Piano Reflection

As I waited backstage for my turn to perform, music from the piano filtered back to me. Listening to the notes, my own mixture of nerves and excitement was replaced by the appreciation and amazement I felt every time I heard another pianist play. My joy does not come from the beauty of the music alone. Instead, I find satisfaction in the meticulous technique underlying a performance. From complex finger-work to proper articulation to intuitive pedaling, each component must be carried out faultlessly to yield harmonious art. In a similar way, dentistry relies on detailed procedures whose product puts a smile on others’ faces. I find the same sense of satisfaction in the meticulous and creative process of dentistry that began to be cultivated while learning to play the piano in elementary school.

In When We Fight, We Win by Greg Jobin-Leeds it says that “comparison can block compassion both for others and for ourselves.” I agree with such statement; I think that listening is a skill you learn throughout time. One can pretend to listen without really getting anything out of the conversation that one is having with that other person. In the Compassionate Listening workshop, I got to do it with Rachel Kurland and I sit and listened to her talking about the moment her friend treason her. I tried to understand her plight, why would she not cut that friendship off, I understood she loved her friend, however, I could not resist bringing my biases to our conversation. I asked myself, why is Rachel, such a good, loving, and smart person,

Derek became an acclaimed concert pianist by the age of 10. His longtime piano teacher, Adam Ockelford, explains his student’s unique relationship to music. Adam encouraged his obvious musical interest and ability, although it was obviously natural. Adam gave him lesson as child understanding

1.Have you ever wondered why musicians and athletes such as the beetles are so skilled at what they do? It’s not purely natural talent or luck. They had opportunities and hours upon hours of practice. The number of hours that seems to be a pattern in the professionals is 10,000. To be successful the minimum number of hours you should have under your belt of practice is 10,000 hours. Gladwell writes, “Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.” To transform yourself into a master of your craft, practice is very crucial to achieve it. There are adjustments that must be made to acquire that enormous amount of practice hours. First of all, school is the most important thing. You must attend and hold acceptable grades.Next, it’s imperative to maintain a sufficient amount of practice hours a day.

As trying to improve and get better, we as students would sometimes become lethargic and believe that we could never perform a certain sequence in music. However, Mrs. Hogberg was always positive. Even if Mrs.

I saw a ridiculous amount of talent exhibited by young musicians that afternoon, but I noticed one thing all the pianists had in common: their faces remained blank throughout their performances. “How are they sitting so still while they play? My piano teacher has to stop me from swaying like a boat when I play the Arabesque,” I thought to myself. By the end of the recital, I realized that my earlier failure was not fruitless. That day of defeat was the day that my passion for music became clearer than ever. Though I was not the best pianist in state by any means, I loved my music. I played because I chose to, not because my parents forced me to practice for hours and hours to perfection. I understood for the first time that if I have passion for what I do, I cannot

Reflection is a major factor in "developing self-awareness" to improve services provided to everyone around me, this is to develop my own understanding in realising the good and bad made previously. Moving forward with a better understanding, as well as rectifying the mistake whilst recognizing the good points, (Horton-Deutsch and Sherwood, 2008).

My stubby, little fingers desperately struggled to press the piano notes in the correct order. It was a simple C scale; all I had to do was play every white key in an ascending order. I felt a sharp sting on left hand as I fumbled on the ending of the warm-up drill. My teacher Ms. L sat with a long ruler, pleasuring the precise moments she could strike my hand because of a mistake. Classically trained at the Juilliard School of Music, she could spot even the smallest of errors. “You have be making an effort to be this bad! Nobody is this awful even when they aren’t trying!” My first lesson was not going very well.

The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the contribution of reflective practice for clinical nursing. Reflection has been defined as a way for individuals to “capture their experience, think about it, mull it over and evaluate” (Boud et al 1985: 19)

Are you ready to start looking for a literary agent to sell your book to an editor at a publishing house? Finding and acquiring an agent is not always easy and requires a lot of time and research. There are certain things you probably already know such as you need to follow the agency's submission guidelines, otherwise, you may be rejected before you get in the door. You also know that you need to know what genres the agent represents and be professional in all communications especially when writing your query letter.

As our annual spring concert was arriving soon, we had to perform an original piece by our band director. It was a difficult piece, no doubt, but I was determined to master it. After several unsuccessful practices of the song, the drum line instructor Mr. Bromfield told me that I needed heart and rhythm if we were going to perform this in concert. He was always someone I could rely on during my time in the band. Soon afterwards, he instructed our drumline to feel the rythm throughout the entire piece. I did not perform the piece of music successfully until I carefully listened to every drum beat and melody. Once that happened, every musical beat flowed through me on to the drums after that point. I was finally able to play the song perfectly after weeks of

When I was in seventh grade I decided to take painting classes. I did well in them and the next year I signed up for them too. The next year proved to be a challenge. I was having a difficult time with the first painting of the year. My teacher pointed it out that I wasn’t doing it right. I got discouraged and I didn’t attend class again. That same year I also signed up for piano lessons. I had unsuccessfully tried to master the skill before, but I would always quit. I was one of the oldest in the class of about fifteen. I remember two kids in particular. A boy and a girl about two years younger than me. They came from families that had been playing the piano for generations. And wow, I had thought then, they were naturals. I started feeling discouraged when they were ahead of me. I was older, so I thought I was supposed to be more skillful. I blamed it all on the fact that they probably had piano playing talent in their genes. When the lessons got more challenging and I couldn’t yet master the basics, I thought that there was no hope for me and

This semester I learned a lot about writing in English 151. It has been a roller coaster ride with these essays for me this semester. I learned step by step how to write a good essay and how to have your readers be engaged in what you’re trying to tell them. Each essay I did has taught me something valuable I can take to the next level of English. I feel as if as the semester went by I did not take my writing that seriously and that reflected in my grades I received in each essay. It made me a better student and writer and it will reflect next semester. In this essay, I will reflect on what I learned throughout this semester that you should apply in your writing when you begin English 151.

“The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice” - Brian Herbert

Obviously, the goal for the team every year is to win, but we also like to have fun. Natalie Meloche elaborates on how she feels about spending countless hours at the studio perfecting her routines, “Going to dance class is my favorite part of my day because I can always escape whatever is going on in my life and just let loose and dance. I also love to see my friends and teachers as well.”  In fact, three of the four girls I got answers from said they enjoyed going to class while the fourth had mixed feeling about it. Although for the majority of the girls, being in class was their favorite part. My favorite part was all of the team bonding that we did. Outside of the practice rooms, the team went to the movies together, painted pottery, played laser tag, and took trips to the cider mill.