It's not just the students who have bad days.
My father used to take a 1.5-hour train ride (each way) every week to get a lesson with Bill Bell. There were times (maybe just once or twice) when Bell was feeling down after a tough rehearsal with a demanding conductor, and suggested that they go out for a beer instead of having a lesson. My old man felt honored to be drinking with Bell, but not too happy about missing a lesson when he could have been home with the family.
Bad lesson yesterday
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Re: Bad lesson yesterday
Find a new teacher.jbrady wrote:Have any of you just had a bad lesson and didn't feel like playing for a while? I have been playing for about 20 years and just didn't do anything right yesterday, or so it seemed. There must have been something I did correctly or acceptable in my lesson but it sure wasn't mentioned. Oh well. Back on the horse later but for now I am back in the stable.
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Lessons all depend on the situation.
Like, if you're a music major, its your teachers JOB to wear you down and knock you down, etc. They're just trying to push you from being great to AWESOME.
But if you're paying someone to just sit there and tell you how much you suck, I agree with the person who said above, it's time to find a new teacher.
I personally never took lessons in high school (could never afford them) and when I got to college, it was kind of a shock to go get hammered every week. I think if I had stuck with music as a major and kept taking lessons, it would have wrecked any fun I get out of music in the first place.
No malice towards the teacher though. As I said before, it's college teachers jobs to sort through folks and pick out the best of the best. In a way, he did me a favor. My grades in history are a lot higher than they ever were in music... And now playing tuba is fun again, not a chore or part of a grade, etc.
Like, if you're a music major, its your teachers JOB to wear you down and knock you down, etc. They're just trying to push you from being great to AWESOME.
But if you're paying someone to just sit there and tell you how much you suck, I agree with the person who said above, it's time to find a new teacher.
I personally never took lessons in high school (could never afford them) and when I got to college, it was kind of a shock to go get hammered every week. I think if I had stuck with music as a major and kept taking lessons, it would have wrecked any fun I get out of music in the first place.
No malice towards the teacher though. As I said before, it's college teachers jobs to sort through folks and pick out the best of the best. In a way, he did me a favor. My grades in history are a lot higher than they ever were in music... And now playing tuba is fun again, not a chore or part of a grade, etc.