boldandbratsche

Speaking of hand jobs,

Transition grade: A+

I have some advice for you, and that advice is to get an in-person, private instructor. You don't have to meet often, maybe once a week or two weeks, but it's critical for building proper technique. If you start growing with the wrong finger placement, wrong now grip, etc, it'll be impossible to learn many of the more advanced stylistic techniques that really elevate playing. Plus, they'll alre already have a training curriculum of music to learn to make sure you cover all the basic skills at the right pace.

A great place to start looking is to reach out to local high school music teachers. They tend to be very connected and will know of local private teachers. You can expect to pay about $20/lesson, which can range from a half hour to an hour.

Yucatan Sunshine or something like like is like a better version of Cholula

She's not a camwhore, normal people don't have those lol. I however am a camwhore, so please buy stuff off my amazon wishlist

The viola is the key to everything except concerto competition wins. It just lacks a large repertoire and doesn't have the sound quality to easily shine through with a large orchestra.