Hi David & everyone,
Well have been to the workshop and I think I have a lot of practising to do...
When I arrived it was only me and 5 small children in the classroom, was v embarassed!! Thankfully another grown-up arrived before the class started though which made me feel a bit better! Didn't really help myself by completely forgetting every tune I know as soon as he asked me to play something so he could assess my level - ended up playing the first one that came into my head which I didn't know that well and made a mess of it!! As expected the others were all much better than me (even the tiny boy who only came up to my waist!!) so Noel gave me a different tune to do on my own.
I found it strange to get used to his preferred fingering method but I guess that's just a matter of practise, it did seem to make sense though. Got a second tune in the afternoon then we were finished at about 3.30 or so.
It was quite a short day (about 3 1/2 hrs altogether), it would have been nice to have more time but I did get a lot of useful pointers and info so it was definitely worth going. Noel was very nice and very patient with me!
Lucy
