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Title: Horses and Piano
Post by: beethoven2 on January 05, 2007, 11:22:02 PM
Am I the only person on this forum that likes piano AND horses...or are there more?  I'd really like to know.
Title: Re: Horses and Piano
Post by: imbetter on January 06, 2007, 01:42:03 AM
me loves to ride horseys. my family owns 4 and i ride them all the time. I also like the piano of course
Title: Re: Horses and Piano
Post by: pianistimo on January 06, 2007, 02:22:55 AM
i used to have a palomino gelding (way back when i was 16).  he was a sweet horse.  but, he liked to dip his head down and eat grass every chance he got.  i had to literally make him do what i wanted and get him into shape.  otherwise - he'd just eat grass.  he was a retired barrel racer and was good for trail riding. 

i think animals are great to learn from.  i mean- music is about sensitivity.  and horseback riding is quite a sensitive thing too.  you are basically 'one' with the horse.  sort of like playing a piece fully from memory.  you can sense what each other is going to do.  of course, a piano isn't quite that alive - but seems to be at times. 
Title: Re: Horses and Piano
Post by: imbetter on January 06, 2007, 02:25:26 AM
i used to have a palomino gelding (way back when i was 16).  he was a sweet horse.  but, he liked to dip his head down and eat grass every chance he got.  i had to literally make him do what i wanted and get him into shape.  otherwise - he'd just eat grass.  he was a retired barrel racer and was good for trail riding.  excepting the occasional tripping - which never really bothered me unless i thought he was going to fall.  but, he never fell.  actually, he did pretty well on snow, too, which can be slippery.  i think horses have to be given the benefit of the doubt.  after they fulfill whatever roles they did before - they can still be great riding horses and actually somewhat tamer and not as 'wild' as their younger days. 

i think animals are great to learn from.  i mean- music is about sensitivity.  and horseback riding is quite a sensitive thing too.  you can go from saddle riding to later bareback and when you do that - you are basically 'one' with the horse.  sort of like playing a piece fully from memory.  you can sense what each other is going to do.  of course, a piano isn't quite that alive - but seems to be at times. 


I love riding horseys. are you any good?
Title: Re: Horses and Piano
Post by: mad_max2024 on January 06, 2007, 02:32:59 AM
Now the next step is to play the piano while riding a horse...
Title: Re: Horses and Piano
Post by: imbetter on January 06, 2007, 02:40:45 AM
I can play islamey while riding a horsey while drinking a keg of stella artois with my left hand
Title: Re: Horses and Piano
Post by: prometheus on January 06, 2007, 02:51:46 AM
Horses don't even have toes. How can you like them?

No certainly you must be the only person on this planet that likes both horses and pianos.
Title: Re: Horses and Piano
Post by: lichristine on January 06, 2007, 05:01:38 AM
i love riding horses, even though i've only been able to go once. about 7 or 8 years ago. :(
it was fun though!
Title: Re: Horses and Piano
Post by: Kassaa on January 06, 2007, 07:19:10 AM
I liked the horse part in the Godfather part 1!
Title: Re: Horses and Piano
Post by: pianowolfi on January 06, 2007, 09:14:51 AM
A lot of my younger female piano students like piano and horses.
Title: Re: Horses and Piano
Post by: ihatepop on January 06, 2007, 10:18:49 AM
Horses and Dolphins are smarter than humans. ;D
Right now they are planning an overthrow of the human society.
Man, this will go down in history as 'The Revolution of the beasts'.

ihatepop
Title: Re: Horses and Piano
Post by: nicco on January 06, 2007, 11:02:57 AM
Am I the only person on this forum that likes piano AND horses...or are there more?  I'd really like to know.

I dont think there are so many teen girls on this forum. Except ahinton of course.

 ;D
Title: Re: Horses and Piano
Post by: pianistimo on January 06, 2007, 11:05:43 AM
what a strange thing to say, nicco.  i don't recall that he's ever screamed.  but, then, not all teen girls scream.  anyways - he seems a perfectly normal guy - excepting his eccentric likes in music.  and, for the record, ahinton likes animals.  he has two cats. 
Title: Re: Horses and Piano
Post by: lichristine on January 07, 2007, 05:59:59 AM
I'm a teenage girl.
Technically.