. It helps if this takes little effort too. I'm still working on this on violin, but I'm sure it is going to take some time. My third finger is especially tricky to get right for some reason.. I hope this helps.

Oh, and I broke another hair on my crappy bow.

Broken Hairs: 2

Bridge

The bridge is the piece of wood(usually) that keeps the strings up. It's in between the f-holes. recently, something happened to mine and it got crooked and my strings all went flat. I asked a friend, and I was told that it isn't uncommon for that to happen, and to just carefully push it back. It was pretty easy putting it back, too.

So if this somehow happens to you, push the part that the strings rest back to where it was, try to get a 90 degree angle with the violin. Be sure to tune after this.