Monday, November 23, 2009
My first grading exam...
Yes, today was my very first grading exam, grade 4 exam. I was dam scared and nervous at first. I arrived at NAFA, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, at 2pm, cause ZLS wanted to go through the songs with me one more time. Met him at 6th floor where he brought me to a room to my own to practice. The room seemed more like a prison to me rather than a practice room. Big heavy doors with soundproof paddings? lol... And the door is card-locked. Once inside, ZLS told me to warm up and that he will be back by 3. So i sat down and realized that the silence was rather piercing... Anyways, I did practice, then at 3pm, Khee Ming and ZLS came back to the room, i guessed he finished his exam first... Then I had to play in front of both of them. Then at 3.20 (i think), another one came in, it was ZLS's student who I do not know, and I had to play in front of them again... at 4pm, i went to register at the counter and proceeded to the practice room, it was a different, bigger room. There were many many other students in the room, and 5% were Er-Hu-ists. The rest were either Yang Qin or Pipa. And I seemed to be older than them lol. So I just played the 3 pieces over and over again, till Khee Ming and the other student came in and told me not to tire myself out.
Khee Ming: "Don't play so much, you will get tired, just sit back and laugh at the others."
Lol, I not so evil... Anyways, at 4.25, I was called out and proceeded to the exam room. Sat on the chair in front of the teacher, then remembered that I had to greet the teacher, so I stood up again... =.=. Then i started to play. Everything went fine, until the final part of Ben Chi, when the unexpected happened...
MY BLOODY STRING BROKE!
It was like, wathurf?? At least the examiner did not say something like, "oh, nice timing, you can leave now". Instead she asked me to change string. So I went out of the room and shocked everyone with the news. ZLS helped me to change string, then I went back in after that. Continued from where I *Er-hem* stopped. But the examiner stopped me when I reached the Guang Ming Xing repeat part due to lack of time. Nvm, its ok... Sian, hope that I can get distinction!!
P.S Should I get the $2000+ discounted pro Er Hu which ZLS asked? I guess not... $_$ money matters...
