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 Pete
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3/20/2005 | posted: 4/8/2005 at 4:30:04 AM ET
..Storm..? Huh..? A storm, ladies, is discovering the Board Of Studies (drumroll, please) Inspectors are coming the first day of next term, as we at the school I teach at discovered yesterday  ..
I think it comes back to too much form and not enough variety, Suzyq. The big trap with following a set course with a teacher is that suddenly the spark goes and the fun goes with it. Why not just go out and buy a sheet of music you really like, in a good key, not syncopated, without a lot of accidentals, and try to play it?
Better still, tell your teacher you want to improvise, for a change.
Good Heavens, the city you live in produced some of the greatest modern musicians who have ever lived, and most of them improvised a different version of a piece each time they played it..Gershwin, for example.
Toonz says: ""Maybe go back and look at a piece from long ago that you were struggling with and thought you would NEVER get."" and that is a great idea, but I still think a bit more Suzyq and a lot less Teacher imput is the secret to break out of the slump.
Good luck with it.
| suzyq
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11/18/2004 | posted: 4/8/2005 at 7:44:55 AM ET
Hi Pete & Toonz,
Thanks for your good advice, I know this is just a passing phase. It's a good thing that I remember the ups and downs from dance training - but it's a pain in the neck.
Guess it comes with the territory and I'll just have to muddle through it.
Pete you are right about all the great artists that have traveled through New York in fact on Tuesday 4/12 I'm going to hear Martha Argerich (hope she doesn't cancel).
I keep in mind where I was when I first started when all those notes on a page of music looked like cute lines and dots and the only thing I could find was middle C - thanks again for getting back to me - it really helps.
| suzyq
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11/18/2004 | posted: 4/13/2005 at 1:18:33 AM ET
Hi Pete and Toonz,
I just got back from a Martha Argerich concert. She is music - her fingers seem to hover above the keys and make such beautiful music.
Just want to thank you both for you good sensible advice. I'm back on track again and will keep plugging along.
|  toonz
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2/20/2005 | posted: 4/13/2005 at 1:35:06 AM ET
Any time Suzyq.
It sounds like the concert was inspirational. I love going to concerts and musicals of any kind. I am going to the "Green Day" concert here in Winnipeg on May 17th. I hope to find Billie Joe Armstrong just as inspirational. Perhaps I'll pick up a few tips. Lol.
|  imnidiot
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Ashley PA
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3/28/2005 | posted: 4/24/2005 at 9:26:31 PM ET
I am intwersted in learning to distinguish the difference between all the different musical key signiatures. Does your site contain any of this info, since I compose music, and don't have a good background in reading music? Thanks, Don
| Pete
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North Coast NSW, Australia
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3/20/2005 | posted: 4/24/2005 at 11:38:18 PM ET
..another mere stripling in the age (Nurse! Bring my Depends!) stakes, Don
So what is the LBC?
At 58 I learn something every day, and I plan to keep doing that untill I drop off the music-stand. At the moment it's Shakuhachi.
I'm learning "'Dawn Mantras"", by Ross Edwards, which also includes an intro on Didjeridu and a childrens choir.
Well worth having a listen to if you can track down an MP3 of it or a CD.
Edwards is, I'm proud to say, an Australian composer, and this is one of the most striking pieces of music you will ever encounter, I'm sure of that.
| toonz
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2/20/2005 | posted: 4/25/2005 at 11:20:10 AM ET
LBC stands for "Late Bloomers Club". We coined the phrase because there seemed to be so many of us adults out there who didn't learn music in our childhood but are bent on learning it now. We all seemed to be sharing some of the same negative feelings that come along with learning something new, so we created this " adult support group" so that we don't talk ourselves out of continuing on with our music. It is a fun tool and it has helped me.
You may not have realized this Pete, but you are already a member of the LBC. Not because you are just learning, but because you are a teacher with the knowledge of the frustrations that any student, no matter their age, can encounter.
Just read all those threads and you'll see what we mean.
Cheers.
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