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RebeccaCello
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(8/8/01 1:12:10 pm)
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Should I warm up
before lessons?
I've got C.F.S. which amongst other things effects energy. When I
play the cello I have to spend about 40 minuets warming up before I
can attempt to play any pieces. I can't do this when I have lessons
and consequently don't play half as well. I wondered if anyone had
similar problems-should I spend half an hour warming up before going
to my lesson?
Also, my frame of mind really effects how I play,
not in a confidence of nerves kind of way but I sort of play
instinctively and find it hard to "tune in" during lessons. I mean
if my teacher starts saying that a particular bit is hard I think
about it and it becomes hard. Does everyelse have this problem and
how do you tackle it?
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(8/8/01 1:41:53
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Re: Should I
warm up before lessons?
What's C.F.S.?
I always found warming up before lessons to
be a great idea. And it's practice for when you get older and your
joints stop working at their best - I have to practice a bit before
all my rehearsals and concerts, or my muscles fight me and bite
back.
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claud19
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(8/8/01 1:49:51 pm)
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warm-ups
etc
I personally have a much better lesson when I warm up ahead of
time--both physically and mentally.
I also find it hard to "tune
in" during lessons. Anything that requires mental concentration
seems to be impossible, like figuring out a hard fingering or
sight-reading in tenor clef. At home, I can think clearly about
where I want my fingers to go, and they go there. But at lessons,
it's all instinctive, as you say. I don't think that's really the
best, because I can't necessarily take advantage of what my teacher
is telling me.
Sometimes I TOTALLY zone out--last night she
said to me, "Your third finger is in the wrong place." I suddenly
didn't even know what she meant by my third finger!! I literally had
to look at my hand and count 1-2-3. At the beginning I was nervous
in front of my teacher, but I've been with her so long that that's
totally gone. It's definitely something else causing it.
And
yes, I have the problem where if she tells me something is hard, I
think it's hard and can't play it even more. And the opposite--if
she tells me it's easy I can't play it either, because I think,"Oh
no...this is supposed to be easy. What if I can't play it? Then that
proves that I'm REALLY bad," and then it becomes a self-fulfilling
prophecy.
I guess I'm just commiserating, because I don't
have any solutions. I'm sorry!
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play, isn't it??  )
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Gablety
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(8/9/01 4:54:44 pm)
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definitely!!!!!
Think of it this way: suppose you spend your two weeks, or one
week, or month or whatever working on a piece, you've practiced all
of your techniques on it, you've really made it beautiful. Your
teacher will not hear any of it if you aren't properly warmed up
first. You will have only two hours, or one hour or however long
your lesson is, with this person; you want to get as much out of it
as you can. Warming up you can do any time, time that you aren't
paying for; you can't show your teacher what you've practiced and
made so wonderful, and you can't observe the demonstrations and get
the help practicing them. I would say that overall your lesson will
be much better if you practice beforehand.
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ashley
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(8/9/01 5:40:18 pm)
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40
minuets???
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AaronReeves
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(8/9/01 7:48:49 pm)
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Re: 40
minuets???
Does your teacher have other students before you? If it's really
that much of a problem, perhaps you can show up to your lesson an
hour early, go to another room, put on a practice mute and warm up
for your lesson. (be sure to tell your teacher your reasoning for
showing up so early, though. (S)he might get worried. 
)
Aaron
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Kelzane
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(8/10/01 11:48:47 am)
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definitely!!!!!
I agree. My lesson is right after work. We have a small lobby in
the front of the building. On lesson days I bring in my cello and
warm up for a half -hour in the lobby of our building. The security
guards and others who have seen me lug this baby up metro escalators
or into the building, always get a kick out of it. My lesson is
within walking distance of my office so I just warm up until about 5
minutes before my lesson and then walk over to my lesson. I find it
helps enormously. I can remind myself of the key points for that
lesson or piece, literally get my fingers warm in the winter months,
and get re-accustomed to the fingerboard. My teacher says that each
time we sit down to the cello we must "re-learn the fingerboard"
that is what warm-ups are for. I say I must agree. I simply get more
out of my lesson when I have a chance to warm-up before hand.
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