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post Aug 11 2011, 11:32 AM
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OH arranged for me to have a consultation lesson and it was wonderful - for the first time in ages, I'm excited and can't wait to pick up the violin (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Excellent news! I'm so pleased for you.

It sounds like a whole new beginning for you. Congratulations.
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post Aug 21 2011, 04:32 PM
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QUOTE(BadStrad @ Aug 11 2011, 12:32 PM) *

QUOTE(Blackbird77 @ Aug 10 2011, 05:37 PM) *
OH arranged for me to have a consultation lesson and it was wonderful - for the first time in ages, I'm excited and can't wait to pick up the violin (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Excellent news! I'm so pleased for you.

It sounds like a whole new beginning for you. Congratulations.


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QUOTE(Blackbird77 @ Aug 10 2011, 04:37 PM) *

Just wanted to add a little update........have now seen the comments sheet and I have to admit that the examiner tried to let me down as gently as they could. There was some good constructive feedback and it implies that nerves cost me a pass - I wasn't expecting a comments sheet that appears to be so sensitively written.

OH arranged for me to have a consultation lesson and it was wonderful - for the first time in ages, I'm excited and can't wait to pick up the violin (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


That's brilliant news Blackbird77, and I'm so glad the consultation lesson was inspiring! You've put a big smile on my face x (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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Thank you all so much for your good wishes. This exam fail is potentially the best thing that has happened to me on my violin journey. If I hadn't failed, I would never have had the chance to meet such an amazing, wonderful teacher as the one I have now.

This teacher doesn't care that I come with a large amount of baggage but they do seem to really care about turning it all around. Every lesson I get strategies to cope with my nerves, but what I find so wonderful is that I'm being taught to communicate music and it's really opened my eyes (and my vocal chords as I have to sing it then play it).

Plus Hamish is getting so much attention I have absolutely no excuse to not clean him after playing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I just hope that if anyone ever finds themselves in a situation similar to mine (and I do hope not) that it is possible to find a way to turn something bad into something good and I wanted you to know that this forum was a major factor in turning things round for me.
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Thank you so much for sharing that, Blackbird77. It's great to hear how you've turned round your violining and made something joyful out of the whole experience.
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That is splendid, Blackbird77. I'm so pleased the new teacher is proving such a find. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

In a different, but related situation, I had a pupil fail an exam at Easter, which she admitted was through not putting enough work in. It proved such a wake-up call for her that she worked her socks off, resat the exam last term and got a distinction. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) The overall outcome for her was far better than had she scraped through the exam at Easter.
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Blackbird77, how wonderful....I pray my new teacher will do the same xx
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QUOTE(Blackbird77 @ Aug 24 2011, 09:14 PM) *

...but what I find so wonderful is that I'm being taught to communicate music and it's really opened my eyes (and my vocal chords as I have to sing it then play it).


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Thank you Blackbird,
I do love stories of turning bad things into good. And I am so happy you managed to make this.

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thank you for your comment. It's a nice story.
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What an inspiring story - you could have given up, but instead something really good has come out of the whole thing. Nerves are a terrible thing, I think I deserved to fail my grade 6 because nerves totally gotthe better of me, but I actually passed with 100.
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Well done on putting your exam comments sheet to such good use! Son also failed an exam earlier in the year, and the comments sheet has been a really useful resource.
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QUOTE(Blackbird77 @ Aug 24 2011, 09:14 PM) *

Thank you all so much for your good wishes. This exam fail is potentially the best thing that has happened to me on my violin journey. If I hadn't failed, I would never have had the chance to meet such an amazing, wonderful teacher as the one I have now.

This teacher doesn't care that I come with a large amount of baggage but they do seem to really care about turning it all around. Every lesson I get strategies to cope with my nerves, but what I find so wonderful is that I'm being taught to communicate music and it's really opened my eyes (and my vocal chords as I have to sing it then play it).

Plus Hamish is getting so much attention I have absolutely no excuse to not clean him after playing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I just hope that if anyone ever finds themselves in a situation similar to mine (and I do hope not) that it is possible to find a way to turn something bad into something good and I wanted you to know that this forum was a major factor in turning things round for me.



This is a lovely story (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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