Lately I feel like my teacher is all the time pushing me to the limit...I have found some of the pieces I have quite difficult to learn. I have worked on a few bars for the whole week and then I finally get it. Instead of letting me enjoy my success a bit, we go to the next difficult part immediately. And at lessons we go so fast that I feel I am at least 2 things behind all the time in my head. Only after the lessons at home I slowly begin to understand what I'm supposed to do.I am not sure if I am complaining or not, maybe I would not progress without the pressure... But when I compare with the lessons of my colleague, it seems totally different...she never seems to have any problems if she hasn't had time to practice Forgot the question Is this how you normally do with students?
My teacher was fantastic but I always felt a notch behind what we were working on, no question.
I guess this sums up well how I feel
Yes, though I meant to ask how you think your progress is compared with the colleague who seems to have an easier teacher ? Of course if they are advancing faster, that blows my theory !
I can't really compare because 1. She started from scratch with no music or piano background two years ago 2. She doesn't seem to practice much.I don't really know anyone my age who takes piano seriously (except the people on Piano Street)...
I was just wondering if I should not try so hard at lessons. Maybe if I didn't show any progress then my teacher would give me more slack
You are of course absolutely right! It's my lazy self trying to get more control... And I guess I thought we would go more slowly since I'm still practically a beginner and I do find many basic things difficult...
I find it hard to talk to my teacher about anything than the music when I'm sitting in the bench... After and before the lesson yes, but when I'm at the piano it seems like I loose all coherent thought about anything else
Do not worry about perfecting pieces just enjoy the constant learning experience, you can always go back and master pieces later your favourite pieces you have a lifetime ahead of yourself to practice them.
I do notice that some students get overwhelmed as I constantly put them at the start of the ladder to learn more and more pieces, I usually ensure that we at least sometimes do things they can easily manage and solve. There is no problems asking your teacher to do easier things with you to take off some of the pressure and allow you to see the final product more rapidly or even asking if you can get help polishing already learned pieces.
Anyway, I guess it's just the nature of piano playing to a certain standard that when you think you got something right, 10 other things to correct come up