Enjoy to play your fav song, I am in the same boat with you. I started taking violin lessons the first week of my retirement years for 6 years, my violin teacher thought I am too old to learn but after a couple years to my surprise, he said " You may play in front of your friends " even he accompanied my redemption with a piano (concerto) which made him more surprise without any glitches. Day one, I told him, I choose the songs not you because I won't get bored to practice. At this moment, I play by ear, as the audience won't notice the mistakes anyway.
Beautifully played!
Enjoy to play your fav song, I am in the same boat with you. I started taking violin lessons the first week of my retirement years for 6 years, my violin teacher thought I am too old to learn but after a couple years to my surprise, he said " You may play in front of your friends " even he accompanied my redemption with a piano (concerto) which made him more surprise without any glitches. Day one, I told him, I choose the songs not you because I won't get bored to practice. At this moment, I play by ear, as the audience won't notice the mistakes anyway.