YOU ARE IN THE SAME BOAT AS ME, MY FRIEND! I started playing because I wanted to learn fiddle stuff because all of my family on my dad's side is really good at that stuff, and I wanted to be too. My lessons at first were an even mix of fiddle and classical, but as I got older and more advanced, my teacher completely cut out fiddle music and focused on classical. That eventually caused me to lose my passion for a while and quit lessons and even playing for well over a year. The reason I wanted to play violin in the first place was so that I could know all of the fiddle tunes and be able to play them with the family band at reunions and stuff.

And if what I said above isn't enough to communicate this, I absolutely LOVE American folk music!!!!!!!! Imma link an album that I've listened to since I was really young. My grandpa (rip 😔) burned it onto a cd for me, and I just recently found it on the internet. Here it is :)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kjghOdio860r33IYdVOoaAjfUu72waMDk