{"id":699,"date":"2018-09-03T03:07:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T03:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grexblog.com\/?p=699"},"modified":"2018-09-03T03:10:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T03:10:56","slug":"update-after-the-first-week-of-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grexblog.com\/?p=699","title":{"rendered":"Update after the First Week of Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first week of class was not what I was expecting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Missing the first class because of parking trouble &#8212; and then having brake problems on the way home. This was very much like one of my anxiety dreams. Greg&#8217;s comment was &#8220;What are you complaining about. You had your clothes on, didn&#8217;t you?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Needing Greg to drive me to classes because my car was in the shop<\/li>\n<li>Last minute decision to take keyboard lessons<\/li>\n<li>At that late date can&#8217;t register online &#8212; has to be in person &#8212; with paperwork. Chasing down signatures, making a stop at an office and then at what we used to call the Bursar&#8217;s office. &#8220;How do I get my schedule?&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s right there on the papers I gave you&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Keyboard class is not lecture based. Instead, there is a list of skills that we must be able to demonstrate by the end of the semester. (Greg said it&#8217;s like my son&#8217;s proficiency requirements for his black belt exam.) We have the list, and we spend class working on our own &#8212; with the presence and availability of the prof. This is why I decided to add keyboard lessons! Piano&#8217;s very different from organ.<\/li>\n<li>Ear training (so far) has not been the neat methodical progression that it is in Ear Master. It is more like a race through a wind tunnel.<\/li>\n<li>I got 2 faculty members&#8217; names mixed up in an embarrassing way even though I tried to do my research ahead of time and study their photos.<\/li>\n<li>Voice lessons make my sinuses feel weird.<\/li>\n<li>All the handouts are posted in the ether, in this shadow-realm with many facets, and we&#8217;re expected to print them out ourselves. I&#8217;m still not sure I&#8217;ve found all the places the documents can be hidden.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Things I did expect.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Being hungry &#8212; not figuring out what to take for lunch<\/li>\n<li>Feeling awkward talking to students<\/li>\n<li>Feeling awkward participating in class (The &#8220;Hermione Effect&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Enthusiasm because of enthusiastic profs<\/li>\n<li>Absolutely exhausted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More unexpected things!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Playing scales before bed makes me sleepy, in a good way.<\/li>\n<li>I got a lovely orientation (about composition) from the prof. who designed the ear training class. This woman is a treasure. I didn&#8217;t expect her to take me seriously or to understand what I was getting at.<\/li>\n<li>Basically feeling VERY welcomed!<\/li>\n<li>Choir rehearsal started up again, had not seen my friends since 15 lbs ago. No comments except from one guy who asked me if I&#8217;d been sick (!).<\/li>\n<li>Working on scales, getting distracted by improvisation, then feeling frustrated because I can&#8217;t play what I hear in my head. Left hand pinky finger hurts.<\/li>\n<li>Trying to copy out some choir music by hand, feeling frustrated with my grade-school printing. Feeling like I&#8217;m already behind the other students and running to catch up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I did not expect MUSIC BOOT CAMP<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grexblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Boot-camp.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-701\" src=\"https:\/\/grexblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Boot-camp-300x222.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grexblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Boot-camp-300x222.gif 300w, https:\/\/grexblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Boot-camp-768x569.gif 768w, https:\/\/grexblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Boot-camp-500x371.gif 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first week of class was not what I was expecting. Missing the first class because of parking trouble &#8212; and then having brake problems on the way home. 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