Her examination will comprise of a few parts - namely, singing, playing, chords and notes identification and solfege singing. There will also be the fun part, which is the group presentation.
I tell you, Vic's love for music is like a yo-yo. Sometimes she plays well, sometimes she doesn't. Sometimes it's like making music with a stone and she clowns around in class. I cannot describe how annoyed I get because when she clowns around, she doesn't listen to what the teacher is saying.
After 18 months, Vic is still struggling with her theory. I keep emphasizing to her to read her notes, and if she doesn't know them, count them from Middle C. But this girl prefers to play by memory. Hhhmm...
On hindsight, maybe I can't fault her for her lack of performance during the last lesson after the holidays. Like most of us, she must have gone rusty. So a couple of days back I was determined to get her back on track.
On one practice session, she couldn't read her notes despite the singing that teacher taught. Her Fa can become a So, and So can become a Mi and everything became a mumbo jumbo to her.
As a repercussion, I wrote random notes on her manuscript book and told her to identify the notes by writing down the names.
Here's the result...
I'm pleasantly surprised. Mostly correct, only a couple wrong. So how come she can't identify them when she's playing? This Queen really has her moods... can annoy me so much one minute, and another minute she impresses me so!
On another note, she came home the other day with an all-correct ting-xia (err, I suppose that means chinese dictation/spelling?) and teacher gave her a sticker. Today she strategically told me that her teacher said her parents should reward her as well... in reply, I told her I will discuss with Daddy on her reward.
3 comments:
Well done...
Her handwriting is so neat!
she has not found the passion yet. Mummy, u need to work harder to let her fall in love with music..
But i like JMC. I attended JMC when I was a kid
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