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Qcam2010

I've PM'd a couple of you to say goodbye and goodluck with the lessons.

I'm off on a 3 week holiday somewhere HOT and plan on getting very drunk

Enjoy.

Q 2011. x

Qcam2010

Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances I've decided to give up piano playing, for good. I won't bore you all with details on a publice forum but the right decision (only decision) has been made. I wish you all well with your learning I'm not going to be around to see how you all get on sadly. Th...

Qcam2010

Thanks Blodwen - Keep up with those Grade4 pieces or I'll be catching you up before you know it

Qcam2010

If I take them orf I can't see a bloody thing

Now there's an idea.......

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Of COURSE it'll be full of clever kids, these things always are. What you have to remember is that in your own little way, YOU are a clever kid! And you are even cleverer because you didn't have a pushy parent forcing you to practise/driving you to and from lessons, and you managed to carry on ever...

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Hello Q and how are you, my friend? No sight reading for me, in fact here everything is a mess. My father in law passed away on Monday afternoon and my wife has been unable to stop crying, so I've been trying to do what I said I'd do at that register office on my wedding day. :piano; on back burner...

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Hello everyone - I'm back :D Hope we're all practising hard and keeping up with the sight reading (Dave) + of course sticking to our New Years Resolutions :roll: I've not been on for a while. Been VERY busy practising, for my Grade 2 exam that I'll be sitting in session A! Just wondered if anyone ha...

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I was told at my lesson yesterday that sight reading is generally 2 grades behind everything else. So if you're working at Grade 5 your sight reading should be at around Grade 3. Quite alot online seems to support this idea. So maybe you're being too hard on yourself Dave. I think you're working tow...

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After learning for five years Dave I wouldn't be giving up now!!! As someone suggested before, leave the exams for a while. The whole point of playing the piano is for the ENJOYMENT factor. Why make it a miserable experience when you don't have to? Get the enjoyment factor back by playing pieces you...

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Sounds like a "What's wrong with you?" thread is needed here

Dave, does you SIL play the piano? Get her on here

Qcam2010

I spent 11 months of 2010 and the last 4 months of 2009 on antibiotics :wink: I win lol What about the last two years on steroids with no breaks? :lol: Blod, you must have the constitutrion of an ox! Lucky girl! I don't usually get bugs, I must admit; this one must've been a bit of a s*d... :D I th...

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Gill the Piano wrote:I can trump you both - I've got antibiotics,so ner ner ner ner ner....

I spent 11 months of 2010 and the last 4 months of 2009 on antibiotics

I win lol

Qcam2010

Hello Q, did you have a nice Christmas?? A Happy New Year to you too. And Debbie and Faye from Rugby, if you're reading this, a Nappy New Year to both of youse! Hi Dave, Had the worst Christmas and New Year ever - been ill with this cold/sickness bug. Normally lasts 2 days at the most but this year...

Qcam2010

A little late, but Happy New Year everyone

Hope Twenty11 is a happy and musical one for us all

Qcam2010

We finally had our first significant snow fall yesterday.

We had a whole inch

And the disruption it caused! Thank god the schools are on holiday otherwise I'm sure they would have HAD to have closed them...

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Well, nowhere in the UK has gotten off with the latest bout of climate change manifestations, and most of Europe has been affected too. In this part of Birmingham 14cm has fallen (I measured it myself) causing massive transport chaos and stopping all our buses from running (a decision not taken on ...

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Wrapped the Warninks, resisted the temptation to take a sneaky sip AND done my sight reading exercise for the day. AND I've gone and done it again! I am very prone to hesitating all of a sudden in mid-exercise, even when I'm playing at dead slow speed. So hardly anything gets played at a consistent...

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I need to learn the difference between "site" reading and "sight" reading :oops: :oops: I'm still struggling with Aurals, despite the decent mark I got - which has to have been a fluke. Apart from that, for now, I'm quite happy with how things are going. I'm sure something will c...

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haha, how did it go?

I am actually starting to enjoy the site reading, think it's cos I'm starting to see results. Finally.

Qcam2010

oooooooooooooops

missed out the "can't"

Qcam2010

Cheers Dave, just seen the message.

One thing that really winds me up is when you're online and you get on a website.

Qcam2010

Is there are a problem with the website or am I the only one experiencing problems accessing this website?

Several times the last couple of weeks I've not been able to get on.

Qcam2010

Random fact- I discovered tonight I can play (looking at the music sheet) and listen to someone talk and answer them back at the same time . Must be the Gemini skill of doing many things at once LOL. Here is another random fact: I can only do one thing at once, literally! When I play, I stop breath...

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Hey Blodwen I could recognise some notes today on the music sheet my tutor gave me (a practise of fingering and beats) without looking at the books. :D Yay well done Pianolove!! sounds like youre really progressing, wont be long now before you start doing grades yourself, I can read the music withi...

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Well if your going to be petty and argumentative about it dave (i can't believe you went dredging back to the first couple of posts ever posted on the Piano Lounge), you'll notice that we were talking about the launch of the Piano Lounge and not launch of the 'Idle chit-chatterers' corner'. The rea...

