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One thing I will certainly NOT miss about going to Ada's are the obnoxious little twats who drive the buses in this area. In London, Birmingham, the Chester of Man and in most places on our sceptred isle you get on a bus, pay the fare, take your ticket, you find a seat and the driver pulls away. No...

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Right Jan, Fiffie doesn't cost me anything but in any case I'm going to fight my corner on this one - she's not going to make me get rid of her. Time for a bit of good old true Brit stubbornness and stoicism I think!! She ain't getting rid of her cats so WHY SHOULD I get rid of Fiona? it was after ...

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There's a thought, has anyone ever tried to play the piano 'stoned' especially on skunk? You know I have often thought what it would be like! You would sound crap but you would think you sound good! slow reactions, couldn't remember all those notes! That said, I have completely grown out of that ki...

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My wife has withdrawn funding for my monthly piano lessons. The credit crunch has taken away a massive chunk of my inner soul and I am wondering for how much longer I will be able to keep Fiona. Oh my god! :( I'm so sorry for you! can't you at least go less frequently !? but PLEASE don't give up th...

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Oh yes Gill, I remember Black Books, that was funny; only saw a few episodes, the lady in it was in Green Wing another one of my favorites! The IT group was funny, but I have only seen one episode.

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dave brum wrote:I remember when all the priests were lost in the lingerie department of this big Dunnes store trying to avoid any embarrasment while looking for a way out of all the racks of bras stockings and panties!!!

''Its Ireland's biggest lingerie section, I understand...''

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I'm NOT a teacher so you can't whinge at me either! :D * folds arms defiantly, and mutters under her breath* I wasn't whingeing... :wink: Anyway both Feg's and Mark's replies made loads of scense, when I went and tried it out. I did have an idea of how it sounded from a recording and had the right ...

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Hey Marky ( good old reliable Marky!

)

Thanks for the relpy, I try it out next time I play.

Thanks for that guys!

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I could play it without the ornament I guess, I just like the piece to sound whole... I don't have a recording of it, but if you go on the link; and scroll down the webpage theres a little box with the opus and number of the piece. click on it and you can choose the prelude I'm talking about and you...

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I'm shocked! This forum is teaming with music teachers and still no answer for me!

I'm soooo addicted to that piece at the moment but can only play up to bar 16...

maybe because I forgot to say please I did say thanks though.

Ok please! help me.

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Hey people, Could anyone tell me how to play the turn in Chopin's Prelude 4 Op 28 in bar 17? I have never played a piece with one of those ornaments in before so have no idea about them. not even my music theory book can seem to explain it in plain English :? . The piece I'm talking about can be fou...

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Hey Gill ( sorry this is completely off topic ) Guess what I ( my mum ) got a Tanzanite ring today. Got it really cheap in Hatton Gardens, was 700 quid managed to get it for 400. Its a beauty, and has to diamons either side of it. I feel like puting all my mums rings on and playing Goldberg Variatio...

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Yes Dave CRINGE! I almost rolled about on the floor laughing like some nutter after I saw that. The advert came on, and I thought ok annother Wii ad fair enough. Then the lady 'hits' the air with the control stick and a piano sound, sounds. My repsonse was OH NO!, I KNEW they would do that. Well aft...

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Here a joke I came acrros on another piano related web site...

Q :What happens when you drop a piano on a military base?

A: A flat major

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Hey, has anyone seen that new advert on the tv for Wii Music!? Ok Ok, fair enough you use the control sticks to play virtual drums, thats logical, to an extent; but to play a PIANO!????? How on earth are you gona play a virtual piano with two motion - senor joysticks? That means you can only play tw...

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Just noticed that lady logo on top of the web page is going to blow up!

Oh no her poor piano! quick woman don't just sit there. There is TNT right next to you!

It would be nice if she had a bombfire next to her instead...

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Heres another one...

BBC 4 14th @ 7.30

Karim's Journey

Documentary about 17 year old Karim Said, the Amman-born pianist, composer, conductor.

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dave brum wrote:I'm going to go in and get 'The Four Seasons' by that Viv bloke who works in Aldi.

*snare drum roll, cymbal crash*

BOOM BOOM!

But Aldi is a German supermarket...but I'm sure there must be some Vivs working in there!

