tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776222898849461648.post721087620291239712..comments2023-05-30T06:59:26.493-07:00Comments on Day by Day Discoveries: Violin ExamDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05895897568006441289noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776222898849461648.post-51352764917023363342010-01-28T08:44:08.900-08:002010-01-28T08:44:08.900-08:00Ah, the joy of music exams. I think most of the ne...Ah, the joy of music exams. I think most of the nerves comes from being watched and judged. Mostly, you know you can play the pieces needed, but with the idea of somebody watching and grading I think there's just enough nerve to inspire fear of royally messing it up.<br /><br />I'm glad she finished. As JJ Ross stated in the comment nerves can be a part of a successful experience...but only if they don't get in the way of one.Tayhttp://www.scoreoneart.webs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776222898849461648.post-88788688391571738522010-01-24T21:06:29.739-08:002010-01-24T21:06:29.739-08:00Sounds like it! :)Sounds like it! :)JJ Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493570025415687789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776222898849461648.post-3645317633614171372010-01-24T16:15:21.842-08:002010-01-24T16:15:21.842-08:00We actually did have a talk about the preceeding w...We actually did have a talk about the preceeding weeks after we got home. It's not a new thing of course. She gets the same feelings before any recital or performance and last night we sort of talked about whether they were really "bad" or whether maybe they could be translated as feelings of eagerness and excitement that build up to the enjoyment of a performance or exam. <br /><br />But her great strength is that those feelings and worries never win anyway, regardless of whether she sees them as bad or good. It never occurs to her that they're a good reason to quit. Or that the risk of failure is a good reason to not follow through with something.<br /><br />I think she's a natural performer in no small part because of that. :)Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05895897568006441289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776222898849461648.post-77782863694996093182010-01-24T15:34:02.454-08:002010-01-24T15:34:02.454-08:00Hmmm - so she "actually enjoyed the experienc...Hmmm - so she "actually enjoyed the experience" yet is happy it's over for a while? Sounds like all the nervous weeks leading up to it were not enjoyable, but not being counted as part of the experience in her/your mind?<br /><br />Maybe she hasn't realized as most performers eventually do, how much a part of successful experience those feelings may continue to be no matter how good you get? The actors and singers and musicians we know say that it's an important part even, that without it the performance would suffer.<br /><br />So they sort of learn to enjoy that too. :)JJ Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493570025415687789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776222898849461648.post-58875765964368583952010-01-24T13:31:38.373-08:002010-01-24T13:31:38.373-08:00Good luck! I always think a world with more violi...Good luck! I always think a world with more violin players is a better place.NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.com