Finding the Violin

After elementary school, I attended Kelly Miller Junior High & they had a String Ensemble. My homeroom teacher was the director of the ensemble. I saw the violins and cellos in the back of the room one day and asked her about it and she told me to try the violin, so I did. I turned out to be pretty good, & found that I had a natural talent for music. I had an "ear" for it. I couldn't read music, but I could play it. I didn't know I could do that or how that was even possible. My teacher asked me where did I inherit this from. I felt a little embarrassed because I couldn't give her an answer. When my grandmother found out I was playing music she explained to me that my father had that same quality or talent. I later started playing piano and taught myself to play songs by ear. Everyone assumed I was taking lessons, and some thought I was some kind of weird freak. They didn't understand how I was able to hear and interpret music tones.