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Good grief, much of what you just said was like a foreign language to me. It saddens me that I'll never make it to the dizzy heights of grade anything

but at least I enjoy playing what I can.

I'm very impressed that you're going for grade 3 Dave, you sound well prepared already.

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Suffice to say I can't abide big league football and it's grossly overpaid players. Anyway, dragging this back, I had apparently managed to break at least one rib, but as they don't x-ray now we can't tell if it was more than one. One's enough! Luckily my gp was sympathetic and gave me stronger pain...

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normal service has been resumed.

Welcome back!

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Hi there, please permit me a small indulgence..... little Nut Cutlet has only had 6 lessons and she's now demolished Tunes for Ten Fingers and is on to More Tunes for Ten Fingers, plus some Dozen a Day exercises. In the next lesson or so, she'll be bringing her hands together. She's really enjoying ...

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Gill the Piano wrote:Well, this is a Piano forum

Gets my vote

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I hurt my back a few days ago, it's been agony. Then, while walking the dog last night, I caught my foot on a tussock of grass and fell over without putting my hand out, landing flat and winding myself. So, now my back hurts and my sternum. I went to Te$co to get more ibuprofen and, as they are only...

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My daughter has inherited my double-jointedness and is currently working on her hand posture and fingers with the aid of last year's Red-Nose Day nose :P I must admit, when I came back to practicing the piano daily after a year of neglect, I was surprised how much I could feel it in my hand muscles....

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Decorating

my days are not complete unless I've wielded a paintbrush.

I have been a piano angel though and practiced on Rosie yesterday, but I've put the ABRSM music theory pink book back on the shelf in a huff, I just couldn't understand what it was saying and I got the grumps!

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I teach them B, A and G - playing little scales up and then down - some jumping from B to G to B and then we play Hot Cross Buns all still without the book. So far, still fun :D Then..............we all open our books to Page 14! What? Page 14 already??? Yes, Page 14 :D :D :D The tune on Page 14 is...

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Hi Feg, I usually start at the beginning, but some children get bored quickly with it, they'd rather learn a nice little tune first and then the notation later on. We didn't do much playing yesterday, I got them all to be crotchet soldiers and quickedy quavers

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Feg wrote:'Tadpoles', Page 34, Recorder from the Beginning Book 1 by John Pitts! gues who is just back from a hour of recorder tutoring

Oh, you've done it now! I've got that to come tomorrow, but I've started a new class this term and we're up to Joe Joe stubbed his toe....

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I think I would always prefer an older teacher. There's something I love about the breadth of experience gained over time as opposed to the obvious talent of someone in their 20s who is skilled enough to teach. Just give me a chance to have another teacher, but it had better be sooner rather than la...

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I had a sleepless night after being made redundant a couple of years ago and all that night, I couldn't get the theme tune for "The Brady Bunch" out of my head. For the life of me, I can't think why! Anyway, today I have "Rainy Days and Mondays" by the Carpenters having heard it ...

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I completely agree about the railway programme, and the presenter - hate his politics, love the programme, I just wish it was on at a different time, we never remember to have the box on so early and keep missing the beginning. It made us chuckle about the irony of the bit about the mines as well. S...

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I have never tweeted in my life and no longer have a Facebook account. Am I alone? Maybe that's why no-one talks to me :P I've just got back from school which I really enjoyed as usual. I'm about to take my pooch for a walk and then change the batteries in the chickens' automatic door opener :) I'm ...

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Gill the Piano wrote:'Can't you play that yet Mummy?' I won't be responsible for my actions!'

That day loometh. I'll sulk for a very, very long time

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You're going to have to get used to the fact it is yours and Boos piano now! I have a book of really easy Early Learning songs for piano you may find useful. Either Mummy can play them to Boo, or (soon) vice-versa. PM me if you're interested, Nuttycrunch! NOOoo - it's MY piano! She can get her own ...

