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Geminoz

Good for you, but don't set a time limit on yourself. learning to play is a lifelong journey, which should be pleasurable, if somewhat frustrating at times, but DON'T EVER give up if it's something you want to do. I can appreciate the difficulties with ankle biters around, especially while having le...

Geminoz

sounds like you have a natural ear for music...and playing by ear can be a lot of fun, but it's even better when you can learn to play from music, so why not have some lessons and discover just how good you could be.

If your friend's mum is a piano teacher, maybe she could get you started.

Geminoz

You are right, as usual, Gill...it's much more fun being silly and immature

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Oh a dozen a day....I had forgotten about them....I think I may still have them somewhere in amongst my forest of music....much of it from the dark ages...I should get them out and do them too.... :roll: Franny...please don't give up....there is a teacher out there who is right for you and will make...

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oh dear...we'll be in trouble again

and here was I trying to be mature and intelligent

Geminoz

This phenomenon of time warp seems to be occuring more often. I can only tell you that when it happened to me... I had a topic open and was reading posts. Another post appeared while I was reading and I replied to that post. When it came through my reply was ahead of the post, so I figure the person...

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As a kid scales were the be all and end all :roll: ...and I did them religiously for years....if I slacked off at any time I heard about it....I had many years where I did little more than fiddle around occasionally, but now am back to playing and enjoying it....I am not having lessons as I am findi...

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and people actually eat that stuff???

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ooooh I'm scared stiff...shaking in me boots I am

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Think it was 'cause I had the page open when your reply came through and I posted mine before closing and re-opening the page...but then I could be wrong...cause I'm just an old hack who is silly and infantile, so I couldn't possible know such things. Acutally I am an old hack (retired journalist) :...

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how did that happen...the posts are back to front

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yeah we can be silly and infantile all we like in the corner

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Good grief :roll: oh I do, I do, I do know the difference :D ....you sit on a piano stool in front of an instrument and make music... you sit at a bar stool with a glass in your hand and bend your elbow ...both are equally enjoyable. Since when is a bit of levity a crime? :x ...there is no call to b...

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There I go again showing my ignorance

Would be a crying shame to lose the forum

it's so informative and helps so many people

so let's hope that never happens.

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What you worried about Barrie...there are 24 hours in a day and you don't have to sleep you know

It's great so many people are finding out about the best site on the net.

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Thank you PG for your informative reply

that's something else I've learned in my dotage.
As for the bill, Gill...it'll have to find me first

Geminoz

scuse my ignorance :? but what the dickens is a practice pedal...and what is its function?? I have to say I have never had a piano with one. Obviously they are not in favour with you guys, but I would still like to know...I feel like such an ignoramus on here sometimes :oops: You all have so much kn...

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And here I was thinking us Aussies (well after 47 years here I am one of them now) were the uncouth lot

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That'd be Murphys Law Gill...like just about everyone else in the world I have come up against it at various times in life

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That would make it 9am here.....perfect time for playing a brand new piano.

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Past it at 33???

If you are past it then I am Metheusela

We are not past anything until we are pushing up daisies. Even at my age the old brain still functions.....well sometimes

Go for it

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Thank you Barrie for the link to a very interesting article on soundboards.

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Oh I won't....'cause it's me who would have to foot the repair bill,

besides don't think my old fingers would manage the Black And White Rag these days

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Oh I loved her.... :) and she was the reason I took the front off...I was actually attempting to play the Black and White Rag at the ripe old age of 9 :roll: without much success I might add. I had been led astray by a much older cousin (21) and he didn't get rapped over the knuckles for taking the ...

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oh thank goodness :lol: ...I don't think mine has one of those thingymigigs...mine is just old and has had a hard life till I got hold of it and gave it some TLC. I have to admit the knowledge you people possess is awesome. My knowledge is limited to knowing a piano has keys, strings, pins and thing...

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Nope...I have never played a Wurlitchmacallit....didn't even know they made pianos

an axe just seemed the more economical option

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PG..are you going to vent your spleen on John Brinsmead now???..

