unit 4 recital exam :D

IT'S OVERRRRRRR!!!

I feel so freeeeeeeee :D For the first time in my life, I no longer have a purpose to play piano (ie, no more exams of any kind) and I can actually play random pieces because I WANT TO!!

I got to MLC early (because dad is a speedy driver and likes to arrive EVERYWHERE half an hour early) and the centre co-ordinator people told me and the other guy to sit down, and they'd come take us to a warm-up room at 10am

10am on the dot, we were lead to a room...I told mum to go back to the car, while the other guy brought his mum and his hot water bottle with him haha. I swear he was trying to intimidate me in the warm-up place, because the walls are thin and he was BASHING AWAY AT SOME COMPLEX SONG while I was having fun avoiding my vce program and trying to re-remember my lmus program (yes...I have strange warm-up/relaxing methods).

10:25am, and the lady came to get us, I was REALLY impatient to get this exam over with, and the guy looked pretty nervous...he was put on a chair outside another room (I presume this room had the Steinway monster, because his friend came out and told him the keys were heavy) and I was put on a chair outside....THE HALL THAT WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL PIANO CONCERT AT :D :D yay meeee! Just after 10:30, a man came out to get me and told me to have a test on both the upright and the grand (it was a Boston) and spent most of my time having a go at the grand. It was alright, nothing terrible but nothing too great either :) Just one of those unmemorable, easy to play pianos...it echoed alright because we were in a hall, but the echo doesn't last very long

Mozart - turned out fine. my memory lapsed in the really start LOL but my fingers kept working D: which felt really weird...towards the end my fingers lapsed but my brain kept working, so I ended up playing something really weird that sounded like I was improvising...HAHA

Chopin - pedal made some weird metallic ZING sounds but yeah...not my problem. The loud could be louder, but again...not my problem :P

Ravel - no missing notes thank godddd, but the final note didn't echo for as long as I would have liked...I needed excuses to drag out my program and the stupid room was not giving it to me hahaha

Debussy - the first octave...came out really soft =/ so I went with it, and made the next one a bit louder...next one a bit louder again...and just made it seem as if I intended it to be like that :P I'M JUST HAPPY I DON'T HAVE TO SUFFER GLISSANDO BLISTERS EVER AGAIN!! My burn blister got caught on a key yesterday and it GODDAMN HURT, so I was really concious of it today and the gliss didn't sound so great but oh well :)

Parents were outside listening (the coordinater man told me they seemed way more nervous than I was........as always) and they said it sounded great, so...I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hope the random stranger guy went well, because...whether it was intentional or not, his warm-up room intimidation worked and scared me :) and goodluck Nhi for next week!

xo