Personal Narrative: The Piano Player

Challenges are in the way of people's life goals. That's why some people's dreams success, and others don't, simply because they don't work hard at it. Those people don't tell themselves, "Nothing is impossible. There is no limit for what you can do." They try to do it, but they just give up. I, as a piano player, faced a very hard challenge coming across the violin. This is my story. I started violin in my sixth grade of grade school, which, apparently, was a very late year to start at. I was very behind with learning the posture; however, notes weren't an issue for me because I had played the piano for 8 years now. Anyway, violin came very slowly to me. It felt very uncomfortable holding it on my left arm, especially because I'm right-handed. Also, the bow grip was very awkward to my hand; the pinky, mostly. I seriously considered quitting orchestra on the first day, but I told myself, "You can do it." By halfway through the school year, I had become somewhat decent …show more content…
But, one of my friends, Chloe, became my new rival because we were always fighting for the top spot even though she was way better than me. I felt desperate for that top spot. So, I did the unthinkable, and went four octaves, beating her easily and with pride. At this moment, I had found my inner-self with the violin: I could go higher with scales than anyone else could. To add, the pressure actually helped me during the test. I was worried that I would miss a note and get lost and play the scale incorrectly, but the pressure kicked in, and before you know it, I wasn't even worried anymore. I knew I had nailed the fingerings, the rhythm, everything. I couldn't believe what I had just did. A four octave scale on a violin felt incredible after I had done it. It just played in my head over and over and over again right after I had finished. Because of this, I had reached my goal to earn the top spot, which made me super