Piano teacher gave me a *mock* grade 2 piano exam yesterday

In preparation for the one I'm taking in 3 weeks

I had no idea she was doing that... I just though she was writing a lot of notes for me to look through and improve on.

Then she said, "well, that was a mock exam" to which I sat there going

"And you got 126". She said it with no emotion.

I had no idea whether that was good, or bad. Was she annoyed with me, for not doing well?

I said "Is that a pass?" To which she said "Yes, it's a merit. Well done".

Har har. I'm happy I thought it went REALLY badly. I'm going to up my broken chords, scales and sightreading. Then maybe I could even start to dream about the possibility of distinction.

that's great Hope the real exam goes well

Thanks , so do I!

Out of interest, how long was it between grades 1 & 2? A couple of months?

I never took grade 1 I went straight into grade 2.

I play the flute too, taking grade 5 in a couple of weeks, and my piano teacher didn't think there was any point in me doing grade 1 piano.

Secretly I wanted to though. I've never taken a grade 1, and wonder what it's like, the first grade, and the first step towards being a musician. I went straight into grade 3 for flute. One day though, I want to take grade 1 something.

Fair enough, I wanted to do Grade 1, as doing something I shouldn't possibly be able to fail should give me a bit of a confidence boost I've only been doing lessons for ~10 weeks so I didn't want to be stressed going into say, Grade 2.

That and I've not done any sort of exam for ages... I avoid them at all costs where possible.

Wow, well done for grade 1 after 10 weeks! Do you play anything else?

Nah, I've just played keyboard in the past but never taken it seriously. Sight reading is a bit hot & cold but I think I'll be ok on the day

I must admit it has felt like a bit of a mad rush but I'm happy with everything now My teacher is working composition into my lessons after I took that "Dance of the Freaks" piece in to show her, which should add a nice bit of variety to lessons!

I have just been bitten by a gnat...

They go mad for me at the end of Summer... they must like rotten meat

Too sweet Basil

Did it go 'l, t, d t, d t, l, / l, t, d t, l, l,' ???????????

No, but I was sorely tempted to scream in a similar fashion...

Have to work in London one day next week
Husband is also working in London that day - so we will travel together most of the way, which makes it much more bearable for me

I have taken a half day holiday so I can leave at lunchtime, when I will go to where my husband is working so we can travel home together

Though he will probably be later finishing than me, so I get to amuse myself for a little while before we travel home. Where he is working is perilously close to the London Recorder Centre...

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I was on facebook and clicked on something accidentally, without realising. Then switched to this screen, and then this really loud banging and screams, and deep breathing blasted through the headphones as I was listening to Chopin's black keys on youtube. I'd turned the sound right down on youtube, but it was up on the main computer, so that when I unplugged the headphones it would be loud enough for the speakers.

It was an advert for a new horror movie. And it scared me I was scrabbling around trying to shut the window, and I couldn't click on the right bit, so I ripped my headphones off, and sat there with my heart pounding while I wondered what was happening.

I wanted to tell somebody, because nobody else is at home.

*hugs* That would have terrified me!


I'm actually a bit scared about my impending 'driving lesson' (I used ' and ' because I passed my test quite a while ago now...) He'll probably be like, "What've you been doing all this time?! I thought you could drive! Get out of my car...!"

Thanks It did terrify me...

Your driving lesson will be fine, it's a bit like riding a bike, I think...just in a car...

My sister is having lessons, and now drives around with dad in the front keeping an eye on her It's scary. At the moment, I refuse to ride while she drives. In the future however, I'm looking forward to my own personal taxi.

My parents say that soon she can practice by driving me to my flute lessons, down long windy roads in the countryside

My grandparents looked really old today. Especially my grandmother, who has lost just under half her body weight from what she was when I was little.

It has just been announced that my 11 year old sister is going to take up the oboe.

There will be quacking in our house for some time I expect... still, I've always wanted a pet duck



I hate it when people get old. It's not fair. Because they're usually such great people, and I haven't had that much time with them. I wish everyone could live forever...

