I SHOULD know this...!

As a piano performance major(who was "good" enough to get a scholarship) I feel bad when I don't know how certain things work, or haven't heard of certain things.

"Play the piano with a dark tone, not a light tone."
"What?"

"What does ____ mean? How should I do this?"

I feel very incompetent at times.
But I know I don't suck, though!

Every once in a while, I'll forget how a certain word is spelled or how to add/subtract...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Giro0001

Your teacher should have realized that you don't know basic(to me basic) things about the piano. If your teacher continues to be oblivious talk to the director of keyboard studies (or whatever the name is at your school) to try to get a better teacher. A good teacher considers who they're teaching, not just the music.

I'd like to clarify that my teacher hasn't seen how little I know since I can do most of what we work on fine. It's when I'm with other students that I see how little I know compared to them.

There's nowhere I can't reach.