Practicing in the school

February 6, 2010 at 12:19 AM

So, I went today to the school in which I have violin classes, took the violin and practiced. Yes, I scheduled first.

It was interesting. They were nice to me and had a room for me to practice (although the room didn't have a stand for my scores and I couldn't tune the violin correctly - no piano there, no diapason). It was okay, anyway, as I was there just to practice and some schools don't even let you practice there in your free time.

Anyway, in spite of they being friendly to me, I realized that studying there isn't the same as practicing at home. The school staff and other students enter in the room sometimes (I know, they sometimes have to), and of course you can't play as long as you want. For instance, I wanted to play from 5:30 to 7:30, but today they ended up closing the school earlier, at 7, so before 7 I had to be out.

I could live with all of that, though. But, even though they told me when I enrolled that I could always practice there if I scheduled first, I feel like they want me (or any of the students) to go practice there about once a week at maximum. I mean, I told her that I would probably be there during the next week as my violin will only be here on Friday, and in the end of my practicing time she said "Well, you can practice again another day, but call first".

I'm not saying they are wrong. I'm just saying that I miss having my violin around and being able to study more, and whenever I want.

I chose the etudes for third and fourth positions, and I'm already practicing them. Unfortunately, I will only be able to practice again on Monday, and only if I go the school to practice.

All the best!

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