What's up in your life right now???

[m1469]

I have got a cold.

Thal

I hope you feel better soon, Thal .

Best,

Alistishoo (excuse me)

Bless you .

[littletune]

I have got a cold.

Thal

Hope you get better soon Thal! Are Dougs and Hinty and Wolfi and all the others feeling ok??

Who are some of the composers of the sonatinas?

Hmm well... I don't think they are so very known  So I guess you won't like that   
They are: J.B. Vanhal, C. Gurlitt, C. Reinecke, J.A. Andre, J. Pleyel, T. Haslinger, D. Steibelt, F. Spindler, H. Spittler, oh and also: D.G. Turk,T. Attwood.

[thalbergmad]

A nice batch of composers. Vanhal wrote a few Sonatines Progressives which i think would be ideal for you at the moment as you begin to develop your technique.

Spindler also wrote a fair bit for youngsters and his music can be fun. He wrote a extremely flamboyant Piano Concerto that i totally failed to play despite considerable hours spent.

Perhaps one day you will give the World Premier.

Thal

[littletune]

That's cool!    Well I'm really glad I have Sonatinas from these composers then! I hope I start learning them really soon!!     

[pianissimo123]

Trying to take each day as it comes, never underestimating the power of a smile. Remembering the happy joyful simple times, forgetting the negativity. Working at becoming the teacher I always needed...and could possibly have... right now it's too hard to tell. Everything is everywhere...

[birba]

Hmm well... I don't think they are so very known  So I guess you won't like that   
They are: J.B. Vanhal, C. Gurlitt, C. Reinecke, J.A. Andre, J. Pleyel, T. Haslinger, D. Steibelt, F. Spindler, H. Spittler, oh and also: D.G. Turk,T. Attwood.
[/quote] No no, that's a great anthology!

[littletune]

 No no, that's a great anthology!

Ok great then!!     

[Bob]

Is that Thomas Attwood?  Isn't that Koji on here?

[m1469]

Trying to take each day as it comes, never underestimating the power of a smile. Remembering the happy joyful simple times, forgetting the negativity. Working at becoming the teacher I always needed...and could possibly have... right now it's too hard to tell. Everything is everywhere... :-

I like this post very much .  

[littletune]

Is that Thomas Attwood?  Isn't that Koji on here?

Well yes it is Thomas Atwood.... but I don't know about who is Koji on here...

[littletune]

I had music theory today. It was cool!  I didn't have any mistakes when we were writing a dictation!  well.... except I turned some notes the wrong way  and we were singing a canon, at least we were trying to.... we weren't all that good  so we have to learn it really well for homework. It's a canon about intervals, it's funny...   

[Bob]

Well yes it is Thomas Atwood.... but I don't know about who is Koji on here...

I haven't seen him around for awhile.  I think that's him.  He was getting a doctorate a few years ago.  I think I've seen his name a few other places too.

[tds]

busy, soon to give 5 recitals in the course of 10 days

[littletune]

Well today was kinda weird at my piano lesson because when I played one piece, that i thought I had learned well, I was making really a lot of mistakes (and I wasn't making mistakes at home), but then there's this other piece that I really didn't expect I could play all that well (because I was still making mistakes when I was practicing at home) and I played it really well without mistakes and my teacher said I didn't need to practice it anymore and I was really surprised! So that was kinda weird  ... but it was cool anyway   

[pianowolfi]

Is that Thomas Attwood?  Isn't that Koji on here?

Nope.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Attwood_%28composer%29

[Bob]

So there's a ghost on here.  Hmmm.  Who knew how to use the internet over a hundred years before it was around.

[pianowolfi]

Perhaps Thomas is an ancestor of Koji?

[Bob]

An ancestor?  That sounds a little far-fetched to me. 

*Bob retains his ghost theory.*






 

[kayordee]

This afternoon I'm going to pick up my suit for my year 12 formal. I'm so excited because this is the first suit I'll own because I've never had to wear one before. Also, my final exams (HSC) are over soon - I have 2 more to go I'm over the moon!! After exams it means PARTY with all my friends!!

[oxy60]

Congratulations! You're lucky. We had to RENT tuxedos. At least you'll have the suit for your first job interview..

[littletune]

Well we have one more doggy now during the holidays until monday or tuseday.. she is very cute like a toy and I will also earn some money... and then I can get some new piano books!! 

