cello...

june 10th: today i rented a cello and attempted to play for the first time! it is a beautiful instrument. 3/4 size of course. the man at the store was crazy to think i'd need a full size..even for a minute. :) after i got it home i pulled it out and tried to play it. i could tell it was way out of tune so i went on line and found out which string is which (it's totally different from a violin believe it or not!) and started tuning it. an hour later, my fingers all but blistered from turning the pegs over and over i decided to put it away till my first lesson next monday. i'm super excited to start playing. and my first "song goal" i guess you could call it is the cello part on volcano by damien rice. :) we'll see how that goes. i'd also like to get to the point that i can play with a quartet/orchestra. i'll keep you updated as i go. :)