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Congratulations, Karen! I know the quality of my own playing has skyrocketed since I started working with a good teacher. Good luck to you! I'm glad you found a teacher who is so compatible with you. I hope your lessons with her are rewarding. Good luck with your new teacher! Have fun!

Also, don't forget the most important cliches of the Adult Student Music Lesson:

"It sounded better at home", and "Sorry", inserted after every wrong note. (Insert smiley face here.)

Heck, I used those cliches at lessons before I was an adult ;-) I had a lesson Sunday morning, and after playing through my concerto movement, the first thing out of my mouth was: "Sorry about the two wrong notes". I went on, quite proudly, "I played B-naturals instead of B#s".

Grr. I SWORE I would not fall into that pathetic, defensive trap. Fortunately, I am taking lessons from the World's Kindest Man...

Anyhoo, I hope things work out for you! Best of luck!

Yeah! I’m so excited for you, Karen! Having a good teacher makes me feel like I didn’t have a (violin) life before that. I always feel high after each lesson and I hope you do too, and bring violin to work on the lesson days is just adding another fun to work itself. Enjoy what I believe to be one of the best gifts you can give yourself!

Haha, Anne, now my teacher is saying that cliché to me instead… don’t know what to make of that:)

>"It sounded better at home", and "Sorry", inserted after every wrong note. (Insert smiley face here.)

Anne, were you listening in on me at my last lesson, or what?!

Congrats, Karen! Sounds like a great fit for you.