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Post by Zi on Aug 11, 2023 13:45:19 GMT
It's interesting that the nuance has emerged later rather than at first. Poetry is like that - at least it is for me. I've sometimes thought about a particular poem years later and realise... That's what it means! I think discovering 'new' things in something that is no longer new itself, is really a good experience. In some ways, it's a good reason to return to the familiar.
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Post by Zi on Aug 15, 2023 9:19:36 GMT
Re TGFI - the story behind the composition of that song really is fascinating. I know Pavane mentions some of it but it rattles on and on until the girl who was the inspiration was sued by the heirs of the composers for using the name for her boutique - Garota de Ipanema. She won the case - apparently there was a lot of public sympathy for her!
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Post by keff on Aug 15, 2023 10:35:03 GMT
I wonder who chose the title? The lyric writer, Vinicius De Moraes. or the composer Antonio Carlos Jobim?
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Post by Zi on Aug 15, 2023 10:46:10 GMT
According to wiki, it was originally called "Menina que Passa" ("The Girl Who Passes By"). The Ipanema bit seems to have come later - it's where the melody was composed. The lyrics were written in Petrópolis, near Rio de Janeiro by Vinicius de Moraes. The Girl from Ipanema
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Post by Zi on Sept 3, 2023 16:25:23 GMT
Arghhh!! There's been nothing changed on my music stand for an age but I've restarted the descant. September is a new page. Strangely, actually restarting hasn't been as bad as I was dreading it to be. Today, I worked on Wolseys' Wilde the book happened to be open at that page and I like WW very much. I spent some time with it and the metronome. I then did some sight reading at Grade 3 which wasn't too bad either though at one point I started playing treble, I think when I was supposed to be playing descant.
How are other people's music stands?
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Post by keff on Sept 4, 2023 11:47:52 GMT
Trying to concentrate on pieces that I am likely to attempt at the piano group next Saturday.
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Post by Zi on Sept 5, 2023 13:13:37 GMT
Which ones are you planning to do, keff ? I can't work out whether to have a list or just play!
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Post by keff on Sept 5, 2023 14:24:08 GMT
Which ones are you planning to do, keff ? I can't work out whether to have a list or just play! Courrante and sarabande from Bach French suite in Eflat...it is always a risk playing Bach. If time for an extra piece perhaps Lullaby of Birdland by George Shearing or Girl from Ipanema. For shear enjoyment just play what you like.
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Post by pavane on Sept 6, 2023 16:19:09 GMT
Rose Études for clarinet - one of those rite of passage things you have to struggle with. And some Bach for fun. (Did I just say "Bach for fun" )
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Post by keff on Sept 6, 2023 17:47:24 GMT
Rose Études for clarinet - one of those rite of passage things you have to struggle with. And some Bach for fun. (Did I just say "Bach for fun" ) Bach may not always be fun but certainly good for sight reading and satisfying to play once it is learned.
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Post by Zi on Sept 7, 2023 8:36:53 GMT
I find the stuff from Anna M fun. Those lovely little minuets - definitely fun. But when it gets more complex than that I think it taxes brain and fingers! I agree with keff that it is very satisfying when you manage to get through a particularly troublesome piece.
edited to say I really enjoy hearing what other people are playing! And how they're coping.
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Post by pavane on Sept 7, 2023 16:58:15 GMT
I think you'll find, if you look carefully, that I for one didn't claim that I was coping, just that the stuff was on my music stand
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Post by Zi on Sept 7, 2023 20:44:01 GMT
Hmmm.... for me that equates to a coping strategy!
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Post by Zi on Sept 14, 2023 16:15:19 GMT
Trying to concentrate on pieces that I am likely to attempt at the piano group next Saturday. What did you play, keff? And how did it go?
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Post by keff on Sept 14, 2023 18:01:40 GMT
I played the first part of the Courante and the Sarabande from JSB's French suite in Eflat. During the second half of the meeting a not too difficult arrangement of George Shearing's Lullaby of Birdland. I know I made some mistakes but nothing disastrous and came away pleased with how it had gone.
My retired piano teacher came around this afternoon for a catch up chat and left me with something new to put on the music stand. It is a collection of Haydn sonatas. I have tried the first two and they are relatively approachable even at sight. It has never occurred to me to study Haydn. I have visited the Haydn church in Eisenstadt so not playing some of his music is rather remiss.
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