My Fourth Cello Lesson! *wig wig wig wig wig!*

Ok. I didn't have time to blog about this yesterday, so I'm blogging about this now.

You may find all these posts about "cello lessons" boring, but I'm just blogging for keepsake. =) To also help me remember what happened during my lessons and stuff like that. That is, also, if the internet doesn't CRASH. Which I don't think has happen yet? I'm not sure. Can internet crash? hmmm...good question...but nothing is perfect so yeah.

Charissa! You're side tracking now!!!!!!!!!!!! Go back to the subject! Good girl. XD.

Ok. First of all, now, instead of 1 hour lesson, it's 1 and a half because of? Yes you got it, THEORY. The dreaded word. Sigh, unfortunately, when it comes to music you still can't RUN AWAY from theory. Why? So sad. =(

So now I have theory, but I'm hoping that my teacher will teach me differently than my previous one which actually made me really, HATE theory. Already I dislike theory, she made it even worse! =) Ok, I'm just gonna forget about my previous teacher. Forget the past, Charissa! =) You have a better teacher now! Be thankful! Ok.

Anyway, now it's the "easy" period, doing grade 3, theory. As I didn't get a really good foundation and grasp or theory last time, my teacher thought it's better to lay the foundation so that it will be easier. And I agree! =) So I guess, grade 2 work it's like "kacang putih," so my teacher decided to start me on grade 3.

The first part of the grade 3 work, I know already. It's like, how many DEMI SEMI QUAVERS are there in ONE CROCHET? And stuff like that. And also, like put the correct time signature in the bars below. And the 5 sharps and 5 flats. Kinda of thing. The demi semi quavers thingy, I know how to do it, but not quick la. My teacher showed me a kinda of "faster" way. lol.  The 5 sharps and flats? Well, my mum kinda of like gave me a really easy way to memorize it. My old teacher came out with a really ridiculous statement, for remembering the sharps and flats. Including order too. She said something like this: Flies can go down and eat bottle. Doesn't that sound ridiculous? But she can remember it and I too, so I guess that's what that counts. But my mummy says this: Father called George down after eating breakfast. Makes more sense eh? Ok, you may be wondering why father this and flies this and that. Well, see the first letter of each word? It's FCGDAEB! And that's the order of the Sharps! =)

For flats, I somehow can NEVER forget it. I saw some resemblance in it. It's actually the OPPOSITE of the sharp order. It's BEADGCF. See? It's the opposite! But, I don't remember it that way. I somehow can remember it's beadgcf. I remember BEAD, beacause I do beading, and somehow, I can remember gcf! I don't know why! haha. But well, good lor. XD.

My teacher doesn't know that I already "memorized" all this orders of sharps and flats. hehe... shhhhh! She taught me a way of, it's a fifth apart from each other or smth. Not very sure too! haha.

Ok, I'm talking too much about theory. Let's change now.

Cello. Well, first of all, I wanna tell you that I practically was LAUGHING throughout the whole cello lesson! It was HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!! As I said in my 3rd cello lesson post, my teacher taught me the correct way to vibrato last week. But unfortunately, I still haven't go the hang of it, because it's so different, and there are tooo many things on my mind! I have to remember to put my hand like this, hold like this, push my hand back, make sure I bow fast then only slow, AAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! Too many things already!!!!! My brain is gonna BURST!!!!!!!!!! So anyway, my teacher was telling me to WIGGLE my hand to vibrato. But the problem with me is, if I wiggle it, I will wiggle it like in a "lazy" way. But when I wiggle my hand faster, it comes out big as in, I move too much. Like too much "big." If you get what I mean, it's pretty hard to explain, but the thing is, I have to WIGGLE my hand, FAST, but not BIG. hehe. XD.

It was so hard to control my laughter, because teacher said wiggle wiggle wiggle, and it was so funny that I started "snorting!" Then laughing, and my teacher also started laughing too! I couldn't STOP!!!!!!!!! Seriously!!!!!! My cheeks were bursting trying to control it!!!!!!!!! Then as soon as I managed to stop, she says it again, and I go off again! lol.

Later, she was teaching me the "fishing shift." She calls it that because she said it's like fishing. The problem with her students, including me, is that, we like to shift position at the last minute. Thus making the shifting so quick. She wants me to shift at NOT the last minute, and slowly. It was one of the hardest things too!!!!!!! And she gave an example of, I should pretend a FAT man is on a diving board. So when you're fat, you can't bounce fast right? So yeah, that was exactly what I had to do on my cello! And when I think about it, it made me laugh so much! If she hadn't said fat, then I would have been ok. But the word "fat" somehow was so funny to me that I was really trying my best to do it and not to laugh too. Thus creating a super weird face. haha. XD.

I laughed so much until I sweat-ed like crazy! haha. Some more it's in an AIR-CONDITIONED room.

Oh goodness!!!!!!!!!!! Yesterday was one of the BEST cello lessons I've ever been to!!!!!!!!!!! =) And it's the first time I've ever said a cello lesson is best. =)


Ok, I've been talking too much, hope you are not bored!

Charissa