Unfortunately, planet Earth would become so densely populated that things would become a right old mess very quickly

Maybe it could expand at the same time...

I feel sorry for the poor person who'll be operating the footpump

I'll have to rethink then
Ho hum

How can we solve the world's overpopulation?

Colonise the moon?
Build under the sea?
Send millions to go and live with the Clangers?

Aha! I have just the thing. This should sort it out...

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Awesome, nice find! I think it's be cheaper, more useful, and environmentally friendly to convert them into Biofuel, however

Good idea! Well, I must say, we have this crisis under control. Now, how should we deal with global warming?

Why do my parents feel that they can be as snappish and rude as they wish towards me, but that when I respond in kind I'm using a "horrible tone" and am the most ungrateful, rude obnoxious daughter created?

Get everyone on the planet to leave their fridge freezer doors open overnight

I think it's known as "Life"

Just for a change, I'm going to eat unhealthily...

*goes to find microwave burger and chips*

Oui, sounds good to me. And we can make everyone become skinny minnies and lose loads of weight, because bigger bodies mean more body heat

That's exactly what happens between my parents and my older sister. I always take my sister's side When I however, get angry and use "that nasty tone of voice" my parents think it's hilarious that I'm even trying to be grumpy and evil, and just stand, point, and laugh uncontrollably. Then imitate what I say for hours afterwards, to grandparents and such like.

Then all the cows and sheep should have their rear ends plugged to stop them from polluting the planet with methane... or would they just end up expanding like balloons and floating away?

Ok, this thread really *is* living up to "random", now!






Yuck!

I'm off to play recorders.

I'm chortling at myself.

Chortle chortle chortle

Rewinding back to just over a year ago, before I'd restarted the flute. I thought I could have read music if asked to, but remembering this conversation, it seems that it was a different story...


I was chatting to my best friend, who was grade 5 cello (sadly, she gave up because the school was pressurising her into playing in their orchestras, and then getting cross with her when she had other commitments, plus she felt it was taking up too much time. Sad really, I never got to hear her play).

I'd just come back from a singing lesson, and enthused "Guess what! Guess what! I just managed to hit the little black dot just above the top line on the lines thingy!"

She said "Do you mean G? Or A?"

I said "I don't know! But I managed to sing that!" "To which she replied "I thought you used to play the flute..."

Then later I remember someone was talking about their upcoming exams, and were talking about scales and arpeggios. My friend turned to me and said "Do you know what an arpeggio is?" I said "Yeah, of course. It's in the Aristocats song. It's like...erm.... a scale?" She said "Do you even know what a scale is?" I said "I think so, it's like when you play all the notes, one after the other". "Why?" "Erm. To get flexible fingers?"



Hahahaha, it makes me proud, to think how far I've come since then

My toenail came off. It hurts a lot. My friends are outside playing frisbee though, I do want to join them... shall I, or will it hurt too much, I wonder?

I have just eaten a pear : isn't it annoying when you eat a pear (or an apple) and find you are eating half a sticky label...

Yep.

Pears are annoying. They are either too ripe or not ripe enough

This pear was a bit on the crunchy side...

Crunchy is no good. It's gotta be juicy

Juicy is a lot better.

It's even better if you don't eat half a label. This label, by the way, had the word 'pear' written on it. Thanks, I needed that information...

Crunchy rules OK. Soft is No Good At All.

Pear wars, anyone?

I have three crunchy pears in the fridge. Do you have three soft pears to swap with them?

Pears, peeled, poached in red wine and spices, served hot in the autumn.

No, I never buy pears. I have one perfect one and the next day they've gone all soft.

Nooooooooo pears have to be so juicy that they almost melt and drip down your arm. Crunchy ones are foul Like crunchy peaches/plums are gross too.

If you haven't got messed up whilst eating a pear, you've not done it with sufficient gusto!

*awards gold star to JudithJ for getting the joke*