I do hope not.....mine is very close to my heart

and my tuner had no problems with it

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Sometimes Gill, ignorance is Bliss....at least our minds are not clogged up with all that alpha/numerical stuff

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You can afford a gallon of petrol???? :roll: tuning must be lucrative :wink: We have litres here...so that would be 1 litre = approx 2 pints...and if I remember my English education correctly there are 8 pints in a gallon...so that's approx 4 litres of liquid gold.......An axe and some muscle power ...

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"poignant and moving", "mysterious and opaque" :? What planet are you guys from?? According to my Thesaurus.... Poignant: (1)bitter, distressful, heartbreaking, intense, irritating, keen, pointed, sarcastic, severe; (2)acrid, biting, caustic, penetrating, piercing, pungent, sharp...

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Barrie...are you phsycic?

How can you answer Gill's question before she asked it??
I know I am 8 hours ahead of you guys here...but even with that I'm not that good.

Geminoz

You got that right.

When I was teaching my grandchildren it was a constant battle to try to get them to practice.

When we moved to the west coast last year I left them my piano in the hope it would encourage them to continue playing.....but I won't hold my breath.

Geminoz

I think one of the problems with children learning to play the piano (or not) is the fact that parents these don't give the time to ensure they keep it up, and maybe their tolerance level for their little darlings' bashing wrong notes is very low. You are right Gill (when are you ever wrong :wink: )...

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hmmm.... pm'd sounds nasty.....that should fix him

hope I never get pm'd

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I guess it depends where you are located Merryn....I am south of Perth and have found a very good tuner/technician in my area.
Why not look in yellow pages, that's where I found mine....or check out the ads in local newspapers.

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Would love to see that film Gill...get your memory cells working.
Aussie sense of humour...you just gotta love it.

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Oh Gill you are baaaaaaaad

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Another old adage worth remembering: "Let the buyer beware".

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hmmmmmmm you could be right Gill, specially mine when I'm playing it.

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What next

You think we need a tractor to move our pianos??
Get real....this is a piano site.

Some people will try anything.

Geminoz

Thanks for the info Gill. I will leave my piano tuning to the experts. :wink: I have visions getting my fingers caught, strings snapping all over the place, probably injuring some part of my anatomy in the process. :roll: If a computer wants to tune my piano...let it do the whole job. :twisted: Blin...

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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Anyone seriously interested in buying that piano on ebay would have injured themselves while rolling around on the floor laughing and when recovered from that....fallen asleep while attempting to wade through the rest of it. :roll: I wonder how much it cost the seller to wax ...

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Me again :lol: I would love to be able to tune my own piano...and if the software proved successful would probably give it a go.....but....I am a bit worried about the hammer and wedge bit :? ....could you please elaborate. My ear has always been capable of tuning now...but I would be terrified that...

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Hi..going to put my 2 cents worth in here even though I know nothing about the technicalities involved in tuning. But I do know a good musical ear is invaluable.....we listen to music (whether playing or just enjoying listening) with our ears. Our ears tell us when something doesn't sound right. Com...

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Ooooooooooooh deary me....I just tried closing my eyes.....lost my balance and nearly fell off the stool

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Is closing your eyes necessary to feel the music... :roll: ...I think not. I play (albeit not in the same class as many who contribute to this forum), by reading music, by memory(although in my dotage the memory is not so good these days :( ) and also by ear (in a variety of keys :wink: ) I enjoy pl...

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Sheesh you guys...get a life....

not everyone wants their identity made public....that doesn't mean their opinions are invalid.
BTW I prefer Pepsi..

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postal course??....Don't think piano would fit through letter box

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Thank you for the clarification....I was born and raised in England in that era and have no recollection of the term...guess I was a tad too young..

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ummmmm...uhhhhhhh....ummmmmmmm.....what's a little oik?????

... old irish king???....obese ignorant kid????....objectionable insane kalaidescope??....odd italic keyboard...

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