I had such a terrible piano lesson today, everything I played went wrong, even my grade 1 study! I am playing a piece from the old grade 3 syllabus (an argentine tango) and it was absolutely awful, even though I can actually play (most) of it... but even the notes were wrong! and as for the rythm, well lets not go there....

And when she went through my theory work, I had completely forgotten to write in the tenor part (i do the draft in rough paper before copying it into the book) I mean, how stupid could I get???!!!



Any one else ever get this?

i have this every week dont worry! you;ll be fab in your next one hunny!

Aww Helen, everybody has bad days. I've had days where I have just been so bad on my flute, e.g with tone and everything and my teacher has noticed and I have got so frustrated. Also, on a recent Chemistry test I got my left and right mixed up, and I left out the results in my coursework so I felt so blummin' stupid! Give the piano a rest for a day and then come back to it, it'll be so much better. *hugs*

Hello Subatomic
It will all come good in the end just keep going...
I am going to try that Argentine Tango...I like the sound of it on the CD I have...
BFN Mike

I hate it when i have a bad lesson, it really puts a damper on things, but then i go practice, and when i can eventually do it, it makes me feel soo much better.

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I am going to try that Argentine Tango...I like the sound of it

oh it's good fun that. I had a couple of students learn it last year for grade 3 - much enjoyed.

Helen - bad luck if it was your last lesson of the term - I'm sure the next will be better anyway.

Maggie

Don't worry hun!! i get that most weeks, even though i have actually practiced (honest!), it all goes wrong!! My teacher usuallly gets annoyed! but she is a good teacher cos u don't want to turn up to her lesson without having done any practice at all!

QUOTE (bubblegum_100 @ Mar 26 2005, 10:28 PM)

i get that most weeks, even though i have actually practiced (honest!), it all goes wrong!!

Yes... but I do practice! My lessons never go badly, its not like she scares me or anything! Shes lovely...

I know how awful that feels- that happens to me too. The other week my piano teacher just went on and on at me about how unmusical my interpretation of a particular piece was, when my parents had been telling me quite the opposite and actually the comments on exam forms and things always seem to suggest that my interpretation is often better than my technical accuracy (hmm, not sure if that's a good thing or not...) so I felt completely crushed.

Then in the same week my violin teacher said she 'could tell I hadn't done a lot of practice' that week when I'd actually been working really, really hard to get the hang of one of the grade 8 pieces I've been trying to learn, and I was so upset that when I came out of the lesson I just went and cried for 15 minutes.

So yes, everyone has their off days so my suggestion would be just to keep at it until everything turns out okay.

I hate it when things like that happen. For instance when I play my flute and I think I am sounding nice, and my teacher says something like 'Your tone isn't up to your usual standard', or like when I had the lesson with this different teacher, I wanted to cry as soon as I got out of the lesson, it had seemed he had pointed out so many faults.

Oh, this happens to me a lot! I think that everybody has bad days and with some people (like me) they happen more often and are more noticeable. I just try to be positive and think that the next lesson is going to be better.

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'could tell I hadn't done a lot of practice' that week when I'd actually been working really, really hard

Strangely enough, when I've hardly practised something it often turns out quite well and when I've worked for hours on something it quite literally falls apart. I don't quite know what to make of this - maybe it's a psychological thing?!

Just keep smiling everybody, we can do this!

QUOTE (Rainbow @ Mar 27 2005, 11:07 AM)

Strangely enough, when I've hardly practised something it often turns out quite well and when I've worked for hours on something it quite literally falls apart. I don't quite know what to make of this - maybe it's a psychological thing?!

I think it's partly that you are judging it less harshly - if you've been practicing it like mad you'll expect it to be perfect and be disappointed when it's not; if you've hardly touched it you'll expect it to be rubbish and be surprised when it's okay!

I think also, if you've practiced it and there are iffy bits, you are more likely to panic when you get to them, and if you haven't, you've probably forgotten where the bad bits are.

That reminds me, if my teacher criticises me it is because I am too quick, or too panicky!

Sometimes my students can play pieces perfectly when I'm standing outside the door listening and they don't know I'm there. When they play the same piece 5 minutes later during the lesson it can go completely wrong.

well 2 weeks ago my piano teacher told me she was really happy with my start on grade 7 pieces, last lesson she said, i'd have to start again with them all and sort certain things out. great!

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Mar 27 2005, 06:26 PM)

well  2 weeks ago my piano teacher told me she was really happy with my start on grade 7 pieces, last lesson she said, i'd have to start again with them all and sort certain things out. great!

Hmm...sounds familiar...(I put this problem down to poor memory syndrome - the teacher's, not mine )

lol!

it didnt do wonders for my confidence that lesson. but hey. i was obviously rubbish that lesson so deserved it

Hey guys,

thanks for replying everyone, todays lesson was fab, everything think went really well! My study was good and she said that she doesn't need to hear it again because it was well improved. and my duet was good as well! And the theory was mostly right as well, (thanks for that Nat! (but it was 3 times by the way))

Last week must have just been an off day!

QUOTE (Subatomic_Star @ Mar 30 2005, 09:40 PM)

And the theory was mostly right as well, (thanks for that Nat! (but it was 3 times by the way))

ah so i was right 1st time!! hmm i'll check again!

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Mar 30 2005, 09:42 PM)

QUOTE (Subatomic_Star @ Mar 30 2005, 09:40 PM) And the theory was mostly right as well, (thanks for that Nat! (but it was 3 times by the way)) ah so i was right 1st time!! hmm i'll check again!

Ok you were right, its 4.

ah good! tell your teacher that too!!

I remember when I had a sleepover at friends, and the next day I was so tired that I duffed up quite badly.

I also seem to play at a very low standard when I have a cold/flu/illness/you know what i mean