First class after a long time

February 5, 2010 at 1:39 AM

So, I had my first class after about 5 years today.

It went pretty well, actually. The new teacher told me, firstly, to play anything I knew, and as I was without my violin for a couple months and couldn't practice for the class, I asked to start with a simple G major scale, in 2 or 3 octaves.

That was good for me to get a little (very little) used to the violin I was using in the class (which belongs to the school) and to try to overcome my panic of playing for the first time in months directly in front of the teacher.

It didn't go THAT bad, anyway. Afterwards, I played a bit of the Vivaldi A Minor concerto and a Hans Sitt study he chose.

I'm glad I told him that, although I don't intend to be a professional, I want to play the violin well and want to take the classes seriously. He seemed to be very receptive and did encourage me to study and achieve my goals.

So, my first real class will be in two weeks. It can't be next week because I'll be with my violin only in the end of the next week, so I won't be able to practice until then.

In the next class, he wants me to play the Vivaldi concerto after really studying it and he also wants me to pick one etude for third, fourth and fifth position and show him next class. He told me to do my best. And yes, I'm usually very motivated by the idea of overcoming my own difficulties.

I think I'll go to this school tomorrow to see if I can practice a little with the school's violin, while mine is not here.

I'm very excited!

From Royce Faina
Posted on February 6, 2010 at 1:10 PM

Great!!! Glad to hear that you are getting back too it. I've been playing for 2 years, and before that the last time I played was 23 years!

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