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Thats cool Dave, Don't forget to tell me all about your trip to Manchester, and most importantly Forsyths! its got soooooooooooooo many pianos! Look at their website they have some really weird looking grand pianos. There is a see - through one ( quite nice ) and a really weird one that looks like a...

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Grieg Lyric pieces are sublime - arietta is a tear jerker and technically not so difficult. YES! :) Tell me about it! Yeah, Arietta doesn't sound too difficult and sounds lovely. I would love to be able to play Melodie ( Op 47 No 3 ) but its too hard for me at the moment sadly :( . I just love that...

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Hey if anyone wants to learn some Chopin preludes or other stuff then look no further

:

http://www.chopinmusic.net/en/works/preludes/

If your a ( more 'advanced' ) beginner then try the Prelude No 4 in E minor Op 28, sounds lovely, reminds me of a Stella Artois advert of something!

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Hi Dave I'm ok but I'm still having job hunting frustration! :x Oh, whats that version of Moonlight like? is it as long as my one? 3 pages, roughly 60 bars. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do, ( well maybe not as much :lol: ) The version I have is an ABRSM one. I'm still working on that Bach prelud...

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dave brum wrote:Yes, I just rolled about laughing when Bishop Brennan looked the Holy Father in Rome in the eye and shouted startlingly: 'HE KICKED ME UP THE A*SE!!!'

I think you will find it was: HE DID KICK ME UP THE ARS#!

you see, I have the script to Father Ted, thats how much I like it.

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markymark wrote:Ha
Big climax when he drove the whole way back to Craggy Island to give Ted one back in return!

CRRRRIIIIILLLLLLY ! ! ! ! !

and his cloak is blowing behind him like a mad bat or something!

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Just looked in the Argos catalogue, to buy a Wii and then Guitar Hero etc would cost more then a goodish guitar starter kit!

I know what I would buy my kids!...a REAL guitar, and some lessons.

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I'm also having a go at some Urdu too. Thats good Dave, didn't you say you were learning another language too? I started teaching myself Japanese just after starting univerisity, I managed to read Kana and a bit of Kanji ( Chinese characters ), and speak in very broken Japanese. I wanted to go on a...

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Brumtuner wrote:What about the sonata though?

Hi Brumtuner,

I just remember reading something in Pianist mag about the new ABRSM exam syllabus and someone in the article said ' When I did my grade 8 we had to do a whole sonata, now it can be a movement' So thats how I found out.

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I think for grade 8 or 7 you only need to play one movement of a sonata now not the whole thing. So thats a relief! although it would be nice to do a whole one, but that would last for ages!

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dave brum wrote:How about if someone were to do a 'silent but deadly' one in the middle of a sonata in the exam room

Ah, you mean 'silent but violent'

yes that would be horrible!

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I have to agree with loads of these, except The Office and League of Gentlemen, sorry, Anna, I just didn't get it.... I was a latecomer to Fater Ted, my husband introduced me to it and it's fantastic - DRINK! GIRLS! Oh well. League of Gentlemen is very weird thats why I love it :twisted: so is Gart...

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Incidentally so good that Brand has got the boot from the BBC! Now get Ross out and the pair of irritatives can join Talksport or LBC where they will be welcomed with open arms!!! Yeah I thought you would be happy about that! :) I love it when Bishop Brennan says that so funny! :lol: Don't you just...

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Yeah I noticed that last week? But I forgot to mention it, it definitly made me laugh; nice one Barry! I wonder if she wears a Father Christmas hat , and holds a masive candy stick instead of her pole at Christmas? :) :lol: It would be funny though, if someone did parp while they were playing Kummer...

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Really? I might just buy one, when I have a disposable income! Yeah I have head about Major Morgan The Electronic Organ, it was on a program about annoying kid's toys and the guy in the program, used the Major Morgan as the solo instrument with a small symphony! :lol: I would prefer a Major Morgan o...

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Yeah there is one in My Family, again used as furniture :roll: some where in the backround. Did that man literally, fart in your wife's face? Was she bending down as the bloke passed ( wind :lol: ) Honesly has he no maners / pride? Me and a friend walked into the shoe section of T-K Maks and it stun...