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I'm just about to shut the computer down and go outside to muck out the chickens

then I'm going to strim the nettles in the pig sty run. It's all so glamorous!

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Enjoy it? She hasn't stopped fizzing since. I can hardly keep her off MY piano :D I hope she carries on loving it and enjoying her lessons. Even before she had her lesson, when I went to collect her at school, I found that all the teachers and children seemed to know that she was going, she'd told a...

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...... nor me. Anyway, talking of breaking news, my daughter has her first piano lesson today! We went to meet her new teacher yesterday and they seemed to get on very well. Now comes the painful bit; I have to write a cheque :D I'd love to be able to afford lessons for me too, I may put some on my ...

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Ah, thanks

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Calling DB.....Well????? How was your lesson? I hope it went well.

A certain short person in this house got some money for Christmas and she's specifically asked for piano lessons, so we're going to meet a potential teacher later this week.

xx

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Hello and welcome! It sounds to me like you need some structure in your learning and there are plenty that have worked out various ways of doing this and one of them will probably suit you. If you can't afford lessons, then following a good book will help guide you. Kenneth Baker's books are well th...

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I hope you all had a great Christmas day! I got a new alto recorder and a pottery chicken

It was a wonderful day, I just wish it hadn't started at 2am thanks to Small finding an orange and a note from Santa in her stocking. I also got a lovely new

book. No excuses now!

xx

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Hello DB, I was about to post to ask where you were hiding yourself! That's great news about the lessons and your comments about just concentrating on the music rings 100% true with me too. I know I'm never going to be brilliant, I just want to be good enough to play the stuff that floats my boat. W...

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I'll have a rummage behind the sofa....

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The Classic Piano Course. See? I knew the old brain would kick in eventually... Having teased you earlier, I'm embarrassed to say that I have that book :lol: Are we both talking about the one by Carol Barratt? That's the one I have, but it must have changed its cover by the time I bought my copy (t...

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A hello and welcome from me too!

I slipped over the border from Dorset to Devon about 2 years ago. I can recommend my old teacher if you're in the Bridport area, she'll listen to what you want to do!

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It's annoying that I can't think of the name of it. That's yer age, Gill :P Welcome, Colin! I like Pauline Hall's "Piano Time Classics". The pieces are in order of difficulty, starting with a very nice arrangement of the theme from the Pastoral. I seem to remember that one of the arrangem...

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Thanks, everyone. I'm starting to suspect we have a humidity problem. The house seems very damp and we never have the central heating on, the house is heated by the woodburner, so I think the humidity stays high. I've definitely noticed some mould spots forming on items of furniture. The end of the ...

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Hi there, my piano has always held pitch well, but, having not had it tuned for ages (2 years), I took the plunge and had it tuned about a month ago. Now, it's already sounding like it needs tuning again :? Is there a chance that tuning it has actually "loosened" things so that it needs do...

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- it's free :wink: ah, but the thingy that can do the "i" isn't! It sounds fascinating though. I love any musical bits and bobs. Anything that gets you enthused about playing can't be a bad thing. Good luck with it all. What are you practicing at the moment? I'm doing a Pauline Hall's Pia...

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Hi Firefox, thanks for that. I've stopped worrying too much about my fingers' behavioural problems these days :) I accept that they will probably always be like this and as I just aim to be a good enough player to enjoy myself, I'm never going to one of the world's greats. It's interesting what you ...

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Hello Christine and welcome. I don't know anything about "i" stuff, but my guess is all it could do is pick up on consistent tempo and correct notes, it's not going to help you with technique. Can you afford lessons? There's no substitute for a good teacher. I can't afford lessons any more...

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Hello Dave, we posted at the same time, a good evening to you!

I'm really rusty too, it's amazing how quickly it goes. It's not just the flexibility in my fingers, but also my note recognition, so it seems I never really learnt it properly in the first place

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Hello Fiona, that's really sweet of you! I'm sure we'll get by though, but many thanks for the offer. I must admit, I hadn't thought of opening up that joint a bit :oops: I'll definitely give that a try and see what I can get out of it. I brought a broken recorder back from school hoping to repair i...

