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Thankyou Markymark and sorry for getting it wrong. I feel a bit embarrassed now as I am a bit of a goody goody and don't like doing the wrong thing. I thought 'it' looked a bit odd but didn't know how to deal with it. I kind of hoped you would read it then take action, but I know Dave got in touch, ...

ebonyivory

Nah! Only 62.

Will take years to catch you up!

Will be back on tomorrow some time.

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JLS aren't bad, but I think I am a bit old to appreciate them. Perhaps the young girlies will get more from them. I do enjoy a female solo voice.

ebonyivory

Well, Master Ivory recovered really quickly and went to school today. However, I have come out with a rotten cold etc. Work is full of illness at the moment, really bad. Yeah losing weight is an issue for me too. Keep trying half heartedly, I like food, what can I say. Might be a good idea, although...

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Well I have got to go for the evening soon, so will say bye on this post. Will check it out tomorrow evening. Yeah, hope he perks up quickly. Will have to try out some replacements next time I want to say a naughty word. Mmmm fry up! Might have that for breakfast over the Christmas break. Chat tomor...

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Oh that's funny, I typed another word for bum and it put oops over the top!!!

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In our house it will have to be cold roast chicken with some oven chips. Don't imagine Master Ivory will be joining us. And Dave it's ok to make fun of yourself, I mock myself all the time, but we both have someone that loves us, so we can't be that bad. I am a lard :oops: too! :cry: I will deal wit...

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I feel Alexandra should win, but the wrong ones get voted off all the time. Ruth should have been in the final!!!

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Well Dave, I think you are a bit of a tart, offering yourself up like that! :lol: A quick visit to the forum tonight, as Master Ivory has a headache and is throwing up, so I need to be a responsible parent and look after him. :shock: I might get a bit of piano practice in later, hopefully. I am feel...

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Oh dear, it worries me to hear you be so down on yourself :( I get the whole self esteem thing, as you know. Everyone has some worth, it's just different for each person. You and Teresa sound like kind, generous people. Just that is huge. Being able to tinkle a tune is just a little bonus. A teacher...

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From what I can tell from your posts, you know loads of stuff, and seem way more confident than me, so I bet it won't be long.

What do you need to brush up on?

When were you thinking of taking the exam?

ebonyivory

What a shame you couldnt accept the piano, but never mind, there will be other days and other pianos. Didnt you also say you might move? Your new home might be bigger or just have a better layout to accommodate an upright. Thankfully my teacher is within walking distance. Hope you get some lessons t...

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Hello there! Piano lesson pretty good really. She seemed pleased with me. I had attempted my theory homework, practiced c both hands, and just about got there with the first bars of 'mozzie'. She wants me to learn to about bar 12 of moz now and start another one called 'snowdrop' or something, aaarg...

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i have go to go sleep, my eyes are sore from the screen now, need matchsticks to keep my eyes open

will log in for a nose after piano lesson tomorrow evening

TTFN ta ta for now

ebonyivory

no, just me

master ivory will do for a name for now

would like him to take up an instrument but i am not a pushy mum, he only has to ask and if we can help we will, but wont force him to

the boys in my house play golf

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Ha ha really funny!!!

I just thought it is only fair as they are not part of this and to protect them in a way, you know what i mean.

sonny can be mmmmm 'middle c' i dont know why, unless you think of something better

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i will pm names, think that's best

i think if you can do all that you are going to fly through grade 1!

these ladies are my friends and i went to pieces

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yes, they wanted to hear the exam pieces and the tiny bit from my first grade 2 piece.

i completely fluffed one of the pieces then got the giggles.

the head has kind of mentioned playing but i dont know if she is just pulling my leg.

ebonyivory

work mates, hubs work do tonight so had house almost to myself, thought it would be nice, work is always so busy

ebonyivory

work ok

nice evening though, mince pies, natter and giggles

how's your day been

ebonyivory

Hi all

Late one tonight, just said goodbye to house full of ladies!

Anyone still awake?

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Will be back tomorrow... got a house screaming at me for attention

My cat wants a stroke too, she thinks i dont love her anymore

ebonyivory

Wow! 8 out of 9!

I have got a yamaha ux1, shiny black, i love it

hubs bought it for my 40th

ebonyivory

In 1983 I'd have been 15, god I feel old

They were good times though!

ebonyivory

So you can guess which part of Sussex I am in now!

It is a lovely part of the country to live in. The sands are fab!

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Here we go Dave...

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I have read the original post then jumped to the bottom so sorry if I am repeating someone. I wanted to take exams. I started learning piano and music from scratch last year. I thought it would give me something to aim for and hopefully bring achievements. A couple of months before the exam I starte...

