sing back that old tune

Ces has been talking a lot about music lessons the past few days, and hearing it makes me miss my music lessons a lot.

When it came to piano teachers, I teacher-hopped. Wala akong permanent na teacher. My first one was a woman who lived here in our village and I'd just go to their house and have my lessons. She was pretty decent. At least I got past John Thompson's Book 2 for Beginners or whatever it was and she was the one who taught me note reading and how to play the scales.

The next was a teacher from the Miriam Music Center. She wasn't too bad, but she scared the heck out of me. Every single note had to fall on the exact time and if couldn't do it, she'd make me stop and go over the start of the line, or if she was in a bad mood, the start of the whole piece. I lasted a summer with her.

The next one was a teacher from CMM and lives just a few doors down from us. I didn't like him. During our last lesson, I couldn't get the correct timing for the pedals and by the end, he was practically yelling at me. Needless to say, that ticked me off, I mean, no one gets anything right the first time, and I didn't want to continue lessons with him anymore. So now, I'm teacher-less. Anyone know any decent piano teachers out there? Haha. Let me know.

For my violin lessons, I stayed with one teacher, and she was terrific. Her name was Miss Olga and she was from the Music Center too. She was part of an orchestra, so she was really good. During the times I'd scrape and squeak away in my violin while she would play waltzes and sonatas on hers, I wanted the earth to swallow me whole. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star na nga lang e, mali-mali pa. Haha. I stayed with her for two years until school work interefered and I had to stop. I kinda miss her now.

It's just sad that I have to stop music lessons because I'm too busy. I wish I had more time, so I could immerse myself in all that again, even if it's just for a really short while. I could play my violin again, and finally get the timing for the pedals right.

written at 3:33 AM

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