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I'm halfway through recording the third record to my computer and am bored stiff. I suppose I should look on the bright side, as now there are only 137 left rather than the 140 that there were earlier.
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jun 28 2009, 07:44 PM) 
I'm halfway through recording the third record to my computer and am bored stiff. I suppose I should look on the bright side, as now there are only 137 left rather than the 140 that there were earlier.
I would have lost the will to live by now as I have such a short concentration span when it comes to things I really can't be bothered with
You're a better person than me!
QUOTE(Solari @ Jun 28 2009, 07:45 PM)
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jun 28 2009, 07:44 PM)
I'm halfway through recording the third record to my computer and am bored stiff. I suppose I should look on the bright side, as now there are only 137 left rather than the 140 that there were earlier.
I would have lost the will to live by now as I have such a short concentration span when it comes to things I really can't be bothered with
You're a better person than me!I haven't been doing them solid since this morning! I've taken the dog for a walk in the mean time and have been practising scales between pressing 'new track'. I wouldn't have been able to just sit and watch the thing go round and round for hours on end.
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jun 28 2009, 07:52 PM)
I haven't been doing them solid since this morning! I've taken the dog for a walk in the mean time and have been practising scales between pressing 'new track'. I wouldn't have been able to just sit and watch the thing go round and round for hours on end.
Haha fair enough
Why am I finding scales etc so hard to do since the pressure of an exam has gone away? Hum.. odd. I know I should do it but... meh, I'd rather go out and do other stuff!
Maybe I'm one of those people that needs the big, scary, beating stick of an exam to motivate them. I'm supposed to have pretty much perfected my G3 pieces and learned a few other quite challenging bits but I'm dragging my heels. I have 2 weeks to pull it together or my teacher will think I'm an idiot...
QUOTE(Solari @ Jun 28 2009, 07:59 PM)
Why am I finding scales etc so hard to do since the pressure of an exam has gone away?
Because they're BORING maybe? ... up .... and down.... and up....and down.... It's much more interesting to play actual music!
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jun 28 2009, 08:01 PM)
QUOTE(Solari @ Jun 28 2009, 07:59 PM)
Why am I finding scales etc so hard to do since the pressure of an exam has gone away?
Because they're BORING maybe? ... up .... and down.... and up....and down.... It's much more interesting to play actual music!
When I'm in the mood it just doesn't bother me
In fact it quite annoyed me when I did my exam as I'd practiced everything and only had to play 2 or 3 of them! I was expecting to be asked to play the whole lot!I've just realised that I've completely forgotten how to play a piece I love from memory
I get about 14 bars through then I fall to pieces... oh well, back to the sheet this week I guess.
QUOTE(Solari @ Jun 28 2009, 08:15 PM)
I've just realised that I've completely forgotten how to play a piece I love from memory
I get about 14 bars through then I fall to pieces... oh well, back to the sheet this week I guess.Welcome to my world. The pieces I used to be able to play must outnumber the pieces I can still vaguely play by ten to one.
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jun 28 2009, 08:55 PM)
Welcome to my world. The pieces I used to be able to play must outnumber the pieces I can still vaguely play by ten to one.
I think the harder I work at sight-reading, the worse I get at memorising
I'm not sure if this whole "It's possible to be good at both" thing is a joke or not Perhaps my poor brain cell is just cracking under the strain... A few months ago I could play Moonlight Sonata 1st mvt from memory as I'd learned it several years ago (the right notes, no real articulation) all the way through. Now I fail every time
QUOTE(Solari @ Jun 28 2009, 09:14 PM)
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jun 28 2009, 08:55 PM)
Welcome to my world. The pieces I used to be able to play must outnumber the pieces I can still vaguely play by ten to one.
I think the harder I work at sight-reading, the worse I get at memorising
I'm not sure if this whole "It's good to be possible at both" thing is a joke or not Perhaps my poor brain cell is just cracking under the strain... A few months ago I could play Moonlight Sonata 1st mvt from memory as I'd learned it several years ago (the right notes, no real articulation) all the way through. Now I fail every time
I wouldn't worry about it too much, that mvt is pretty repetetive as they go, so there's a lot of scope for getting lost. Anyway, look on the bright side, the more times you forget and relearn something, the more ingrained it will eventually be.
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jun 28 2009, 09:46 PM)
I wouldn't worry about it too much, that mvt is pretty repetetive as they go, so there's a lot of scope for getting lost. Anyway, look on the bright side, the more times you forget and relearn something, the more ingrained it will eventually be.
The problem is, that was my "party piece", which made me look a lot better than I actually am
Oh well! I suppose I will go back to that and the Pathetique Adagio Cantabile in a few grades time and learn how to play them properly rather than just playing the right notes!