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Well I am having a go, hope it works

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mZqMcwZQGA

Thanks Moonlight

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Please take a look at this little girl playing 'mozzie' if you get time.

What do you think of the tune? I think it's fun for an exam piece.

I can just about manage the first four bars now, both hands, very slowly.

ebonyivory

She would only have it as a fashion accessory! She has no bodily functions

As for the rest of us...

parden me!!!

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I feel quite sure she would be a lady, not a footie supporter!

Maybe a silk hankie with hand made lace trim.

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Daft bugger!

She probably has some Earl Grey tea!

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Thanks for pointing me this way Dave. The playing with colour was really interesting. I think I have just got to kind of build up a photographic memory of the notes of the stave now. I am ok with five fingers on right hand but everything else I have to work my way up and down the stave while I learn...

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Did any of you have a chance to look at the little girl on youtube playing Mozzie. Don't know how to do a link so I put in 'piano mozzie'

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Thanks Gill, will give it a go. Your brain really does fight it though, or is it your fingers fighting it, not sure.

ebonyivory

Dave,
You know I was only playing, I would be pleased for you if you got top marks! I am just cheeky!

Do lots of you piano peeps meet up then? Maybe we could arrange a big meeting in the spring, find a central point, that would be fun. We could all go into a piano shop and drive the owner mad

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Hello regulars! I have just found this thread/chat thing. It makes some interesting reading :lol: I was expecting Dave to come back to me on the pass, merit, distinction thread!!! I have had a little go at some christmas songs but I find them a bit boring. That said the book I've got, an oldish seco...

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Next time I go into town I will pop to the chemist and get some. I will try it out, just in case it has any funny side effects, don't want to find that out in the middle of an exam. Also, I have diabetes so will need to check that out. By the way Gill, I am a cheap night out, but don't listen to gos...

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When I take my next grade I will have to drive there, so rum is out of the question. Need to find something that's above board but works!!!

Kim.

ebonyivory

I did my grade 1 with ABRSM.

That applies to the grade 2 book I am using as well.

Kim.

ebonyivory

Oh poor Jan,
I work with a lady, my friend, who has that plus another rotten condition, scleroderma, bless her. She wears little gloves when they are playing up. Hope your fingers came back for your lesson.
Kim.

ebonyivory

Oi! Dave! Watch it cariad! So you are turning out to be competitive then! :lol: My merit not good enough eh? :cry: I've got to tell you, if my fingers hadn't turned into 2lbs of sausages, I'd have got a distinction!!! :D That's why I am defo gonna take something for nerves next time, maybe that 'res...

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Hello again, I wanted an excuse to post again and stay in touch. Now I have found one! :D I have chosen the first piece I want to learn from the exam pieces book. It's called Mozzie and I have found a video on youtube of a little girl playing it. She is only 8!!! I am sooo jealous! Never mind, I wil...

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Hello lovely 'grade 1 gang'! Thanks everyone... you know how to make a girl feel special!!! The aural bit; not necessarily in this order but they play a short piece and ask a couple of questions re staccato/legato or piano/forte and where in the piece did it change etc they play some notes, you la l...

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Hi there, I need some smelling salts! I couldn't wait any longer, I ran around to my teacher's house to get the paperwork. Here goes A1 25/30 B2 23/30 C1 24/30 scales 16/21 sight reading 18/21 aural 18/18 124/150 MERIT... oh my god!!!!!! what could I have got if I hadn't been a jibbering wreck... de...

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Thanks for the invite, but that would be a bit of a trek! Have you put in for your exam yet? They take a while to come through. This is all so exciting... we can be the grade 1 gang... yes nutter alert!!! Personality doesn't really show in text does it. Imagine a very bouncy person, with a grin you ...

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No, go ahead, be nosey!!! I have no idea... still waiting for her to call back... aaarrrgh! Mustn't get my hopes up though, remember what I told you about the nerves getting hold of me. Will be thankful I have passed and might pee myself :oops: (sorry, out of order I know!!!) if I got anything bette...

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I am feeling just a little bit happy! :D Understatement! I have just got in from work and my son had taken a message from my piano teacher, that I have passed grade 1. That is all I know at the moment. I am waiting for her to ring me back and let me know the score etc. I am relieved I have passed af...

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Hello again Gill! My teacher teaches/accompanies several instruments and plays piano at their exams etc she also gets students that have learned so far with another teacher then come to her for finishing off. She has told me she gets quite cross with the teachers that leave the theory and just whizz...

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Oooh I don't know if I have passed grade 1 yet, hopefully will find out within the next week or so. I feel he would have to be really mean to fail me though. :cry: I am sure he must be able to tell that I had learned everything and it was just my hands had a mind of their own on the day, but will le...

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