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@RealPlayer 6 to 7 feet will get you a great piano!

Is the loudness bothering you when you play with your current piano, or are you just worried about neighbors?

@AndyD btw do you always count like this, recording the number of times you play a piece? Or are you just doing that for this piece?

@AndyD said:

Without a teacher who would have stressed the fingering needed in the first lesson (e.g. to get legato on the octaves)

Fingering is so important. I once thought I would get to the point where I didn’t write in fingering anymore. But now I think that’s never going to happen. At least not with any pieces that are at or above my playing level. Deciding fingering is sometimes a very slow process, but I’ve found that taking the time early in the process to not just decide fingering but also write it in makes the overall process faster in the long run.

Five-bar-gate counting

I had no idea that was that was called! In fact, I don’t think I would have had a name for that, I googled and it said hash marks or tally marks, a name I recognize but wouldn’t have used without prompting.

LSNED

BTW in Japan (and probably in China) this kanji is used for counting. 正　It has five strokes, and you always write the strokes in the same order, so you can just keep writing it over and over, and if there’s a half finished character, you can tell what the number is by the shape and the number of strokes.

@RealPlayer what length are you hoping to purchase?

@AdagioM cool!! Let me know what you think as you get going!
(I need to watch a few more episodes myself …

@AndyD said:

I've kept a 'five-bar-gate' count of my practice over this last month since printing the music.

What does that mean?

I'd like to think Miss Armstrong would say "it's coming along nicely"

I agree! Sounds great!!

@RealPlayer said:

As for the Chopin etudes, I find that most of the contemporary music I play doesn’t utilize the resources of the piano that Chopin and others do: different shadings and colorings that require subtle pedaling changes and careful blending in runs and differing textures.

Ahh, so the Chopin is chosen to help you make a better selection? That's interesting!

You should start a thread about your piano search, I would love to hear how it goes, what you're trying etc.

@AdagioM said:

I have to choose my knitting carefully for a subtitled show. Usually I flick my attention back and forth if it’s in English, but having to read at someone else’s pace is hard!

Oh yeah, subtitles don't go well with knitting... I don't know if there's a dubbed version.

season

@wtg how awful!! It’s a miracle no one was killed!

Market

Strike

@RealPlayer said:

@Mary-Anna I do hear Sousa and Joplin in some Beatles songs, but it sounds to me like they were used ironically, not in tribute.

Huh, that’s interesting. I never thought that or noticed it. I suspect you’re right though. I also wonder how many people noticed it, especially when those songs first came out,

As for feeling old, I am tackling a Chopin etude, the kind of thing I haven’t played in decades. It’s mostly because it will help me evaluate pianos in my search, but partly just to convince myself I can still do it!

Oh cool! Is there a reason you picked Chopin’s etudes as opposed to some other collection of pieces?

@AndyD said:

This music clip makes me feel old. I remember the lyrics from my teens (we've had Live Aid and a few wars since) and yet he's still singing the song.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18rumQdGXr/

I’ve ever heard that one. I think the only Gilbert O’Sullivan song I know is “Alone Again.”

George

@DougG said:
I’m not sure how I would’ve otherwise found out that I was menopausal…

And thank heavens you found out before it was too late!

Sheep

Diddly-squat

@dolmansaxlil said:

I have a great picture book called Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando. It’s a favourite of mine and kids love it.

I had no idea such a book even exists in English! Although, I shouldn’t be surprised. He’s quite the popular figure on Japan. He has all these famous sayings and there are tons of books about him. There’s actually a story about him in one of the Japanese language textbooks I teach out of, so I’m hoping there will be some scenes from this tv show that I can use in class (the Netflix show is in Japanese of course so it would be great for that). I just have to try to watch to the middle of the show before September…

If anyone here decides to watch it pleas let me know!

@AdagioM it’s a bit of a commitment though

I like to watch while I’m on the exercise bike.