learn to play the musical saw

I’ve decided to learn how to play Silent Night and a couple more Christmas songs. This will give me good practice and perhaps I’ll be able to impress my friends when December rolls around. :)

I got my first injury today from my saw! haha My hand slipped and the saw bounced up and hit me in the face!!! Fortunately it didn’t get my eye and wasn’t a very deep cut. Now that I passed my initiation, I think I’ll be able to play better. haha

I’ve wanted to learn how to play a saw since I saw Sigur Ros play at the Ryman Auditorium. I FINALLY broke down and made my musical saw purchase and my saw arrived TODAY! YAY!!! I read a lot about it, so I understand the concept, but actually DOING it proves trickier than I imagined. I also don’t know the first thing about how much rosin to use on a bow and how much to tighten it, so this evening was a great learning experience for me. My Friday night consisted of a lot of Youtube videos to figure out how to use the bow! I tried the saw a bit and got a LOT of screeching, but did manage to get some notes out, too. :) I’m hoping I’ll get the hang out it soon!