Everyone made mistakes. The difference is that those that have been playing for 5 years kept playing like nothing happened and those that just started this year, when they made a mistake slumped their shoulders or paused or in one girl's case shook her head so hard that her pony tail wiggled from side-to-side. It all boils down to experience. I am sure that even Mozart or Beethoven or even Haydn made mistakes during their first years of playing. I like to think that some of their greatest pieces were composed out of mishaps on the piano.
listener: Wow, Beethoven that Solo piece you played was really great who was that by?
Beethoven: Umm... well it was really supposed to be the that piece in the solo book that the teacher gave me to play but I accidently missed the intro and after that I just couldn't seem to get my place so I just kind of played whatever.
listener: Well I thought it was pretty good especially.
Beethoven: uh yeah thanks. I think I'll call it the 5th Symphony.
listener: Don't you need a first Symphony first?
Beethoven: Oh yeah, right.
Who knows. Maybe in a few years my first year students will be composing some songs on their own. Or at the very least, not afraid when I say, "Its recital time." As long as they don't respond with "Do I gotta?" I figure I'm doing ok.
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