In the words of Mr Kipling, it's been Ruddyhard, but I'm still here, still practicing and (just about) smiling.
I've missed you lot
Congrats to Dave on your concert, I'm very impressed!
Love,
Jan
xx
Search found 264 matches
- by Nutroast
- 11 Jul 2009, 16:08
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: I'm back!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10354
- by Nutroast
- 24 Apr 2009, 14:06
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Good luck Dave!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8576
Good luck Dave!
I hope everything is on schedule and your move goes smoothly.
No prizes for guessing what you'll unpack first! I hope Fiona arrives safe and sound.
Get back online with us as soon as you can.
Jan
xx
No prizes for guessing what you'll unpack first! I hope Fiona arrives safe and sound.
Get back online with us as soon as you can.
Jan
xx
- by Nutroast
- 02 Apr 2009, 13:33
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: What age to start lessons??
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11405
Re: What age to start lessons??
You obviously have much less fluff and dust in your house than I do in mine If I tried that, it would play like a marshmallow in no time.Gill the Piano wrote: (unless you're like me and never close it)
xx
- by Nutroast
- 27 Mar 2009, 17:23
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Brand new - what book to self teach/
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7359
Re: Brand new - what book to self teach/
I've tried both the Classic Piano Course and Alfred's one. Alfred's now sits, unused on the shelf, I didn't get on with it at all as I found he used some terms before explaining them. The Classic Piano Course is good, but is assumes some knowledge on reading music, which may be fine for you. The one...
- by Nutroast
- 18 Mar 2009, 16:12
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Song Of Erin for St. Patricks Day!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4337
Re: Song Of Erin for St. Patricks Day!!
Hi Dave,
I missed it! I had to start work at 7 and before I knew what was happening the prog had finished. Did they play it for you?
Hope so.
xx
I missed it! I had to start work at 7 and before I knew what was happening the prog had finished. Did they play it for you?
Hope so.
xx
- by Nutroast
- 30 Dec 2008, 15:28
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Sympathy for me too please
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11140
Hello Joseph, Sympathies from here, my parents have both been struck down with this virus and spent Christmas being unable to eat and feeling dreadful. You're right, there's a world of difference between a cold and 'flu, with 'flu there is absolutely no way you can work through it, you simply won't ...
- by Nutroast
- 29 Dec 2008, 11:03
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Large amounts of sympathy, please
- Replies: 20
- Views: 24124
- by Nutroast
- 28 Dec 2008, 16:59
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Large amounts of sympathy, please
- Replies: 20
- Views: 24124
Re: Large amounts of sympathy, please
I'm moving into a house which is being converted from its former life as a shop. You've bought Woolies? I hope you get your beloved back safe and sound very soon. I'm not the best practicer in the world, but even I would miss my set of keys if they weren't available for a week or two. I hope the ti...
- by Nutroast
- 26 Dec 2008, 10:24
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: What have we all had for Christmas then?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13408
Hi Dave, thank you for the brilliant present, it's taken pride of place over Rosie today! I'm a lucky bunny, my husband bought me an adjustable piano stool :shock: I'm absolutely thrilled with it. The stool that came with the piano was slightly too high for me and I couldn't put my feet flat on the ...
- by Nutroast
- 23 Dec 2008, 08:55
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Happy Christmas lounge loiterers!!!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16305
- by Nutroast
- 22 Dec 2008, 13:49
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Happy Christmas lounge loiterers!!!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16305
- by Nutroast
- 22 Dec 2008, 11:21
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Happy Christmas lounge loiterers!!!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16305
- by Nutroast
- 22 Dec 2008, 11:18
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Happy Birthday dave brum!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13044
- by Nutroast
- 20 Dec 2008, 14:27
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Desert Island Discs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5342
- by Nutroast
- 20 Dec 2008, 12:43
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: The best enquiry I've had all year
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7975
- by Nutroast
- 18 Dec 2008, 17:47
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Idle chit-chatterers' corner
- Replies: 602
- Views: 316695
- by Nutroast
- 17 Dec 2008, 11:25
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Idle chit-chatterers' corner
- Replies: 602
- Views: 316695
- by Nutroast
- 17 Dec 2008, 11:23
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Idle chit-chatterers' corner
- Replies: 602
- Views: 316695
- by Nutroast
- 10 Dec 2008, 13:10
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: My First Piano
- Replies: 21
- Views: 22265
- by Nutroast
- 09 Dec 2008, 15:41
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: My First Piano
- Replies: 21
- Views: 22265
I'm a complete beginner too, but still have the pleasure of being biased! I'd definitely recommend an acoustic if you can house it; I get terribly distracted by all those added bits and bobs, when all you want is to recreate the great instrument itself. My budget was MUCH less than yours, but I stil...
- by Nutroast
- 09 Dec 2008, 15:28
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Lounging in the lounge...
- Replies: 67
- Views: 46998
I can understand that! I don't want anyone to know where I am in an open forum either, nor do I want some of the people who live near me to twig who I am. There's nowt so much to aid open chat on a forum than not have to reveal all to the whole world - now I know why Batman wore that cape! I didn't ...
- by Nutroast
- 09 Dec 2008, 13:42
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINZY OUTTRIM! (11 December)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15245
- by Nutroast
- 09 Dec 2008, 13:38
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Lounging in the lounge...
- Replies: 67
- Views: 46998
- by Nutroast
- 08 Dec 2008, 16:30
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Distinctions, merits and plain auld passes...
