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that should get me a beer in the hard rock cafe..just! :-D
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didnt you waste that precious nectar by spilli....oh wait that was me. frikken top heavy martini glasses....
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me,spill a beer? never!
yeah,that was you spilling it everywhere lol
Yara · Member since
I wanna sell my bones. Ruaaaaahhhhh.
(laughing madly)
catqueen · Member since
I love my job.
"And what's this shape?"
silence
"It's a..."
silence
"A squ..."
"A SQUIANGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
It, alas, was not me doing the shapes that day, my role was to sit on a nearby table and pretend I wasn't laughing.
Yay, I'm going to the record shop tomorrow!!! And to the music shop in an attempt to get a piano book. I'm trying to learn keyboard, but my left hand is not co-operating. I mean, how are you supposed to play notes with different timing at the same time. I grew up reading 'shaped' notes under the American system, which isn't helping either, and I'm used to singing alto, so i only worry about one note at a time and 'sounding' right, not playing 3 notes with each hand. (not that i [i]am[/i] playing 3 notes with one hand, i can barely manage Puff the Magic Dragon!) And how do they expect you to play an octave interval with one hand? I can just about reach, but its so hard not to hit the notes next to one of them. Oh well, i suppose at my age it wasn't going to be easy. How I plan to learn guitar as well I don't know.
Sorry for the ranting people. Feel free to send me tea and sympathy. (And advice!)
Yara · Member since
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[b]catqueen wrote: [/b]
I love my job.
"And what's this shape?"
silence
"It's a..."
silence
"A squ..."
"A SQUIANGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
It, alas, was not me doing the shapes that day, my role was to sit on a nearby table and pretend I wasn't laughing.
Yay, I'm going to the record shop tomorrow!!! And to the music shop in an attempt to get a piano book. I'm trying to learn keyboard, but my left hand is not co-operating. I mean, how are you supposed to play notes with different timing at the same time. I grew up reading 'shaped' notes under the American system, which isn't helping either, and I'm used to singing alto, so i only worry about one note at a time and 'sounding' right, not playing 3 notes with each hand. (not that i [i]am[/i] playing 3 notes with one hand, i can barely manage Puff the Magic Dragon!) And how do they expect you to play an octave interval with one hand? I can just about reach, but its so hard not to hit the notes next to one of them. Oh well, i suppose at my age it wasn't going to be easy. How I plan to learn guitar as well I don't know.
Sorry for the ranting people. Feel free to send me tea and sympathy. (And advice!)[/QUOTE]
: -))) You’re starting to learn it. These difficulties are normal. Don’t be so hard on yourself! And above all: don’t give up. Playing the piano is in fact a great way to enhance your motor skills. Age is not much of a hindrance - playing music, on the other hand, is usually a hurdle in the process of aging - it helps keeping our motor skills in shape.
I have taught people at about their 50s and in some years they were playing some pieces just fine. Of course they’re not going to play Liszt’s Mephisto Waltzes or his Studies on Paganini, but they are usually able to tackle most of the pop repertoire and do eventually learn to play parts of these pieces. I had a student - a sweet lovely lady about 45 years-old - who actually learned to play bits of the Hungarian Rhapsodies. And she used to say she couldn’t even tap her own nose with the eyes closed! ; - ))))
We can do so much things when we’re not engulfed in insecurity and fear.
JoxerTheDeityPirate · Member since
just booked my train tickets for my birthday in November,me and the better half are going for a nice quiet get away for my 40th shenanigans [she's organising that part ] ;-]
Lady Nyx · Member since
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[b]JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: [/b]
just booked my train tickets for my birthday in November,me and the better half are going for a nice quiet get away for my 40th shenanigans [she's organising that part ] ;-][/QUOTE]
haha so much for quiet then....dont wake the kids ;) lol
JoxerTheDeityPirate · Member since
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[b]Lady Nyx wrote: [/b]
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[b]JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: [/b]
just booked my train tickets for my birthday in November,me and the better half are going for a nice quiet get away for my 40th shenanigans [she's organising that part ] ;-]
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haha so much for quiet then....dont wake the kids ;) lol
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that has already been taken care of,the father is getting them a day earlier than usual so me and her can disappear into the wilderness for a week ;-]
Lady Nyx · Member since
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[b]JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: [/b]
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[b]Lady Nyx wrote: [/b]
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[b]JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: [/b]
just booked my train tickets for my birthday in November,me and the better half are going for a nice quiet get away for my 40th shenanigans [she's organising that part ] ;-]
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haha so much for quiet then....dont wake the kids ;) lol
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that has already been taken care of,the father is getting them a day earlier than usual so me and her can disappear into the wilderness for a week ;-]
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well lucky for you two then :-p
Yara · Member since
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[b]JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: [/b]
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[b]Lady Nyx wrote: [/b]
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[b]JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: [/b]
just booked my train tickets for my birthday in November,me and the better half are going for a nice quiet get away for my 40th shenanigans [she's organising that part ] ;-]
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haha so much for quiet then....dont wake the kids ;) lol
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that has already been taken care of,the father is getting them a day earlier than usual so me and her can disappear into the wilderness for a week ;-]
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MAKE ME PROUD. GET THIS BODY OF YOURS MORE THAN ABLE TODAY. ; -)))
JoxerTheDeityPirate · Member since
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[b]Yara wrote: [/b]
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[b]JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: [/b]
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[b]Lady Nyx wrote: [/b]
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[b]JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: [/b]
just booked my train tickets for my birthday in November,me and the better half are going for a nice quiet get away for my 40th shenanigans [she's organising that part ] ;-]
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haha so much for quiet then....dont wake the kids ;) lol
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that has already been taken care of,the father is getting them a day earlier than usual so me and her can disappear into the wilderness for a week ;-]
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MAKE ME PROUD. GET THIS BODY OF YOURS MORE THAN ABLE TODAY. ; -)))
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ive got 2 months to get it into fighting form :-]
*hums the theme from Rocky,punches a pork chop hanging on a meat hook and chases a frozen chicken around the yard*
eenaweena · Member since
why hello there. it's been a while since i've been on here... [/QUOTE]lots of new things. yes, yes.... [/QUOTE]
catqueen · Member since
Yara, thanks so much for your encouraging words! I got a basic piano book today, i'm hoping it'll help. Was just a bit frustrated yesterday, hadn't practiced for about 3 weeks (and i've only had it a month or two) and although i can pick out simple melodies slowly with my right hand I just can't coordinate the two hands. I play the top notes and then squint sideways at the bass clef thinking 'gbdfa... its b'. Which doesn't exactly produce a fluid sound. But i'm planning to start practicing more left hand parts on their own, that might help with reading it more easily. I didn't know you teach piano, wow.
Joxer, have fun!
I can't wait until tomorrow - my uncle and his family are coming to visit from Asia. I havn't met my cousin yet, and can't wait, he's not even a year yet, he's so sweet! :)
JoxerTheDeityPirate · Member since
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[b]eenaweena. wrote: [/b]
why hello there. it's been a while since i've been on here...
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lots of new things. yes, yes....
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Inna!
*gives a big hug*
