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 my first songJune 16, 2009 at 9:47 AM i spent my third week of violin lessons learning my first song, twinkle twinkle little star (i'm in the big leagues now, right? haha gotta start somewhere!)...what i'm loving most about violin is how much learning and excitiement it can open up in a matter of mere minutes. my teacher put a few tapes on my fingerboard to help get me started, but before she had me play using the tapes as a guide, she had me play twinkle twinkle on HER violin without tapes, just attempting by ear, as she placed the tapes on my own violin. needless to say i was terrified and expecting to squeak out something awful. while my first attempt was far from perfect, i was pleasantly surprised at what came out, and my teacher was really happy with how close i came, she said i have a really good natural ear, which makes her confident that i will start flying through suzuki book 1. after my tapes were placed, we played all variations of the song together, and all of the seemingly frustrating rhythm exercises that i was given last week as practice ended up really helping me...i was able to keep up w/ my teacher throughout, and again, though my intonation was far from perfect, i feel like i'm already picking up what the right notes sound and feel like. i left my lesson feeling very uplifted, and it only got better when i left the studio and headed to my car...a random woman with her little girl stopped me. i thought she was going to ask me for directions, but then she asked if that was me inside the music studio playing violin. when i told her yes, she explained that she was picking her daughter up from summer music camp and ended up watching and listening to me play for a bit (i am glad i was in the zone and didn't notice anyone looking in to listen or i would have probably frozen up)...i asked her whether the sounds she heard were good or sickening, and to my surprise, she said "absolutely NOT bad, you sounded beautiful!" she about fell over when i told her i'd only been playing for three weeks, and i about fell over to hear that this random complete stranger thought i was good enough to stop me on the street and ask me questions. she ended up telling me how they have a violin at home which thus far has only been utilized as a beautiful wall hanging, but that she was thinking of getting her 10 year old son set up for lessons, did i think it'd be a good idea or too hard for him? i told her that if i'm an adult with 937489210 other things in life to focus on and i am capable of learning, then she should definitely give it a shot with her son! the entire conversation just blew me away. i had a horrendous day at work previous to my lesson, and by the time i got into my car after the lesson, i felt like flying! obviously this is only the beginning and i'm expecting for there to be frustrating moments on top of the rewarding moments, but my experience so far has proven to me that every reward that comes from playing more than makes up for any frustrations i've had/will have.From Bart Meijer
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