[littletune]

I had piano lesson today! Because I will have my piano lessons on tuesdays now. And I'm starting to learn a Sonatina!!!    In F major by J. B. Vanhal. Looks a little scary but my teacher played it for me and I like it a lot  

[pianowolfi]

I had piano lesson today! Because I will have my piano lessons on tuesdays now. And I'm starting to learn a Sonatina!!!     In F major by J. B. Vanhal. Looks a little scary but my teacher played it for me and I like it a lot  

I am happy about this

Well I spent the whole weekend singing in a choir workshop with fellow musicians and it was a wonderful experience!

[goldentone]

Well I spent the whole weekend singing in a choir workshop with fellow musicians and it was a wonderful experience!

That's cool, Wolfi!

[birba]

I had piano lesson today! Because I will have my piano lessons on tuesdays now. And I'm starting to learn a Sonatina!!!    In F major by J. B. Vanhal. Looks a little scary but my teacher played it for me and I like it a lot  

I wonder if she was "showing off"...only kidding, of course.  Is it the one that begins with an f major chord.  And then an ascending arpeggio?

[littletune]

I am happy about this

Well I spent the whole weekend singing in a choir workshop with fellow musicians and it was a wonderful experience!

   

I wonder if she was "showing off"...only kidding, of course.

   

Is it the one that begins with an f major chord.  And then an ascending arpeggio?

Hmm well I don't think so... it's like with the left hand (first 4 bars) you hold f all the time and play f,a,c,a and with the right hand you play f,a,f and c,a and c,f,a and a,f... I can take a picture of it if you want... but you'll hear it when I learn it anyway    First movement is Andantino and the second one is Allegretto.
 

[littletune]

I am now playing 1st movement of my first Sonatina with both hands together... (the second one I still play each hand seperately) and today was really cool when I was practicing cause I wasn't making that many mistakes anymore    and it's reallyyy cool!!! 

[thalbergmad]

I have earache and depression as a result of listening to Lennox Berkeley.

Thal

[littletune]

Well I have a cold again!!!    And a little fever well like something in between not a fever and a real fever...  Oh well  And my mum is not home yet even though she said she would be home soon... and in December she is always coming home sooo late  and she even forgot her mobile phone so I can't even call her...
And today I was dreaming that a bee flew into my mouth and I couldn't get it out and it was really scary and I couldn't breath through my mouth because of the bee but I couldn't breath very well through my nose either cause I had a cold in my dream too. So it was really scary! But then in the end the bee finally flew out of my mouth and I think that was at a doctor and I was really happy but then I started worrying about the bee and I thought we shouldn't just leave it at the doctor but that we should take it somewhere else. I have weird dreams!  Well I guess that's cause I'm weird anyway   

[go12_3]

I'm down to only 5 students, last week the twins will be moving to China....I had 7 students...
this is quite discouraging for me.  I use to have 21 students 2 years ago! 
Well, I'm considering a career change.  I am in the process of getting most of my art work
framed and visit galleries to get them displayed.  It may take awhile but hopefully it will
work out.  I will have 2 of my oil paintings on an exhibition next month.   :)I'm excited about
that and hopefully someone will buy my paintings.  Anyhow, life has a way of changing things.
I've been working hard on my art for over a year and it has been more rewarding for me.
If more students come along, then that's great....

[dapianokid]

I will! waita... I hate art! I cannot understand it very well. I know that it is a setback and that there is much to grasp in it. It is like an amateur who cannot grasp the difficulty of pieces. A.K.A., me two years ago..

[Bob]

I'm down to only 5 students, last week the twins will be moving to China....I had 7 students...
this is quite discouraging for me.  I use to have 21 students 2 years ago! 
Well, I'm considering a career change.  I am in the process of getting most of my art work
framed and visit galleries to get them displayed.  It may take awhile but hopefully it will
work out.  I will have 2 of my oil paintings on an exhibition next month.   :)I'm excited about
that and hopefully someone will buy my paintings.  Anyhow, life has a way of changing things.
I've been working hard on my art for over a year and it has been more rewarding for me.
If more students come along, then that's great....

How about teaching art students too?

[lau]

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[go12_3]

How about teaching art students too?

 I could teach, but right now I'm not in the frame of mind to deal with people.   
I think I'll work on my own and I have some great ideas on what to paint and draw,
starting next month.