What's on your mind now?

[littletune]

Yesterday I was so sure it was thursday!!!!  And then I asked my mum at what time she had to go to work next morning... and she was like what, where, tomorrow is saturday I don't have to go to work... and I couldn't believe it  I was so sure that today was going to be friday!! And that's why my friend wasn't on msn cause she had to go somewhere with her aunt on friday! I'm confused!  that's cause I don't have school or anything now. But I did know that today was going to be the last day of July! And my mum didn't! She thought that today was going to be the first day of August!  well great last day of July everyone

[oxy60]

Eastern European food. After the discussion about littletune's country we went to a new restaurant and ate like kings. It cooked recipes from different countries, a sort of gypsy approach to Eastern Europe. After dinner we explored the area and found a Georgian restaurant on the same block. We'll try them next time.

[littletune]

Really? You were talking about my country? That's cool!   

[qoogla_55]

[go12_3]

That's quite amazing!   

[Bob]

"I can stretch to the interval of a 104th."   (which would be a pretty strange interval.  A repeating keyboard I guess.)

   You know what piano might be?  Remember the "million ducks" joke?  "A man walks into a bar, sits down, and places a small piano on the bar along with a miniature piano player." (or whatever the beginning of the joke is)
Here it is...
https://www.jokebuddha.com/joke/A_Million_Ducks_1

[littletune]

It's August!  that's my month  Great and nice August everyone! 

[oxy60]

Really? You were talking about my country? That's cool!   

Yes, and now more intelligently. I finally figured out where it was after looking on a map.

Years ago the mayor of Trieste said that the future of his city was in services to older people as it was a great place to retire. We get no news from there these days and the fact that the area became a country missed us completely. From your posts it also sounds like it is a nice place to grow up and get educated.

[orangesodaking]

The middle section of the octave etude is probably going to make my right hand bigger... Lol! Lots of stretching. (But it's not uncomfortable... I'm doing finger substitutions and weird accommodations like that... but it's working!)

[wert718]

The middle section of the octave etude is probably going to make my right hand bigger... Lol! Lots of stretching. (But it's not uncomfortable... I'm doing finger substitutions and weird accommodations like that... but it's working!)

I played that etude in 10th grade. 

[littletune]

I would like to listen to some music that Ahinton composed    I really wanna know what it's like! Too bad there's nothing on youtube!  I'm used to finding everything on youtube    oh well...   

[thalbergmad]

I really wanna know what it's like! Too bad there's nothing on youtube! 

Yep, that is right.

It is too bad.

Thal

[pianowolfi]

Yep, that is right.

It is too bad.

Thal

Haha Ambiguous as so often!

Don't let him confuse you, littletune 

[thalbergmad]

I say Wolfi where have you been?

Cycle tour?

Thal

[pianowolfi]

I say Wolfi where have you been?

Cycle tour?

Thal

Yes of course! It was great!   Galibier, Iséran, Bonette, Mont Ventoux, just to name a few.

[thalbergmad]

Incredible, I remember being tired just driving up the Galibier.

What gearing did you use??

Please don't tell me you only had a double chainset.

Thal

[ahinton]

Yep, that is right.

It is too bad.

There's stuff out there somewheres - I think - Amazon or something - only brief extracts from recordings but there...

If littletune and anyone else wants to find the recordings concerned, then a visit to the AH page on https://www.sorabji-archive.co.uk/hinton/discography.php or to www.altarusrecords.com will reveal them; the recordings are available from decent classical record stores and via www.recordsinternational.com.

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

Oh yes, only available from decent stores.

Not any old riff raff.

what what.

Thal

[pianowolfi]

Incredible, I remember being tired just driving up the Galibier.

What gearing did you use??

Please don't tell me you only had a double chainset.

Thal

No triple of course, with 22 kilos of luggage I would be lost with a double  

[thalbergmad]

22 kilos is a lot. Huge respect for those climbs with that weight.

On my last cycle ride I had 8 kilos, but ended with only 3 kilos.

Beer weighs a lot, but if you keep drinking, it gets lighter.

Thal

[pianowolfi]

22 kilos is a lot. Huge respect for those climbs with that weight.

On my last cycle ride I had 8 kilos, but ended with only 3 kilos.

Beer weighs a lot, but if you keep drinking, it gets lighter.

Thal

Haha  Well in France it would be a shame to drink so much beer, considering those fantastic wines

[Bob]

Haha.  I don't know the real Halo at all but I do know the Atari 2600.

https://www.codemystics.com/halo2600/

https://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93902?fp=1

[ahinton]

Oh yes, only available from decent stores.

Not any old riff raff.

what what.

"What" indeed! Although I have no idea "what", it is surely clear to you that "what" is being referred to here is the kind of CD store that would stock and order a decent variety of "classical" music rather than the kind of outlet that sells either none at all or only a limited amount as a tiny proportion of its overall offerings - and, for the record (sorry!), anyone can go into such stores and purchase them and, since the internet is no respecter of anyone's "riff-raff" or other status, anyone can also purchase these items online. Your (presumably tongue-in-cheek, although perhaps not everyone reading this will recognise it as such) suggestion that certain recorded music is only available to certain people of certain dispositions is therefore rather silly, old chap; on the other hand, when anyone appears to want to know where to find something (as seems to be the case here), it seems entirely reasonable to tell them if one so chooses, would you not agree? After all, you wouldn't go into a pharmacy to purchase banjo strings, would you?!

The same principle applies to writing the music in the first place. We composers have no idea who may listen to our work or where or when - nor should we nor need we. It's pointless thinking about that while working; all that's required is to concentrate on the work in hand and get on with it in the hope that some people will get something out of it once it's done.