QUOTE(Solari @ Jun 28 2009, 09:50 PM)
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jun 28 2009, 09:46 PM)
I wouldn't worry about it too much, that mvt is pretty repetetive as they go, so there's a lot of scope for getting lost. Anyway, look on the bright side, the more times you forget and relearn something, the more ingrained it will eventually be.
The problem is, that was my "party piece", which made me look a lot better than I actually am
Oh well! I suppose I will go back to that and the Pathetique Adagio Cantabile in a few grades time and learn how to play them properly rather than just playing the right notes!If you could play it from memory before, it won't take long to learn it again, you just need to do a bit of reminding your fingers (and brain) where they're going.
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jun 28 2009, 09:52 PM)
If you could play it from memory before, it won't take long to learn it again, you just need to do a bit of reminding your fingers (and brain) where they're going.
Yeah I have the sheets that I learned from floating around somewhere so I'll go back to them
It's quite a simple piece note-wise IMO, just has big stretches which you need the hands for.. I wish I could contemplate learning the rest of the sonata, however
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Jun 28 2009, 12:29 PM)
The mobile phone mast near me has been damaged in the storms last night.
Result : lousy phone signal...
Mast repaired!
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Jun 28 2009, 11:52 PM)
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Jun 28 2009, 12:29 PM)
The mobile phone mast near me has been damaged in the storms last night.
Result : lousy phone signal...
Mast repaired!
Don't go waking everyone up with catch-up calls at this time
Hum, I'm knackered, off to sleep I think!
Just decided that I absolutely love the B:2 Grade 3 piece (Study in F by Loeschhorn), so I've started learning it Why on earth are so many people going for L'Elephant when they could play something infinitely more tuneful such as this? 
Why on earth are so many people going for L'Elephant when they could play something infinitely more tuneful such as this?
I will play flute and viola today.
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Jun 30 2009, 09:07 AM)
I will play flute and viola today.
I guess not at the same time. It'd be a neat trick to pull off at a forum gig though...
Hmmm *thinks*
No
No
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Jun 30 2009, 09:09 AM)
Hmmm *thinks*
No
aww spoilsport!
I don't have enough hands
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Jun 30 2009, 09:32 AM)
I don't have enough hands
Yep...I can see the only two hands thing might be a teeny weeny obstacle in playing a flute and a viola at the same time...
I wonder if I could hold my viola under my chin while playing flute....
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Jun 30 2009, 09:50 AM)
I wonder if I could hold my viola under my chin while playing flute....
I might be being promoted - in band - 
I'm actually enjoying playing second at the moment though. The new guy's pretty good and we make a nice sound together he's asked if I want to play duets too I had been thinking the same..... Now just need to organise it.....
I'm actually enjoying playing second at the moment though. The new guy's pretty good and we make a nice sound together
he's asked if I want to play duets too I had been thinking the same..... Now just need to organise it.....
Oops I bin bad 
QUOTE(bobziekins @ Jun 30 2009, 05:24 PM)
Oops I bin bad
Wot you done??
QUOTE(The Old Lady @ Jun 30 2009, 05:27 PM)
QUOTE(bobziekins @ Jun 30 2009, 05:24 PM)
Oops I bin bad
Wot you done??
Did sumfin' I shudn't ave dun.
I will probably have a few friends throwing hissy fits tomorrow. It's a long story, but basically, a friend and myself have gone against the views of other people in our group, and after school today did things the way WE wanted them. Now I regret it- don't know what came over me at the time. It was like a cheap thrill, you know the malteser's advert where a malteser isn't "naughty" enough, so she has to flash someone? It was a bit like that, exciting and bad, but without the nudity.
Doesn't sound too bad then
QUOTE(The Old Lady @ Jun 30 2009, 06:54 PM)
Doesn't sound too bad then
Oh no. But now I've been thinking about it, and it really was quite bad. And now I'm worried about it.
See more about it in the aah thread.
I'm such a muppet
QUOTE(bobziekins @ Jun 30 2009, 06:56 PM)
I'm such a muppet
I usually find that situations where I worry I've offended people or have paranoid thoughts about having done something stupid are typically nothing to worry about.
QUOTE(Solari @ Jun 30 2009, 08:44 PM)
QUOTE(bobziekins @ Jun 30 2009, 06:56 PM)
I'm such a muppet
I usually find that situations where I worry I've offended people or have paranoid thoughts about having done something stupid are typically nothing to worry about.
I think I was being a bit of a drama queen
. Hehe, see the happy thread But I'll find out tomorrow, if I come onto the board in tears tomorrow night, you'll all know why.
Hahaha, I'm such a typical teenager
I've just realised I've been a part of this forum for almost a year..... (On saturday to be precise)
The quavers in my signature have turned into ♪
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jul 1 2009, 12:02 AM)
The quavers in my signature have turned into â?„?ª
Some forum quirk, tried editing and re-inserting them? It's annoying that you can't use img tags in your signature
Copy and paste to make it easier?
