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Ok, a twist to a "recent" thread. I started with violin many years ago in grade school. Left that well behind and when my daughter and wife decided to pick up violin I caught the bug again and decided to pick up the Viola. This worked great when my daughter switched over to Cello and we had our own home made trio. Sadly, the girls lost interest and I was left alone. Now I love Fiddle Music, and my instructor has provided some great pieces to start with, but I have been finding it very discouraging as I look for sheet music. I have already bought a number of Viola books both in Fiddle music and Gospel music tracts which are my two areas of interest, but find very few songs that: a, I enjoy; b, can play as most books are for intermediate to advanced players; c, have ever heard of before. I'm starting to wonder, after taking formal lessons for about a year now, if I should just make the switch and pick up the violin. I do play around with it (the 4/4 violin) here in the house from time to time, and frankly can't stand the shrill E string (although this could be the string itself or the instrument)… 

So, what say you? be you advanced experts, an avid beginner like myself or somewhere in between…. Stick with to, dump it for the violin or try out a 5 string

thanks.