THe last time, his teacher gave him a test and then gave me a slip of paper that told us he has passed the test and been promoted. It took him a full year to be promoted.
This time round though, I was hoping he can be promoted to the next level after half a year....
But leh, I waited and waited.. no paper from the teacher...
Partially, i think this is a result someone being lazy. One time I went to fetch him and his teacher saw me, he told me that Ace made very fundamental mistakes and looked like he did not practice... "It will be much easier for me and for him if he did!" And the staff at the music school told me Mr P is quite strict.. So I made it a point to nag at Ace to remember to practice his guitar... because in my experience of learning to play instruments.. even a 5 min practice a day makes a whole lot of difference!
After two weeks of consistent practice and no scolding, I asked his guitar teacher Mr P, if there is some test Ace can take. Mr P says that there is a ABRSM test but he has to be recommended by this teacher to take the exam in order to do so. But he left it at that...
Because Mr P had a black face and also because he had another class, I decided I will check with the staff in the music school and the staff told me that there are two types of test available. One type is by the school... the other type is by the ABRSM... and the school one is cheaper but you can only go on to take the higher grades and be a guitar teacher or performer if you do the ABRSM tests...
The following week, I decided to talk to Mr P again. I told him that I did not really need Ace to like pass professional exams and become a professional in guitar... I just wanted him to have something to work towards and have some sort of measurable improvement that might motivate him... And also of course to give him a chance to work his left and right brains and coordination... and perhaps give him an edge when he wants to chase girls... hahahaaha...
Mr P told me that he wanted to tell me to get a new book for Ace. It is a new guitar book with songs for Grade 3-5. He says that he will recommend that I not send Ace for exam cos then it will mean Ace has to go back to the basics and do all the things he already knows.. which is boring for Ace... cos they will need to practice those few things again..
Mr P says he has been meaning to promote Ace for a while.. however, everytime he thinks Ace is ready to be promoted, Ace will make some really fundamental mistake tat will immediately change his mind on the spot.. so Ace is very unstable in his progress...
But since he has asked Ace to buy a new book.. that means Ace is finally promoted to a new level I guess:)
So we will save money and dun do the exams:) hahahaha...
Here is a video of Ace doing the first song he learnt from this book... Daddy says he needs PROOF to show Ace's guitar lessons are money well spent:) We shall record a video to mark his improvement after his school exams:)
Anyway, I am a little surprised... cos when I asked Ace if he would like to change to learn electric guitar from this point (this was the reason why he started learning guitar cos he wanted to learn electric guitar) onwards because that is another option we could take and he says he prefers to totally master classical guitar:) haha...
We also promised Ace that if he got promoted, we will buy him a new guitar cos his old one is cheap guitar actually. However, looking at the way he takes care of his guitar.. I might want to hold off this plan for a while cos his guitar will always knock into different places... If a guitar had skin and blood vessels, it is very likely the guitar will be blue black all over by now:) hahahaa...
On a side note not really related to Ace's guitar class... I saw this ad in a magazine from the CDC in the area I am living in...
What sort of ad do you think this looks like at first glance?
I paused in shock cos at first glance, because to me, it looked like those sleazy ads advertising for social escorts... partially because they used the orange base ad CHEAPO looking font.... and partially because these photos are not professional and look more like makeover photos more suited for match making...
I posted on FB and asked what people thought these ad is for.. Only peopel who noticed the musical instruments mentioned music teachers. MOst people said it looked like escort ads, maid agency, foreign brides.. ahahahaahaha... so leh, I very buah tahan and went to FB to write in to this music school to tell them their ad FAIL BIG TIME.. but they no reply. Hahahahaha...
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