We had thought that at her age, Renee would not feel any pressure of the coming grading exam since she hasn't gone through any formal(neither informal) test of any form at all.
She was still ok actually, til her piano accompaniment session last Sunday when the 1st sign showed(probably 'cos the exam date is really close now). She had fumbled alittle when tested on the G Major Scales(though Ms Tan said she had recovered fast) when they did the 1st 'exam trial run' after the session.
Today, like usual, we've started her lesson with her playing the 3 exam pieces and this time round, she played the 2nd piece rather badly, even she herself stopped playing after the 2nd line and looked at me sadly. She didn't look anxious nor frightened but still we calmed her down and told her that it's ok and to just start from the top again(however, this would not be allowed dur the exam however young the contestant is, :(). Ms Mok was shocked and asked why this happened, well, I'm not sure either and I could only guess that perhaps she's indeed feeling the pressure, plus the lack of practice over the past 2 weeks might be another element.
She would be having her last piano accompaniment session tomorrow evening and it's going to be only a half hour(in fact it's never really ended with a full session, be it 30 or 45mins, they always ended 5-10mins earlier and I do not wish to hog on like the other parent...) and then it's gonna be 'let's just see how things go on that day' - something which I've been telling myself for many weeks now, :) - (although of cos I'm certainly hoping that on that day, she'd just perform like she wld during her practices, so that her 'potential', if truly as acknowledged by the teachers, can be officially recognised, kekeke)...
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