- Replies: 43
- Views: 31939
It's lovely here, a great community. I've never had such a warm welcome from a web forum and hope to meet some folks when I can. As for exams, just give me pass-with-a-push-downhill-and-a-following-wind, just so long as it's a PASS :P I've always been terrible at exams, that rescue remedy sounds per...
- by Nutroast
- 08 Dec 2008, 16:24
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: What's Britannia got for Christmas then?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12914
- by Nutroast
- 08 Dec 2008, 11:18
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Playing with Colour by Sharon Goodey (dyslexic pupils)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11038
- by Nutroast
- 08 Dec 2008, 11:15
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Playing with Colour by Sharon Goodey (dyslexic pupils)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11038
Hi Dave, I'm no expert, but I'd say it would very much depend on what causes her restriction, so ligaments/tendons/muscles or bones. If it's not bones, then I recon piano playing would definitely be great therapy, if bones, then the restriction would always be there, and someone would have to show h...
- by Nutroast
- 07 Dec 2008, 07:10
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Idle chit-chatterers' corner
- Replies: 602
- Views: 316695
and voila, as if by magic, the mist has cleared and you can make that connection between the printed music and your hands without having to avert your gaze from the music!! Scales and arpeggios perfectly too! If only there was an AB examiner up here with me!!! Has anyone else noticed that - especia...
- by Nutroast
- 07 Dec 2008, 07:03
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Catching up
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7172
- by Nutroast
- 04 Dec 2008, 18:41
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Grade 1 dreaming
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8221
- by Nutroast
- 04 Dec 2008, 14:51
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Grade 1 dreaming
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8221
- by Nutroast
- 04 Dec 2008, 12:24
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Grade 1 dreaming
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8221
- by Nutroast
- 03 Dec 2008, 16:50
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Grade 1 dreaming
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8221
Grade 1 dreaming
Well, you never know what 2009 may bring! I rather fancied getting familiar with 3 pieces for the practical exam, I wanted to try Never Vex T-Rex (since I heard so much about it on here), plus Vivaldi Autumn and Schubert's Theme from the Unfinished Symphony. However.... when I look at the ABRSM site...
- by Nutroast
- 03 Dec 2008, 16:44
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Bless the English climate!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6184
- by Nutroast
- 03 Dec 2008, 15:05
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Bless the English climate!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6184
Bless the English climate!
Well, now I'm really hacked off! Earlier today, I couldn't even work, let alone think of piano practice due to my Reynauds kicking in :evil: I have it all year round, but of course it's much worse when the weather's like this. I had no feeling in my fingers or toes for several hours. My thumbs were ...
- by Nutroast
- 03 Dec 2008, 11:11
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Grade 1! What a relief!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13971
- by Nutroast
- 01 Dec 2008, 16:23
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Grade 2 looks really scary!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 23513
- by Nutroast
- 28 Nov 2008, 18:47
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Becoming a vegetarian - ideas?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 41494
- by Nutroast
- 28 Nov 2008, 15:55
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Our favourite Christmas drink...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6999
- by Nutroast
- 28 Nov 2008, 15:51
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Becoming a vegetarian - ideas?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 41494
- by Nutroast
- 27 Nov 2008, 08:33
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Our favourite Christmas drink...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6999
- by Nutroast
- 26 Nov 2008, 12:40
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Our favourite Christmas carol and Christmas song
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13757
- by Nutroast
- 26 Nov 2008, 10:41
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Becoming a vegetarian - ideas?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 41494
Under the Animal By-Products Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 (don't you just love 'em?) you're not supposed to feed kitchen scraps to your feathered friends, maybe a bse thing, not feeding meat to meat, even if you don't use meat? But it's a total waste not to. The spaghetti my ladies have may be left...
- by Nutroast
- 25 Nov 2008, 10:53
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Any recipes for homemade Christmas pud?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6583
Here's mine, minus choking hazzard! 4oz wholeweat breadcrumbs 2oz butter 1tsp mixed spice qtr tsp ground ginger grated nutmeg 1oz muscovado sugar 1 small cooking apple, peeled and chopped/grated 3-4oz of sultanas and 3-4 oz raisins 1oz crystallised ginger, chopped 1 orange, rind and juice 1 lemon, r...
- by Nutroast
- 25 Nov 2008, 10:41
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Becoming a vegetarian - ideas?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 41494
Did you know chickens are the most abused animals in the word? Yep, mine have got spaghetti with parsley this morning, poor things :P Actually, you are right, it's a shame that they continue to grow or produce eggs despite dreadful conditions, if they went on mass strike, maybe things would be forc...
- by Nutroast
- 24 Nov 2008, 12:12
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Any recipes for homemade Christmas pud?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6583
- by Nutroast
- 24 Nov 2008, 12:03
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Becoming a vegetarian - ideas?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 41494
Hi Dave, Warning, this is long… When I was 17, I had high blood pressure. This was bad enough for my doc to threaten me with medication, so, I decided to try and do something about it myself. At about the same time, I’d stayed up late and watch a programme on tv about work inside an abattoir. There ...
- by Nutroast
- 23 Nov 2008, 17:33
- Forum: Idle Chitchat
- Topic: Becoming a vegetarian - ideas?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 41494
- by Nutroast
- 23 Nov 2008, 17:32
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Help! Looking for a piano teacher.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14689
- by Nutroast
- 21 Nov 2008, 11:08
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Help! Looking for a piano teacher.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14689
I take it you've tried good old musicteachers.co.uk, or even the database in the Piano Teachers section of this site!! Best of luck anyway Ruth. Spot on Dave! You can also check Yellow Pages (www.yell.co.uk) Jan PS. PBruce, there are sites that teach music reading and notation and theory, but I thi...
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