*Sigh*

[ricardienne]

First cello lesson today.

I guess I had just gotten used to being advanced. I know. Whenever you change teachers, a lot of things happen. I know. My vibrato is a very weak point. I know. There's tension in my hand. It's why I've had tendonitis. I know. I just don't want to face completely restructuring my playing. Because, however kind D____ is, however she says, "It won't be too big of a deal, you have the basic underpinnings, you'll get used to the changes in no time," the fact is that I have to rethink how I hold my left hand. How I vibrate. How I move from one note to the next.

And my right hand. Okay, so I'm glad I'm going to learn how to balance pressure and speed so that my sound is perfect. In fact, that's probably one of those things that Z. M.L., the R. Brothers, Y. -- everyone whom I've never been able to come close to -- does, those things that I know set really good players apart, but that I haven't been able to name. One of the reasons I didn't get into a conservatory. I just wish it didn't exist in the first place.

Comments

[voglia-di-notte.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Good luck! Getting used to a new teacher is rarely ever fun.

And (dare I mention it?), has anyone ever told you that you, too, are a really good player? Because you are.

[grapeyquoter.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I know you'll fix your vibrato eventually. I've switched teachers for piano before, and the new teacher always finds something for me to fix that my old teacher didn't, which I find helps me a lot. Same with violin too.