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I need to do Christmas carol practice too, but now the small one is learning the recorder, she wants to play too. All well and good except her ancient recorder plays sharp and can't be played with anything that happens to be in tune. We've bought her a new one for Christmas, but she can't have it el...

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ppp, quiet around here, isn't it? Where is everyone? I've been practicing one of Bach's minuets over the next couple of days, clever chap, wasn't he? Plus Grieg's Morning Wotsit. Very nice - or at least they were before I started on them! The dog started crying when I opened the lid on the piano yes...

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Gill, that's a question I had to ask too! The children get to choose the colour and design of the bear they want from some cut-out fabric. It's then stuffed for them, though they get to put in a heart of two first and then finished. Hannah told me that she put in some wishes with her heart and I ask...

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Hey everyone! -What’s your biggest problem with practicing piano? Definitely reading notes in bass clef is the hardest thing for me. After only doing violin and descant recorder for all my life up to piano days, I have to plod though the base line of every piece at a snail's pace for ages. I've als...

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Hi Dave, no, it wasn't her party, it was her friend's bash. They went to a "Build a Bear" workshop leaving me and my husband at home alone, which was the perfect recipe for talking the dog for a walk and going to the pub - and wondering why everything was so quiet :D She had a great time. ...

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Dave, Lessons are definitely off limits for me right now. If I had the money for some, I'd invest them in my daughter rather than me. I love playing and want to get better, but I'll never be really good, I'd rather she had the chance. We've promised her lessons starting next year if she carries on b...

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Sorry Gill, I didn't answer your other question, I'm out in Devon, so won't be anywhere close for that. I'm looking for a local group though. I have a lovely wooden recorder that has a great tone, nothing like the plastic one I learnt on. It's a shame that many people see the recorder as just someth...

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Hello Dave, Hello Gill! Dave, we've never had a cockerel. We're up to 10 birds now, 8 bantams and 2 full sized jobbies. They're great fun and usually good layers, but they're all a bit off at the moment as they're moulting. There will be another 4 arriving next year. Gill, sorry about the baldie, ha...

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Hello all and a quick re-hello from me, how are you all? I've been a poor piano player for ages, after we moved and have been very busy and unemployment means no more lessons :cry: but I'm bucking up my ideas and practicing hard to teach myself. Rosie's been tuned and is sounding sweet. I'm definite...

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HA - so you'd thought you'd got rid of me eh?!!! :lol: Thanks Dave for starting this thread and to the rest of you chaps for all your best wishes. We moved 2 weeks ago and only got broadband yesterday.....don't ask! Suffice to say that I drove 60 miles a day shuttling backwards and forwards just to ...

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This bloomin' bug

I've practiced hard all week to be ready for my lesson today and it's been cancelled as my teacher's daughter has swine 'flu.

She's not too poorly, thank goodness.

Hope none of you folks are suffering out there.

Jan

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:arrow: Vegetarian restaurants. There’s only one vegetarian restaurant on Guam, and unfortunately it’s closed on nights and weekends (it’s a Seventh-Day Adventist joint, open for lunch on weekdays, and it’s great) ________________________________________________________________ Terre a Terre in Bri...

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Hello again Gill,

I was in IT management, 10-a-penny nowadays. I've put in job applications, but no responses yet. I have my years of experience behind me, but this will soon be outdated, I have no degree, just practical knowledge. It may be time for a complete change :-/

Jan

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Thanks! Grade 2 Anna?! I'm jealous, impressed and feeling more than a bit guilty. I'm sorry I wasn't around to egg you on. When do you get your results? Dave, no..... we haven't moved. We have a buyer, but no place to go. In the meantime, I've lost my job of 23 years. The last couple of months have ...

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