I had an email from my teacher this morning...

...I passed Grade 3 violin...

... with Distinction


Sorry if I sound a bit proud but only about four people know I even play the violin so I have nobody else to tell and I have such a strong urge to do cartwheels all round the room!!!! I can't stop grinning and just want to give Martha a great big cuddle and a kiss (but actually I have to get back to work and behave like a grown-up.)

But I REALLY though I'd totally messed up the scales
(I don't have the total mark or the comment sheet yet though).

There you are, you see. of course none of us are at all surprised. Well done!

Liz

Well done Lottie! That's really good news..

congratulations

What a nice start in life for young Martha! Oh yes, and congratulations to you too, Lottie!

am VERY happy for you Lottie you 'little genius'

That's great...and there you were saying you weren't 'distinction material'.

WELL DONE!

Many congratulations. You're an inspiration to us beginning violinists!



Will get practicing.



Enjoy the party.

Cheers,

Matt.

That is fantastic! Well done!!!!!

Well Done!!

Well Done

congratulations! have you got the grade 4 book yet?!!

Very well done! And did you get the buzz sorted out in time for the exam?

Onward and upward.....

Thanks everyone

I bought the Grade 4 book two weeks before the Grade 3 exam because I was so sick of the pieces But then I took a few days away from them and went back to them fresh for the day itself.

I was all set to enter Grade 4 in June but my teacher said NOOOOOO!!!!! (in a loud and booming voice) I really have far too much work on just now to fit in enough violin practice and she knows I'd get myself in a big tizzy So I'm going to aim for November.. far more sensible... and then Grade 5 next June. (Which feels so far away... but then I don't want to rush )

I really want Grade 5 so that I can join my local orchestra (like 'Jojo' I think) but it looks like it will have to wait until next summer after all. Although I haven't asked what the entry standard is so perhaps I should

And to celebrate Grade 3 I'm going to start looking for a new BOW

(p.s. yes, the buzz has gone but my new bridge is so low that if my technique improves I might find the strings hitting the fingerboard... can never win! (But double stopping should be easier ))

Well done!! You deserve to feel proud - all the hard work paid off! Congratulations again

Yayyyy well done! That's awesome

I read my marks sheet last night and the examiner said I made some slips in my sight-reading. I didn't !!!. I should know; I used to teach and play at diploma level. I came out thinking I perhaps could have used more dynamic range in the sight-reading but that was all It was one of the bits I was really pleased with - and my aural

But I did think he was generous with my scales mark though