My cold has worked its way through my body without help from antibiotics and I am becoming my old self again.
Due to my cold, I was only able to practice twice this week and, as usual, this was my biggest let down. I played my two Christmas songs a few times, mainly focusing on Good King Wenceslas. I also worked on a few of my older songs to see if they sounded any different than they had originally. While I was not necessarily proud of these accomplishments, I am looking forward to how I will be able to improve next week.
Somewhat surprisingly, my lack of practice did not prevent me from progressing this week. When I showed up to my lesson, I played four songs: Hungarian Folk Song, The Old Grey Goose, Good King Wenceslas and Silent Night. Piotr wanted to hear how the songs sounded after not seeing me for two weeks, and he was very impressed!
He said he could tell how much I had worked on all of the songs while I was sick, and that he could not believe how far I had progressed. We spent the majority of the lesson playing together and working on increasing my speed. As always, playing with my teacher was an absolute pleasure, but the greatest pleasure I experienced was towards the end of my lesson. He gave me the most eye-opening compliment I have received so far.
"You progress so fast. I mean, I never played this level of music after such a short time on the violin. You should realize that most people do not play this way until their third year of taking lessons. Know that I am very proud and you are doing excellent work."
These words were very encouraging to me and, moving forward, will help me to take more pride in my achievements. Understanding that I am learning very fast and playing very well, motivates me to continue moving forward. This was definitely the highlight of my week.
Looking into next week, Piotr promised to give me some fiddle tunes at my next lesson so that I can expand my repertoire. I am absolutely ecstatic! Until then, my goals are to increase the speed of my Christmas songs and to adopt a more positive attitude about my playing. The video I have shared is a rough version of Silent Night. It gets better every day.
Looking into next week, Piotr promised to give me some fiddle tunes at my next lesson so that I can expand my repertoire. I am absolutely ecstatic! Until then, my goals are to increase the speed of my Christmas songs and to adopt a more positive attitude about my playing. The video I have shared is a rough version of Silent Night. It gets better every day.
That's all for now!
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