February 2009

Grade 5 joining a quartet group. Others are at much higher level .. shall I drop ?

February 25, 2009 22:32

Hi! I'm an expat wife living in an asia country. I'm at about grade 5 level. Recently together with two other ladies in our community we decided to form a string quartet, one plays violin with a diploma, and the other plays cello at grade 5 level. Our teacher just found a viola player for us. This man is working towards his diploma. Now I 'm getting really worried about being not good enough for the group. Originally we just want to practise and have fun together. Maybe it's not a good idea to have players of different level in a quartet, perhaps I should drop out. I don't think I can find others to play together, though. Anybody has any advice for me? We will start in 3 weeks. At the moment I thought I will just go for it, and see. If it doesn't work out , I will drop. It will be embarrasing and demotivating for me, though.

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Grade 5 joining a quartet group. Others are at much higher level .. shall I drop ?

February 25, 2009 22:31

Hi! I'm an expat wife living in an asia country. I'm at about grade 5 level. Recently together with two other ladies in our community we decided to form a string quartet, one plays violin with a diploma, and the other plays cello at grade 5 level. Our teacher just found a viola player for us. This man is working towards his diploma. Now I 'm getting really worried about being not good enough for the group. Originally we just want to practise and have fun together. Maybe it's not a good idea to have players of different level in a quartet, perhaps I should drop out. I don't think I can find others to play together, though. Anybody has any adve for me? We will start in 3 weeks. At the moment I thought I will just go for it, and see. If it doesn't work out , I will drop. It will be embarrasing and demotivating for me, though.

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