The lesson started with Laura reviewing the material (provided by Tina) I gave her last week. She enjoyed looking through it all. I also asked about Musica Viva's 2013 concert schedule. There are two concerts I would really like to go to and one "maybe". The two I like are Tokyo String Quartet and Elias String Quartet. The "maybe" is the Academy of Ancient Music with Sara Macliver. I also gave Laura a sheaf of music I had forgotten the previous lesson. It included Greek music and I told Laura about my Greek heritage. At this point she made reference to my "prominent eyebrows" :)
This week was really a consolidation of the stuff that has come so far. Even with only five lessons there is already so much to keep in mind: fingers, wrist, elbow, arm, bow speed, bow pressure, posture, violin position. It is difficult to keep this all in mind at once (let alone to think of what I am supposed to be playing and how fast) but Laura encouraged me and told me to persevere. She reminded me I will get there eventually and to keep practising. I really appreciate that she wants to make sure I have the basics down first before moving on from this point.
Hopefully I will be able to get enough practice this week. I am on leave for the next three weeks as my children are on holidays. I still plan on keeping up my lessons. We'll have to see how things go.
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