Trapwithin:

:rotflmao: ... seriously Markfch you are learning paino at this age.
That's very commendable ... :udaman:

markfch:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"markfch\"]
One famous oriental philosopher once said: 'Without the valleys, the hills will not seemed so high mah'. Ok I made this up, but you get the idea rite?

oh now I get it, you are THE oriental philosopher .... :udaman: :udaman: :udaman:

markfch:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"markfch\"]
One famous oriental philosopher once said: 'Without the valleys, the hills will not seemed so high mah'. Ok I made this up, but you get the idea rite?

oh now I get it, you are THE oriental philosopher .... :udaman: :udaman: :udaman:

verykiasu2010:

markfch:

[quote=\"mumma_bear\"]That can actually be both good and bad...good because you get to hear something pleasant instead of something noisy to hear. Bad in a way, because you'll be discouraged to play the piano yourself for fear of being judged at.

One famous oriental philosopher once said: 'Without the valleys, the hills will not seemed so high mah'. Ok I made this up, but you get the idea rite?

markfch:

mumma_bear:

That can actually be both good and bad...good because you get to hear something pleasant instead of something noisy to hear. Bad in a way, because you'll be discouraged to play the piano yourself for fear of being judged at.

One famous oriental philosopher once said: 'Without the valleys, the hills will not seemed so high mah'. Ok I made this up, but you get the idea rite?

mumma_bear:

That can actually be both good and bad...good because you get to hear something pleasant instead of something noisy to hear. Bad in a way, because you'll be discouraged to play the piano yourself for fear of being judged at.

toddles:

DesertWind:

[quote=\"markfch\"] Surprisingly, I'm exactly in the same shoes as yourself. I picked up piano in my adulthood because of one song, the mother of all classical songs .... (drums roll) .... Fur Elise. I remembered when I was young, there was this advertisement on some milk powder. The kid was playing this song and there was a metronome swinging in the background. The message communicated was: 'If your kid drinks my milk powder, he'll be smart enough to play the piano'. Since then, I've always wanted to learn this song. But when I mentioned this to my *young* piano teacher, she just gave me a blur look :scratchhead: I must be in a totally different age group.

Hi Markfch!
Wah you too play piano only for one song? I thought I was the only \"seow\" one. Good for us bro!

Erh...the metronome swinging the background...tick, tock, tick, tock, seems vaguely familiar to me. The one use for counting the timing izzit right? Yup, we must be in the same age group! HA...HA...HA. :imcool:
:celebrate:

DesertWind:

markfch:

Surprisingly, I'm exactly in the same shoes as yourself. I picked up piano in my adulthood because of one song, the mother of all classical songs .... (drums roll) .... Fur Elise. I remembered when I was young, there was this advertisement on some milk powder. The kid was playing this song and there was a metronome swinging in the background. The message communicated was: 'If your kid drinks my milk powder, he'll be smart enough to play the piano'. Since then, I've always wanted to learn this song. But when I mentioned this to my *young* piano teacher, she just gave me a blur look :scratchhead: I must be in a totally different age group.

Hi Markfch!
Wah you too play piano only for one song? I thought I was the only \"seow\" one. Good for us bro!

Erh...the metronome swinging the background...tick, tock, tick, tock, seems vaguely familiar to me. The one use for counting the timing izzit right? Yup, we must be in the same age group! HA...HA...HA. :imcool:
:celebrate:

ksi:

So you like this one to be your neighbour?


http://www.peekatune.com/music/playlist/popup?playlistUrl=http%3A//www.peekatune.com/music/playlist/show%3Ffmt%3Dxspf%26id%3D2271953%253APlaylist%253A32166%26mdate%3D2010-06-01T04%253A21%253A29.505Z&playlistType=user&autoplay=1&selectTrack=0

verykiasu2010:

or she was trying to tell you she can be your piano teacher ....

markfch:

I chanced upon my neighbour and *casually* asked her who was playing the piano at such a professional level? Guess what, she told me that the teenage gal I thought is actually a few yrs older and a fully qualified piano teacher. That explains why the music is so wonderful.


Hurray! I don't need to feel embarrassed already.

pokemon:

hmm....my ds is doing both violin and piano. After reading the post, i better start closing my window whenever he pract. The violin can be quite loud and sharp than the piano, though his violin is only half size. For piano, i allow him to pract fm 7.30am but for violin, i told him better start late morning, incase my doorbell start ringing.

DesertWind:

Hi Markfch!
Wah you too play piano only for one song? I thought I was the only \"seow\" one. Good for us bro!

Erh...the metronome swinging the background...tick, tock, tick, tock, seems vaguely familiar to me. The one use for counting the timing izzit right? Yup, we must be in the same age group! HA...HA...HA. :imcool:
:celebrate:

toddles:

Hubby tahan until grade 5 and stopped. but he plays So Much Better than me today and can play by ear, and almost anything he's heard. beautifully. i guess in some ways i wasted my parents' money.

markfch:

Surprisingly, I'm exactly in the same shoes as yourself. I picked up piano in my adulthood because of one song, the mother of all classical songs .... (drums roll) .... Fur Elise. I remembered when I was young, there was this advertisement on some milk powder. The kid was playing this song and there was a metronome swinging in the background. The message communicated was: 'If your kid drinks my milk powder, he'll be smart enough to play the piano'. Since then, I've always wanted to learn this song. But when I mentioned this to my *young* piano teacher, she just gave me a blur look :scratchhead: I must be in a totally different age group.

toddles:

you reminded me of how much I loved scales. but unlike you, i loved bach. only did well for scales and bach. lousy at aural. but somehow good at singing.
...

hubby tahan until grade 5 and stopped. but he plays So Much Better than me today and can play by ear, and almost anything he's heard. beautifully. i guess in some ways i wasted my parents' money.

DesertWind:

For me, I bought a piano many years ago just to learn to play ONE song - Pachelbel's Canon !
I am crazy over this piece of music and found it enchanting. Took exams until Grade 2 (I am the only grown-up in the piano exam halls with all those \"xiao gui\" kids! :oops: )
Anyway, if you happen to hear anybody SEOW play Pachelbel's Canon repeatedly, perhaps that is my house! Ha...ha....ha....!!! :rotflmao:

:celebrate:

Blobbi:

I loved scales and the various exercises even. There was a ... spatial symmetry that I loved. My teacher was the typical, rap your knuckles, didn't like modern music type, but that was fine with me actually. I just loved Chopin and disliked Bach even though that was probably the most symmetrical, hmm. There is this feeling of being in tune with the music that one can achieve with enough practice (maybe become delirious, haha!). But as I got older, it became a real chore having to balance schoolwork, reading (I was a junkie), and practicing, and I started to dislike it. Plus I was, em, \"advised strongly\" to take up French which took up a lot of time. So I saw Grade 8 as the final end. I made a pact with my parents and, well, I guess I held up my end of the bargain pretty well. :roll:


Psst buds, can't be me lah. Think I can manage chopsticks or Fur Elsie if I'm forced to now, but nothing else!