Apr 12 2008

Girl (in response to Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl”, pgs 477-8)

Published by surfindogsrockmysox at 8:40 pm under Uncategorized




Hello, girl; why are you so late?; when you come up the stairs, open the door quickly so I know it’s you, I thought you were a burglar; take off your shoes, keep your socks on; if I am with a student, don’t just stand around in the hallway, enter and sit down; put your books on the table; give me your notebook, let’s see how much you’ve practiced; where is you theory book?;  not much practice this week; do you have a check for me?; sit down at the piano; get up, the bench is too high; to adjust the bench turn the knob on the right side; no, turn the knob towards you; do you understand?; sit down; play your scales; excuse me! What was that note?; play it again; no—keep your wrists loose; pick up your fingers; play it again; is that the right chord?, what is the dominant seventh of f harmonic minor?; don’t just stare at me blankly; play the Bach; play it again; come on girl, play the right notes!; no, move aside—this is how you play it; is that really what the music says?; wrong!; play the Clementi; put hands together; play it faster, move your fingers; excuse me! Is that the right note?; you need to bring all of your books each week; play Tocatta Chromatica; wrong!; much better; add the pedaling; dynamics, girl, and phrasing; play it again; you have very weak fingers; this is what the music says; COME ON GIRL, PLAY THE RIGHT NOTES; I am not yelling at you, why would you say that?; don’t just stare at me blankly; put the books away; take the notebook; correct the theory and do another lesson this week; you need to practice more; you can’t have that much homework; one of my students plays an hour a day, and she is a senior; by the time you graduate you will only be in level seven; you need to write bigger, I thought this said “c minor”; do you understand?; you need to do another lesson this week; finish this workbook by May; take your shoes with you; bring me my check next time; alright, goodbye, I’ll see you next week.

No responses yet


Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!)

Trackback URI | Comments RSS

Leave a Reply

*
To prove you're a person (not a spam script), type the security word shown in the picture.
Anti-Spam Image