Unicode chars U266A and B ♪ ♫
QUOTE(Solari @ Jul 1 2009, 12:03 AM)
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jul 1 2009, 12:02 AM)
The quavers in my signature have turned into ♪
Some forum quirk, tried editing and re-inserting them? It's annoying that you can't use img tags in your signature
I can't remember how to get them.
I think I copied them from someone else's profile ages ago, but have been recopying the ones in my signature whenever I needed them since. So if they're gone, then they're gone until I see some more somewhere.
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jul 1 2009, 12:05 AM)
I can't remember how to get them.
I think I copied them from someone else's profile ages ago, but have been recopying the ones in my signature whenever I needed them since. So if they're gone, then they're gone until I see some more somewhere. See above
Wow, I've actually been useful instead of a facetious git for once
QUOTE(Solari @ Jul 1 2009, 12:06 AM)
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jul 1 2009, 12:05 AM)
I can't remember how to get them.
I think I copied them from someone else's profile ages ago, but have been recopying the ones in my signature whenever I needed them since. So if they're gone, then they're gone until I see some more somewhere. See above
Just tried replacing them and now I seem to have question marks instead of gobbledigook.
QUOTE(sarah123 @ Jul 1 2009, 12:07 AM)
Just tried replacing them and now I seem to have question marks instead of gobbledigook.
Oh well, forum is broken
Works in posts though which is odd! It must be something to do with how the signature part of the forum is dealing with those characters I guess. There will be a few upset people come the morning
Hum going for a cool bath then going through the whole rigmarole of trying to sleep in the heat and humidity!
Night all
Night all
It sounds like National Express are maybe going to get chucked off the GNER route.
I doubt if it would mean more trains for the smaller principal stations but it might mean that no more trains get cut (or rather no more get changed to only stop at York, Newcastle and Edinburgh).
I doubt if it would mean more trains for the smaller principal stations
but it might mean that no more trains get cut (or rather no more get changed to only stop at York, Newcastle and Edinburgh).
My dad's Oxford English Dictionary is 32 years old.
(The date inside it is 2.11.76!)
(The date inside it is 2.11.76!)
I just found the keys I've been looking for for 3 days.
They were in the fridge.
They were in the fridge.
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Jul 1 2009, 07:03 PM)
They were in the fridge.
I won't ask.....
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Jul 1 2009, 07:03 PM)
I just found the keys I've been looking for for 3 days.
They were in the fridge.
Grabbed food, left keys on fridge shelf, shut fridge door.
Easily done.
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Jul 1 2009, 07:03 PM)
I just found the keys I've been looking for for 3 days.
They were in the fridge.
I've done this a few times before
It's a bit more complicated, so I'll bore you with the story
I had a bag of M & Ms in the front pocket of my bag. I'd put this bag in a resealable sandwich bag so that they wouldn't go all over my bag. When I left uni that day, I put the keys in the front part of my bag - but they must have gone into the sandwich bag by accident. So, when I got home I put the M & Ms in the fridge......
I had a bag of M & Ms in the front pocket of my bag. I'd put this bag in a resealable sandwich bag so that they wouldn't go all over my bag. When I left uni that day, I put the keys in the front part of my bag - but they must have gone into the sandwich bag by accident. So, when I got home I put the M & Ms in the fridge......
In the workplace, I believe it to be good policy to moor your keys in the fridge if you have obtained produce for home consumption in your lunch hour and are storing it in the communal appliance until hometime. Means you won't go home without it! 
I've got to go to a meeting today. To discuss my departments Swine Flu contingency plans...
I've been dragged into this, as "Undergraduate representative" (i.e. as the only undergrad still reliably knocking around in the department, I'm easy to grab). I'm not really sure what I can contribute, other than pointing out that half the year never attends lectures anyway and does just fine in the exams, so perhaps they shouldn't worry too much about what would happen if everyone gets ill...!
Anyone got any ideas?
I've been dragged into this, as "Undergraduate representative" (i.e. as the only undergrad still reliably knocking around in the department, I'm easy to grab). I'm not really sure what I can contribute, other than pointing out that half the year never attends lectures anyway and does just fine in the exams, so perhaps they shouldn't worry too much about what would happen if everyone gets ill...!
Anyone got any ideas?
QUOTE(tamsin @ Jul 2 2009, 09:47 AM)
Anyone got any ideas?
For the fit, hold a "Flu Party", I know the medics will dissapprove, but it is logical.
I wonder who decided that a very bright red and dusky lilac were a good combination for graduation robes. 
They've always looked bad, but there seems to have been a new batch made this year and they look even worse than the old ones. 
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