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I would love to own a Stylaphone ( is that how you spell it? :? ) That little electric hand keyboard you used to make a tone with a pen? Rolf Harris made them famous. Theres one in the Museums of Brands in London, well the box of it is. I used to have, and still have it, a tiny keyboard; I loved the...

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:lol: :lol: :lol: Does she even have a piano? They suit having a posh ( looking ) upright thats used as a mantelpiece :roll: I know Emmet plays / has one on the program. She does play an upright in one of the episodes, in the town hall; and all the lady dancers run away because she is singing :lol: .

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yeah, they had reeds and fans in them which is how the notes were produced. Before the age of microprocessors - unsophisticated or what!! Really :!: :?: :lol: well that explains the fan noise then! Yeah its an brand new kind musical instrument, completely in it own category! Or would that make it a...

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dave brum wrote:I can send you a 'Bucket' of flowers!!!

* in Mrs Bucket's shrill voice *

Its BOUQUET!!!!!!

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We used to have an old one like that! not sure how old it was, it was my dad's. It was the first thing I used before I got my Casio keyboard, but It was realy old and it started playing up after a while, then it died... :( It used to make a loud sound inside it as if it had a fan in side it. It had ...

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Actually Linzy could be doing her Grade 1 at the same time as us, Anna! Oh that good! :D all three of us can pee our pants then! :lol: Yeah, I don't sware quite so much as I did, then again I probably make less mistakes, then when I started :?: no , thats a lie! :!: What did you play to Linzy and h...

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Slilly me how could I for get!

Also:

Keeping up Appearances ( Richard dear! )

Absolutely Fabulous ( get off her u pigg u piggg!

)

Kenan and Kel ( I think its a bit more funner then Fresh Prince )

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Hi Dave Yeah I am rather happy! actually I have had one 1 hour lesson so far if you add both of them up, I guess. Its funny me and my teacher mentioned exams in the first lesson ! :shock: but she did say, ' I don't want to just enter people for exams I want them to do it properly' so shes not one of...

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Its ok I don't mind I'm not gonna get all uptight and say ' Oh no my piano is not a Casio its a Yamaha, how dare you for mixing them up!' ha ha! Well I hope your circumstances do change and you can have a real piano soonish! Maybe place a swear - jar on your piano, and being a beginner like most of ...

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:) :) :) Hey guys! My lesson went well! much better then before, so looks like I'm staying. It also seemed longer too! I had a few mintues to 'muck about' so I had a crack at Bach's prelude 1 and my teacher said 'good' :) . Anyway looks like I will also be doing my grade 1 for early next year too Da...

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What funny tv programs are your favorite? ( and this time there is no limt to how many you want to put! ) heres mine!

Father Ted

Garthmaringi's Dark Place

League of Gentleman

The Young Ones

Bottom

The Office

Wrong Door

Moonlight

Hello folks, I paid 45 pnds to have Rosie tuned, which I thought was a very good price, especially as the tuner had to come about 40 miles to get to us. It's lucky it was so cheap as it needs doing again now! Yeah thats not a bad price at all! Hope the ones on my area are that cheep! How often does...

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But would you have an acoustic when you can't afford the regular tuning fees of sixty quid? Maybe you could phone up any piano tuners in your area and see how much they charge? I do hope you do get your self a real piano Dave! start saving NOW! will it fit in your house? you said you had a spare ro...

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Yeah, can't wait to be able to save for an upright, it will probalbly be a Kemble or a Yamaha ( black colour ). I'm looking to spend a lot more on one this time! I want one with a nice sized sound board. Gosh hope my poor old lady neighbour doesn't mind! :( :lol: Oh what one has she got? upright or ...

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Yes Jeremy Clarkson is a good choice I think, Gordon Ramsey too :?: hes good chef or whatever he just gets on my wick a bit. Isn't it about 60 or 50 quid for piano tuning? Maybe ask Gill about that! how much does she charge? It is expensive if your on low money like us! :( Its one of the reason I go...

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It could of been possible! To think if I grew up then I would be a piano playing waitress at Lyons! You see my parants would of had a piano in the house in those days and I would of had lessons as a kid! :D ...but its just a dream :( . Actually my parants did have a piano in the house before I was b...

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