NYSSMA results

NYSSMA results are already here! I got a 21/28 on the solo. It wasn't a perfect score but it was better than I thought I did. I thought I did worse because when I began playing for the judge my bow wasn't rosined well enough so it was creeking against the strings and plus I was nervous and my face was super hot during it. Although I didn't achieve my goal I did enjoy preparing to play for the judge because when I began playing the solo it was difficult and I thought I wouldn't be able to play it at all. But as I practiced more and worked on it slowly, I began to play it at the right tempo and the right finger patterns and I felt confidence each time I improved. I do wish I prepared more for this but atleast I didn't do awful. I also feel like I would have gotten a perfect score if I prepared a level 3 NYSSMA solo instead of a 4. But I was aiming to do well on something more difficult.

NYSSMA DAY!

Today is NYSSMA day!!! I can honestly say that I have confidence in performing my solo. Although I don't think I will get a perfect score but even if I do fail I still habe confidence that I will atleast get a 23/28. My playing permit is read and I have the first 7 scales on the permit memorized and ready to play I just need to work on my solo a litte more before 11:20. I will post how I think did either today or tomorrow and then when my results finally come in then I will post that sheet along with the metal I will ne receiving. Then I can start preparing the second part of this project of writing a song for the violas and playing it with them. I might also perform my NYSSMA solo in front of the entire orchestra class and record it for my final product as well.

NYSSMA Date

NYSSMA is next weekend! I have to admit that I was and still am very nervous when Mrs. Rivenburg told me this. I am going to be working extra these next two weeks and when I finally perform for the judge, I'll post about how I think I did. I will also be working just on learning the viola and creating the song for the violas and possibly the violins for the final product. I need to start memorizing scales which isn't going to be too difficult but when practicing a hard piece, while memorizing seven scales at the same time is a challenge. I will be performing infront of the Judge next Saturday, at 11:20 AM. I have much to practice and hopefully I'll be walking out with the gold!

Memorizing the notes

A way for me to learn the viola notes faster and easier is to write them down many times and ask myself mini questions on each one to see if I can identify them. There are websites where you can fill in the name of the notes to help you learn them, but I can't seem to find ones that are as helpful so I decided to take matters into my own hands and do it myself. This method is efficient and another way I'm going to help myself is using the beginner viola book and ask Mrs. Rivenberg for a viola piece and try to play the song and maybe write in the fingerings and the note names. I hope I'm able to challenge myself in my expedition in learning them and how to play them correctly. Also learning to not get them confussed with the violin notes.

What I've done this week and what I need to Improve on

This week I have been going in almost every day for extra help to work on my solo. The first day I went in, I did better than I expected but Mrs. Rivenburg says I still need a lot of work. I've been struggling to do low 2s and the correct bowing. This weekend I'm going to go online and work on the song that I'm going to create for the violas. Mrs. Rivenberg said that doing a song for just the violas would be a better alternative than making one for the entire orchestra. There is this website I found that allows you to create sheet music and it puts the line measures, notes, accidentals and any other thing required for the musical piece, at the top of the page and you customize the page the way you want it and print it out. I think I'm going to title my piece, "Ciola Voncerto," to switch up "Viola Concerto" so it is unique and known that it was created by someone who isn't a professional. But who knows, maybe it will become known!