Bad News, Good News and a Little More Bad News

May 8, 2012 at 10:28 PM

So today was my level. I was super confident going in because I had a really good practice session before hand. We randomly select our scaled from a hat which is the most nerve-racking part. And wouldn't you know...I picked C#...the one scale I have had so much trouble with. I also picked B and Eb. But guess what???? I played them all perfectly!!!!! I was so excited because that was the one part I was worried about!

So heres the second bad news: I failed my Kreutzer 2 bowing etude. I am really mad because that has been the one thing throughout the semester that my teacher has said was solid. Apparently my spicatto was not correct and this was related to my bow hold. But here is why I am really mad: my teacher never told me there was anything wrong with my bow hold. If I would have known that there was a problem, I totally would have fixed it (that's how I passed everything else...he told me there were problems and I worked my butt off to fix them). How was I supposed to fix something that I didn't know was a problem?

Sorry for the unusually negative tone of this blog. I just really wanted to prove to myself that I could pass this whole thing on the first try. (Basically now I just have to re-do the etude next semester). Hopefully I can solve these issues by then!

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