I've played violin for 9 years (and by extension mandolin), a bit of piano, voice, and I'm learning guitar. My favorite genres on violin are movie and video game soundtracks and fiddle tunes. Unfortunately, I had a really bad orchestra teacher who made me hate orchestra and dislike the violin. I quit private lessons and didn't play for a long time, but lately I've been picking it back up. My mom taught me a bit of piano, and I've been in choir for four years. I'm also taking a guitar class at my school.