I found so annoying with teacher

[dora96]

I always practice well before having my piano lesson I thought, but when I start my lesson, I play the piano with few bars, my teacher will stop me and she will play the song high octove with me. In the middle, she will shout it where is the forte, where is crescedo etc... I have to  try to keep up with her, and she will  say please .... count properly please. She doesn't give me chance to finish in my own term. I don't mind if she tell me at the end. I try to tell her, it is very hard to play perfect straight away specially when I used to my piano. Her piano is old style and key is bit wobble. It is very hard to absorb evrything when I am trying to concentrate to play difficult piece.  I feel so frustrated.  I am in Grade 8. I try to discuss with her but she just do the same. I have a friend and she plays flute in dipolma level. Sometimes, I play for her, she is there to listen and at the end she will give her opinion about how should I play and style of the music. I gain so much from her than my teacher. But don't get me wrong, I like my teacher, and I respect her, but the way she teach me it is so annoying.

[rc]

That WOULD be annoying, like trying to talk to somebody who's always interrupting before you even get to the point you're trying to make. 

For the most part my teacher is like your friend - lets me play through before giving me comments, THEN we dig into the details.  He tells me right off the bat if he'll be interrupting along the way, so I know to expect it.

It's usually a good thing that your teacher would have high standards for you though.  The commentary while playing can be stressful, but I think it can also be effective in its place.  I remember my driving teacher was like that - throwing so much information at me that I was always being overloaded, but it DID work and I quickly became a good driver.

Wobbly keys is a problem though, I don't think a professional should be using an out of repair instrument.

[lazlo]

Get out of that situation... I know someone who had a teacher who always played with him, and completely messed him up. It then becomes unfamiliar when you do end up playing by yourself.

[lostinidlewonder]

Just start crying and sobbing in the lesson. Try to make her feel really bad Then say:  "now I have your attention..."  and say how you feel

[thepianist2008]

I have a similar situation, although she doesn't play along with me. When I get to the really loud portions she yells "Forte! Forte!" or "Crescendo!" and when I get to the soft sections there's a big "Shhh!", and I also get some singing along while I'm playing. I put up with it, but it drives my little sister nuts. She can't stand our teacher at all, and she's going to quit piano as soon as I go to college. Honestly, I don't know what to do about it.

[counterpoint]

I have a similar situation, although she doesn't play along with me. When I get to the really loud portions she yells "Forte! Forte!" or "Crescendo!" and when I get to the soft sections there's a big "Shhh!"

Okay, I understand that such comments can be annoying.

But did you ever think of following the dynamic marks in the pieces you play?
If you play forte when there is a forte sign, she won't yell - am I right?

[thepianist2008]

But did you ever think of following the dynamic marks in the pieces you play?
If you play forte when there is a forte sign, she won't yell - am I right?

I still believe that comments should wait 'till after the performance. Which is another thing that bugs me about my teacher: I don't think going through the whole piece is the best way to make use of our lesson time. Obviously the whole piece can't need work every week, and those parts that really needed should be assessed in the lesson too. My teacher doesn't give me time to learn the piece. She expects me to work on dynamics consciously while trying to get the notes/rhythms/fingerings down, while at the same time trying to complete high school with three AP courses. I think pieces need to be taken step by step, not the whole thing at once, and I wish my teacher would conduct our lesson the way she wants me to practice.

Another thing about the yelling: It's hard to get into and interpret a piece when that's happening while you're playing.

[tcovenent]

My teacher makes me go through whole books of pieces every week.... He doesn't do the commentary during the playing thing though...he just makes me repeat everything I don't get right, and I don't mean a few measures, I mean the whole thing or from the nearest repeat.....Now THATS ANNOYING. I have no technical feedback on my playing except that I apparently rush certain section.

[slobone]

I think it depends on what stage you're in with a piece. If you're just starting, isn't it better to get detailed comments right away so you can start fixing mistakes? Later on, when you've learned the piece and you begin really performing, it would be more helpful to let you play it all the way through before commenting.