DD1 (13) did grade 3 oboe today, her first oboe grade (she's done piano exams before). Friends have had various hassles organising a piano accompanist for their DC's exams, so I naively thought I'd accompany her myself (did grade 8 piano as a teenager and played on a daily basis then, but admittedly have barely touched the piano for 20+ years). "I'll soon pick it up again with a bit of practice", thought I....
I really wish I hadn't been such a numpty. Firstly, due to work/life getting in the way, I didn't really start learning the piano part for both pieces until 1-2 weeks ago, and most of the practice was yesterday. On the plus side, it meant that DD and I had loads of rehearsal time together. However, I just hadn't banked on my fingers having lost so much dexterity. I went over the more difficult passages loads beforehand, but when it came to the exam, although the first piece went well, the second piece was faster and there was a tricky section where I just lost it and ground to a halt for a few bars. Fortunately DD didn't seem to be put off, and came out of the exam happy, but the examiner was looking at me like this
Just feeling a bit down about making an idiot of myself (although I know it wasn't me being examined)....it's very out of character for me to be overconfident too!
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MiniJellyBeans · 09/11/2015 12:04
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