Judging from her keen practices, despite her 'protests'(she'll actually even take the violin out and place the music book stand in place -which are normally done by me :>), one can tell that she was indeed looking forward to this day. Even Ms Mok asked : "she's been practicing more this week?"('cos she'll normally 'test' her on what she's learnt before beginning the next), this is how obvious, hahaha but nevertheless, a good thing, :D.
Although she feared its difficulty and claimed that she can't do it, she still end up doing a pretty good job on 'first day'.
When daddy was back, I asked if she'd like to show him that she's now able to play the song and she said "no" but the next minute, I saw her taking the violin case and music book & stand out to the hall! hahaha. She played the whole piece all by herself and when daddy applauded, U should really see how glad she was though she was subtle about it, :). This makes me feel alot better and all the 'torment' I've gone through during the practices(esp. the theory part) worthwhile, hahaha.
During lesson, I took the opportunity to clarify with Ms Mok on the sound that our violin makes and I'm wondering if it was the quality or was it due to Renee's bowing. First she said "what to expect with a violin at this price" - luckily, it was her who told us to get this one, hahaha, then whilst playing a piece with it, she said it is indeed the violin's quality. Phew, that kinda set my mind at ease a little(although I still should not lax on Renee's practice on her bowing).
Daddy had inconsiderately arranged an early golf game again tomorrow(really told him off this time , hopefully he'll rem next time, haiz) and it's a good thing that we're not letting Renee resume school yet(Janice told me that there are altogether 4 kids, including both of ours whom are not attending school, probably due to this same 'avoidance' reason 'cos so far no further new cases report, *crossing fingers*), I could at least let her follow me to the market and have an early nap thereafter. Else, I will not want her to wake up so much earlier on a school day...
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At what Price? I bought my youngest boy's 1/32 and 1/16 size violins for S$80 and S$90 each. But for that size of violins, even the larger sizes would not sound all that much better. The strings do matter though. I'm so happy to find that 1/16-sized Helicore strings are great with his 1/16 violin. the D & G strings resonate much better.
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