Now I know all 4 pieces that I will be playing for my 1st grade exam and all 4 pieces that I will be playing for my 2nd grade exam... I think it's kinda a lot , but the ones for the 1st grade are really easy. Well I have to go practice!
Good luck!
SO: tomorrow I have music theory exams! I have to be there 15 minutes to 2 p.m. and then at 2 we are writing 1st grade test and two dictations. And then at 3 p.m. we are writing 2nd grade test and two dictations (and also that half and whole tone hearing test). Then at 4.30 p.m. everyone goes in by themselves and they tell you what mistakes you made at the test and then you have to do some exercises and sight singing - that's for first grade, and at 6 p.m. the same for 2nd grade. And then on friday....... piano exams! well we'll see if I survive all that! Think of me!
Well... it's one bad and one good thing... The bad thing is that my dad is in a bad mood again... and he is arguing with my mum..... And the good thing is I got a 5 (the best grade) for my 1st and 2nd grade piano exam!!! So now I have 2 grades of music theory and piano! (but I think 2nd grade in our country is like 1st abrsm.)And it was cool at the exam and all the teachers were really nice. And before the exam I was playing on another grand piano to warm up (but not on a Steinway but Yamaha) and there was another grand piano in that room. And another girl that had the exam right after me was playing in another room on another grand piano and there was also another grand piano in that room I wish I could go there sometimes to practice!!!!!!!!!!! And at first at the exam was really funny because they have this weird piano bench (if that's what's it called) that you move up and down like you have to move one thing underneath and if you don't sit on the bench it just jumps up and if you sit on it then it goes down... and when I came there it was too high so I moved that thing while I was sitting on the bench and it just fell down so then it was too low... and then my teacher came to help me and she put it too high again and then when she wanted to put it a little lower again that thing that you have to move didn't want to move anymore so then one of those teachers came to help I think someone should have recorded that! I think it would be a funny video of me and my teacher fighting with that piano bench at my piano exam but all those teachers were really nice and they weren't angry or something So then I started playing and I made a mistake at my 3rd piece for 2nd grade but I just went on. And when I was playing the 2nd and 3rd piece for 2nd grade my hands were shaking. But then I really liked playing the last one cause it's really nice and relaxing and when I finished and I looked at the teachers they were all smiling and my piano teacher was smiling a lot too that was really cool but I was still worried cause i did make a mistake. And then that other girl went in and then we had to wait for a while.... and then one teacher came out and said we got a 5! and our teacher asked if both of us got a 5 and she said yes and we were really happy And that other girl's mum was there too (my mum couldn't be cause she was at work, but that girl is just 8 or 9 or something) and she was really nice too and she said that was really stressful for us cause we were still a little too little for all that (well I don't know if she meant me too cause I'm older). And she congratulated me too. And she asked me how many hours a day I practice. And my teacher said I was good But my parents don't have time to be happy about my exams cause they're arguing, well my mum was but now she's sad. Well I'm happy about my exams! I'm really happy And it's soooo cool to play on a grand piano!!! and that school is soooo cool!!!
Today was my first piano lesson after the summer holidays! and it was really cool! My teacher was really happy and she said I was a good girl for practicing so much during the holidays and first when i played the first piece she said that it was really good and then the next one too and the next one she was really surprised and then when I played the last one she was like: like in a good way and she was smiling and said it was really great that I learned the pieces so well I mean it wasn't all perfect of course and she told me about the things I still have to practice, but she was really surprised that I learned the pieces so well so I was really happy Except I'm a little worried cause that doggy wasn't there I hope he's ok! I haven't seen him for sooo long!And because it was raining really a lot and there was lightning and everything my mum asked my dad if he could drive me and then my dad always wants my mum to go too and my dog and my cat were afraid of lightning and thunder so we all went My dad, and my mum and my dog and my cat and me but then when we came to my school it wasn't raining anymore so they went for a walk with my dog and my cat, because my cat is used to walking on a leash like a dog and she doesn't mind it at all and she likes going for walks on a leash 100 times more than my doggy so when my lesson was over and I came out my dog was in the car with my dad and my cat was in the tree and my mum under the tree but then my cat saw a bird and she climbed even higher and then she was afraid to come down. So then I climbed into a tree too to get my cat... and I really like climbing trees anyway but it was all wet and slippery so it wasn't that easy, and my clothes got all dirty But it was really cool And now it's raining again!
ur teacher was right, you are a good girl!
Been selling some of my artwork and have 3 new piano students
Sounds cool. What kind of artist are you?
Just trying to come to terms with the uncomfortable fact that my new haircut looks like an upscale mullet. Not cool. Not cool at all.
I wouldn't worry, it probably goes well with your moustache.
your monster might like it. no?
On anothder thread, you sought to claim that littletune's presence on this board made you feel about 12; clearly, this did not denote your waist measurement either in imperial inches or proper metric centimetres, but we need not worry about this, since your answer above now clarifies beyond any doubt that this figure refers to the age that you feel, as such a comment could hardly have come from anyone above that age.Best,Alistair
It's OK, Alistair, I believe there is a little moustache (and mullet!) in all of us ... we just need to discover it and be patient while it unfolds within our lives . In spiritual reality, we are all One in moustache and mullethood. We are one big spiritually hairy family. Anybody who denies this is just fooling themselves.
Thanks .Ugh. I am just *bursting* with burny thoughts and feelings lately. It comes in waves. Sometimes it's so intense for an hour or even a day (or maybe even dayS ?) and the whole world is turned upside down, and I just wish I could burst out to somebody (and maybe devour them )! Eventually I can calm myself down and sometimes I wake up in the wee hours and wonder what ever seemed so different the day before, but it's a very intense way to live. I can say though that it's a *very* good thing I've got some plans, otherwise Monsty would eat me up completely.
Thank you, Wolfi . Yes, I keep trying to write it out, make charts about it and then even draw it out, but there are never enough dimensions. I am needing to be very patient while it unfolds each day in concept. I think that ultmately it will be expressed in music that I play, sing, and write, but I am trying to condense into one idea something that seems like a huge web. I'll get there .
Yeah, but I wonder if we are thinking of the same thing? For a little moment I am feeling patient . So far I can only hold(ish) this all in concept, and it's something somewhat concrete there and expanding still. But, do you suggest that it can *only* be expressed in music? And, I don't even know for sure if what I am thinking is what composers were thinking, but I am starting to think it is. And, if it is, it's a crazy thing .One little snippet that I can manage to actually put into words is that I am beginning to think of something like minor chords as not just minor chords but, along the lines of thinking of chords as something like scales with holes in it, you can think of minor chords in modes. For example, you can think of d minor as a(n) Dorian mode chord, a Phrygian chord, or an Aeolian chord. But, there's tons more to it.
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