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jenny
post Nov 21 2009, 11:03 AM
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I was teaching a pupil a few days ago and she looked across at my wall calendar, which has PIANO EXAMS marked in for next Thursday. She said 'Piano exams?' and I said 'Yes, they're next Thursday', to which she replied 'Am I doing one?' (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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post Nov 21 2009, 11:34 AM
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QUOTE(jenny @ Nov 21 2009, 11:03 AM) *

I was teaching a pupil a few days ago and she looked across at my wall calendar, which has PIANO EXAMS marked in for next Thursday. She said 'Piano exams?' and I said 'Yes, they're next Thursday', to which she repied 'Am I doing one?' (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

... so when you had picked yourself off the floor, you said "yes" presumably!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Nov 22 2009, 07:11 PM
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That's brilliant! Good to see she's on the ball. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)
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post Jan 18 2010, 09:44 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) love it!
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post Jan 19 2010, 08:22 AM
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I have an 8 year-old taking Grade 1 theory in March who had a lesson yesterday. I started by looking at the theory work he'd done at home and in a question about naming intervals, he'd put under a few of them 'etc'.
I asked him why he'd put this and he pointed out that the question said 'name the following intervals: (2nd, 3rd, 4th etc.) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Jan 19 2010, 09:04 AM
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QUOTE(jenny @ Jan 19 2010, 09:22 AM) *

I have an 8 year-old taking Grade 1 theory in March who had a lesson yesterday. I started by looking at the theory work he'd done at home and in a question about naming intervals, he'd put under a few of them 'etc'.
I asked him why he'd put this and he pointed out that the question said 'name the following intervals: (2nd, 3rd, 4th etc.) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I used to get this a lot when teaching English to French year 7 pupils. "Complete the following sentence with a possessive adjective (my, your etc.)" What really got me was the pupils who complained that the exercice was "unfair" because "etc." was never the right answer (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

After a while I just changed my questions and stopped putting examples.
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post Jan 19 2010, 10:35 AM
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QUOTE(jenny @ Jan 19 2010, 09:22 AM) *

I have an 8 year-old taking Grade 1 theory in March who had a lesson yesterday. I started by looking at the theory work he'd done at home and in a question about naming intervals, he'd put under a few of them 'etc'.
I asked him why he'd put this and he pointed out that the question said 'name the following intervals: (2nd, 3rd, 4th etc.) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)



Reminds me of a friend at school when we were set the future tense for french homework.

Her sentences all started 'Je testament donner', 'Tu testament aller' etc. because, when trying to translate 'I will give' she'd looked up 'will' in the dictionary and found 'testament' !!!
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post Jan 25 2010, 02:52 PM
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And it's not just the kids that say funny things . . .


Conversation between me and the mother of a boy who's been learning the piano for 18 months.

Mother: could we make an appointment for you to come round our house one day?
Me: er . . .(why ? don't do home visit lessons . . .)
Mother: to look at the piano ...
Me : well . . (assume she justs wants my opinion . . .)
Mother: if you could just tune it first and then give me a quote for re-doing the felts if they need it
Me: er, sorry, but I don't tune pianos, try the shop in town.
Mother: well, I know it's a bit specialised but I assumed that you could obviously tune a piano.
Me: Sorry madam, you assumed wrong !.
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post Jan 25 2010, 02:57 PM
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QUOTE(dolce@piano @ Jan 25 2010, 02:52 PM) *

And it's not just the kids that say funny things . . .


Conversation between me and the mother of a boy who's been learning the piano for 18 months.

Mother: could we make an appointment for you to come round our house one day?
Me: er . . .(why ? don't do home visit lessons . . .)
Mother: to look at the piano ...
Me : well . . (assume she justs wants my opinion . . .)
Mother: if you could just tune it first and then give me a quote for re-doing the felts if they need it
Me: er, sorry, but I don't tune pianos, try the shop in town.
Mother: well, I know it's a bit specialised but I assumed that you could obviously tune a piano.
Me: Sorry madam, you assumed wrong !.


(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) You inadequate person you (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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post Jan 25 2010, 03:47 PM
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QUOTE(dolce@piano @ Jan 25 2010, 02:52 PM) *

And it's not just the kids that say funny things . . .


Conversation between me and the mother of a boy who's been learning the piano for 18 months.

Mother: could we make an appointment for you to come round our house one day?
Me: er . . .(why ? don't do home visit lessons . . .)
Mother: to look at the piano ...
Me : well . . (assume she justs wants my opinion . . .)
Mother: if you could just tune it first and then give me a quote for re-doing the felts if they need it
Me: er, sorry, but I don't tune pianos, try the shop in town.
Mother: well, I know it's a bit specialised but I assumed that you could obviously tune a piano.
Me: Sorry madam, you assumed wrong !.


But then, piano teachers must be about the only music teachers who don't/can't tune their own instrument, so if you don't happen to know that already....
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post Jan 25 2010, 08:53 PM
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Mother: if you could just tune it first and then give me a quote for re-doing the felts if they need it
Me: er, sorry, but I don't tune pianos, try the shop in town.
Mother: well, I know it's a bit specialised but I assumed that you could obviously tune a piano.
Me: Sorry madam, you assumed wrong !.


Be careful! Before you know where you are, she'll have you tarmacking drives and unblocking toilets as well!
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post Jan 25 2010, 09:30 PM
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My daughter came out of last week's piano lesson saying "X has given me a new piece to start learning at home but she said I might not like it very much because it's sad. Doesn't she know I love sad pieces."

As soon as we got home she sat down to try out the "sad" piece but was not convinced by her attempt so she asked me to play it. When I'd finished she said in disgust "X calls that sad, doesn't she know what sad means."
And then added as an after thought: "Do you think she's actually ever listened to any music" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Jan 26 2010, 02:44 AM
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Hah hah - brilliant.

A student of mine had been learning all about tied notes during one lesson.

The following week, to check she had retained the previous lesson, I pointed to two notes joined with a tie in a piece, and asked her 'what does this do?' which she promptly demonstrated, by holding the required note for the duration of both tied notes. I then asked her ' ..and what is it called?' After thinking for a bit and looking blank, I prompted her with a clue 'Gents wear them around the neck...?' A light bulb went on above her head ..'I KNOW!' she exclaimed, 'It's a CHAIN...'

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post Jan 26 2010, 08:40 AM
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But then, piano teachers must be about the only music teachers who don't/can't tune their own instrument, so if you don't happen to know that already....

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) But - unlike most other instruments - it does not need re-tuning every 5 minutes. Perhaps we should all play Xylophones and Glockenspiels? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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post Jan 26 2010, 12:23 PM
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A student of mine was once playing a passage incorrectly - missing an accidental.

Me: "Erm..David.. it's a B natural!"
David shrugs and plays it again with a B flat.
Me: "B natural, David"
David shrugs again, and plays yet again with a B flat.
Me: "David, what exactly do you think B natural means?"
David: "Be yourself?"

A keyboard student, son of a local pastor, was looking at a piece I'd given him, and asked me "What's Gsus4?"

I couldn't help but reply "You should know, Tim - your Dad's a vicar!"
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