Lynn Geeks Fiddles. Or Violins?
I became interested in music when I was very young. My father loved jazz, classical, and music from Broadway plays, so we were alwayslistening to the radio and the record player. On trips, we would sing songs in the car.
I taught myself how to play the piano, the autoharp and guitar. A growing family interrupted playing, but my kids showed an interest in music. Jason did not pursue music, but Katie loved the violin and was encouraged to audition for Chelsea House Orchestra. She was shy about performing in front of large crowds, but with the encouragement and camaraderie of the group, she held her own. I have kept her violin. Katie is the inspiration for Katie's Korner, one of the library's spaces for music and other events.
The library supports my music "geek" with the program Music at McKune, a winter music series on Sundays.
Is it Fiddle or Violin? The medieval fiddle emerged in 10th-century Europe, deriving from the Byzantine Lira (English: lyre), a bowed string instrument of the Byzantine Empire and ancestor of most European bowed instruments. Lira spread widely westward to Europe; in the 11th and 12th centuries European writers use the terms fiddle and lira interchangeably when referring to bowed instruments.
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