Pretty weak lesson today, not surprisingly: M went to a birthday party after school and jumped around in bouncy castles for 2 hours, which would sap anyone’s energy.
So she was tired and distracted during our lesson. We worked on:
- the A scale;
- French Folk Song; and
- Tanz 2 (J.C. Bach).
The two songs were really rusty, and she played Tanz 2 so carelessly it was depressing. I think we need to break these review songs down into smaller pieces and have her play those small pieces with care. I certainly don’t want more of what I got today, which was M playing as if playing the right note, regardless of how she played a note, was all that she should do.
But fatigue surely dragged M down today, so I’m thinking happy thoughts and telling myself that today was an aberration.