Letting Go, Holding Back

I am trying my best to let go of my need for instant results and to hold back on being critical.

I am talking about listening to Beth practise the keyboard.

Today, she decided to play through Book 4 JMC. Definitely heard a few wrong notes there, but I bit my tongue.

Now she is trying out The Magic Flute, one of the extracurricular pieces in the Workbook.

I sang the bars in solfege for her and she played through the piece twice.

As with any new piece, there is no such thing as instant perfection, especially for someone who is not yet reading (music notes) confidently.

She has now got through the RH of The Magic Flute, and asked me if it's from the Pied Piper story.

Another of those random questions that kids love to befuddle adults with. :-)

While she is in a motivated mood, she has decided to try Royal March of the Lion too.

We're working on the first 2 lines.

Her challenge, I think, is to coordinate the finger work with the reading of the notes. She's got her head down all the time looking at her RH and waiting for me to sing out the next bar. Her hearing's pretty good, so now we need to work on her reading.

Then she'll be ready to fly.