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I got my certificate and comment sheet today!! Im going to frame it and put it up in my living room!! yay!! (the certificate that is, not the comment sheet lol! his writing is barely legible!) Wow grade 2 in session A? not long then, wont that be around Feb or March? Bet you cant wait now! My teach...

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It does, it feels really great Qcam! Im so proud of myself! Lots to live up to now for the next exam he he!! How long does the results sheet and certificate take? I want to see what I need to improve on, didnt do all that well in the Aural so will need to work on that. Im so so chuffed!! Have you s...

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chrisg wrote:Hi to all newcomers. Been a while since I had a peep.

Hello Chrisg - how are you?

Qcam2010

Haha, if they'd hooked me up to an ECG machine on the day, I'm sure it wouldn't have said "distinction"

can't stop saying it lol

Qcam2010

Well done

I can honestly say, I know how you feel. Feels GRRRRRRRRRREEEEEAT doesn't it!!!

Qcam2010

Thanks for the vote of confidence Gill. Would be nice to repeat my performance and get a distinction, but I'd be equally happy with a pass... yea right! lol. This is a breakdown of marks in the Grade 1. B1 - 29 C3 - 26 A1 - 29 Scales - 20 Sight reading - 17 (checked key signature, but still forgot t...

Qcam2010

Well I got my loverly shiny new certificate today

Also was told that I'm being entered for Grade 2 in Feb/Mar 2011!

Pressure pressure pressure. Can I make it TWO distinctions

Qcam2010

Pianolove, I have come to hate scales. I know they are important and I do practice them. But I just think arrrrrrrrrrrrrgh what's the point

Do you play your scales hands together? This is a good way of getting used to playing using both hands.

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Thanks for the encouragemant guys, Qcam2010 i do have a teacher but i only have a lesson for 20 mins a week to start off with, i play at home about one hour an evening in 15 minute sessions , Dave i ll have look out for such a book, thanks again. That's the key (no pun intended!) little and often, ...

Qcam2010

Hi there, How long have you been playing? It DOES get easier the more you practice - don't be too hard on yourself. There will be times where you feel like you're making no progress then all of a sudden something just "clicks" and you find yourself doing something you were struggling with....

Qcam2010

There's hope for us yet then!

Qcam2010

Dave, we have something in common! (other than the piano) I too loathe football. Always have, always will! I never had to play sports at school - I would say luckily but on balance I feel pretty unlucky as I was quite ill as a child so missed alot of school and when I did attend I was wrapped in cot...

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I tune for some parents who, when I ask if sproggo is enjoying the lessons, say 'No, but I want him to learn as I always wish I had.' Makes me livid. I can't bear it when children are forced to learn. So you adult beginners are saving some poor brat from having to live your lives for them! Ah that'...

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I think at the end of the day Dave, it's gotta be a case of, if we want it bad enough, we will do it and get there. There are loads of videos on YouTube of young kids playing - the really young ones, 5,6 year olds are really impressive. Can imagine the parents forcing the kids to sit at the piano, m...

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I daren't argue with your :piano; it's bigger than me :D It does get a bit frustrating, I know I do when I can't do something. But that feeling you get when you CAN do it is great. I'm pretty stubborn so I don't like to be beaten. I WILL do it, eventually lol. Did you see that little kid in the pape...

Qcam2010

oh I do apologise lol - you had me a bit worried for a minute then

Qcam2010

Erm the one after C is D

Qcam2010

Take Gill's advice - it really does make you think about the notes if you don't have them written in front of you. Before you know it, (and it really does happen sooner than you think) you'll automatically know the notes. Go on, rub out those notes and play... DARE ya

Qcam2010

Hello and welcome! Good for you for taking up the piano. I only started this year and I'm 32. I've just done my grade 1 and am now working towards grade 2. I would say 5 months is enough time to decide if it's for you or not. Just make sure you practice practice practice. And working towards treatin...

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Haha love that expression, having an itch you can't scratch :P :P My results were exactly 14 days. I still haven't actually seen my certificate yet tho - and it's looking more likely I won't see it next week either because of this stupid white stuff falling from the sky :evil: :evil: I'm just glad t...

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Thanks Blodwen. To be honest, I was over the moon and shocked!

Pressure is on to keep up the standard for Grade 2

You should get your results any day now. Bet you can't waitxx

Qcam2010

Pianolove - keep at it, and before you even realise it'll come. How often do you practice? Do you do one long session or a few shorter sessions? I've been doing 2 half hour sessions a day so far. Seems to have paid off so will probably stick to it. Do you have a teacher?

Qcam2010

Gill the Piano wrote:
Qcam2010 wrote:Erm, I just had a phone call from my teacher to let me know...

I PASSED WITH DISTINCTION

I've never had a distinction in me life
yes you beauty!!!!

Hahaa Thanks Gill - been on cloud nine all day

Qcam2010

Dave, Q is fine - I don't use my real name online at all. To satisfy your wife (if that's the corret word to use???) I am Male. PianoLove - That's the problem with doing so well at the start, you can only really go down if not stay at the same level lol. Means I have to work twice as hard to maintai...

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Thanks Dave. 138/150 I can't remember the breakdown of it all, but I do remember her saying that my worst piece Gavot, was my highest marked piece 29/30. Lesson next week so I'll pick me cert up and find out the rest. That has really brightened up my day :D Off to mention it to a few people :wink:

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