Best,

Alistair

[gep]

Oh yes, only available from decent stores.

Not any old riff raff.

what what.

Thal

Personally, I would not want to have to buy anything from indecent stores...

gep

[Bob]

Great.  China has the biggest Dong now.  

https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100805/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_carrier_killer

I wonder what the world would be like if all that effort were put into something besides fighting and posturing.

[littletune]

Pianowolfi is back!      

Oh and thanks Ahinton I'll see if i can listen to something or get something or something     

[littletune]

It's raining soooooooooooooooooooooo much again!!  And I just went out with the doggy (not my doggy but the one we're taking care of now again) and it was soooooooo cool        except the doggy didn't like it very much and she just wanted to go home right away  I wish i could go out again!  (well except i don't like the lightning  ) I just wanna go out in the rain but without the lightning!!         

[birba]

When I was about your age I loved to put on my bathing suit and play in the rain!

[littletune]

When I was about your age I loved to put on my bathing suit and play in the rain!

Yes that's exactly what I was thinking I should do today!!!     

But the lightning is really really BAD!  Today it was on tv that lightning killed a whole herd of sheep!    now i really HATE lightning  . And they showed the poor dead sheep on tv, and i only saw it for a second (cause then i looked away) but now i just can't get it out of my mind!      it was really horrible! i don't wanna think about it anymore!!

Going practice piano some more!  And then I have to go out in the rain with the doggy again!  But I don't think my mum will let me wear bathing suit.   

[Bob]

The face of crime in the United States.

It's so insidious....

https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100807/ap_on_re_us/us_lemonade_fracas;_ylt=AmM0.0ygeL2GK8TAb_YzHaLtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJqb25iNGlxBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwODA3L3VzX2xlbW9uYWRlX2ZyYWNhcwRjcG9zAzEEcG9zAzIEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDb3JlZ29uZ2lybG5v

[littletune]

What's "insidious" ?   

well I just saw I have exactly 444 posts and then I also saw I have exactly 333 posts in "anything but piano"  except now that I'll post this it will be 445 and 334 

[littletune]

Opera The Magic Flute is on tv now     

And also what's on my mind is why does my piano smell so nice    specially the keys!! just makes me wanna eat them sometimes  well I mean not really     

[Bob]

Definitions of insidious on the Web:

beguiling but harmful; "insidious pleasures"
intended to entrap
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

[littletune]

Thank you Bob for finding those definitions of insidious!  I think I got it 

What's " beguiling" ?     

[littletune]

I wanna know what sounds bats make. Cause I think I hear one sometimes at night. And first I thought it was a bug or something but then I saw a bat flying around and the sounds are going away and coming closer so I think those are bat sounds.  I know bats make some sounds that people can't even hear, but I think they make some sounds that people can hear too. The ones I heard were a little annoying when they were close but really intresting too  And sometimes they're lower and sometimes they're really high. Maybe I'll try to record it next time! 

[oxy60]

We hear their wings as they fly by but no other sounds. Yes they seem to have some sort of high frequency sonar because they miss us by a half meter.  It's a little unnerving when they fly so close. We've never been hit yet. They do keep the mosquitoes down and that is a big benefit.

[pianowolfi]

Yes they can generate other sounds too. They can produce frequencies between 9Khz and 200 khz. I also often heard them chirping

[oxy60]

Yes they can generate other sounds too. They can produce frequencies between 9Khz and 200 khz. I also often heard them chirping

You have excellent hearing! Even in "bat caves" I can't hear them.

[pianowolfi]

You have excellent hearing! Even in "bat caves" I can't hear them.

Perhaps it depends on the species. Those here are hearable for me.

[littletune]

well I'll try recording it next time

[pianowolfi]

well I'll try recording it next time

I found a recording:

voice of a Common Pipistrelle Bat.

[Bob]

Doesn't sound like Strauss at all to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Fledermaus

"What's that sound in the tree?"

"Oh those are just bats.  Don't pay any attention to them and their little operetta."

 



*Bob thinks they could have used that music for the new Batman movies, although it wouldn't have quite the same impact.*

[littletune]

I found a recording:

voice of a Common Pipistrelle Bat.

cool!  I guess it did sound kinda like that, except it wasn't all the time the same... it was changing and sometimes it was lower and sometimes higher. 

[Bob]

Thank you Bob for finding those definitions of insidious!  I think I got it 

What's " beguiling" ?     

Definitions of beguile on the Web:

juggle: influence by slyness
capture: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification, and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, sleight of hand. It can employ distraction, camouflage or concealment. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beguile

To deceive or delude (using guile); To charm, delight or captivate
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beguile





If you type "define: (word)" into Google it will find answers for you.

[littletune]

Ok thanks Bob. I tried it like you said and it works cool!   

[littletune]

Today is August 9th already!!  I can't believe it! only two days till...     

[littletune]

I just had a grasshopper in my room! Had to save it from my cat! And now my cat is still looking for it 

[birba]

Every once in a while, during the summer, I'll see a gekko on my wall.  I love them.    They're a bright bright green with little round feet.  They're an auspice of good fortune.     You can't go near them or they'll run away.   

[littletune]

Cool    That's a lizard? they come into the house? You should take a picture 

Yesterday I saw really a lot of bats flying around! They were really cool! They're so fast you can't even see them so well and it's like they wouldn't even be completely real like they would be half ghosts     And I tried recording them but I don't think it recorded anything 

[littletune]

Oh and tomorrow is my....