Musical habits?
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teddy
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John Watt
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Eddie! You typed cigarette paper, maybe just being slack, but it's the foil that works.
And I should be more careful around ATMs, the line-up feeling more like a captive audience,
than a bunch of password worried and security concerned suburbanites.
teddy! If you like whistling in the tub you should consider a microphone model soap on a rope.
It does allow options.
And I should be more careful around ATMs, the line-up feeling more like a captive audience,
than a bunch of password worried and security concerned suburbanites.
teddy! If you like whistling in the tub you should consider a microphone model soap on a rope.
It does allow options.
EddieRUKiddingVare
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Yep i'd never make a copy editor that's for sure- I'd followed your advice and used the foil from the cig packet - worked a treat on my strat not so good on my tele (has Seymour Duncan pickups)
EddieRUKiddingVare
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JHC
Chief assistant to the assistant chief
I am astounded that more derogatory posts were not made! is every one asleep???
EddieRUKiddingVare
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methodistgirl
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I have a musical habit of pretending I hear christmas music
when the weather gets hot. That always seems to cool me
down, and sometimes a song will play over and over in my
head. Especially when everything is quiet.
judy
when the weather gets hot. That always seems to cool me
down, and sometimes a song will play over and over in my
head. Especially when everything is quiet.
judy
EddieRUKiddingVare
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Luckly you live to the northern Hemisphere- Christmas downunder is 100F +, not much chance of cooling down here then
JHC
Chief assistant to the assistant chief
They are called Ear Worms and can be a real pain in the A.. Where have you been judy ???
Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
I did the same thing ... as an organist, I played for the funeral's of both my parents ... two of the most difficult services I have ever played in my life. One was at my home church, and the other out of state while on a vacation trip.
"Danny Boy" is a unique piece ... I played it as a postlude on March 17th
Back to the topic though ...
Yes, I do have many bad habits I seem to have acquired over the years ... one was very sloppy pedaling at the organ console. Over time it was getting worse ... I would do all the Gleason book pedal exercises to no avail. I was taught to never watch my feet while playing, so the intervals between notes are learned by feel and from playing repetition. Nothing was working ... the bench had been at the same distance/height for just years.
Finally, in complete desperation, I decided to re-adjust the organ bench ... moving it a little closer to the console ... VOILA ... found the "new" mark and marked it with a permanent black marker on the floor.
So, one bad habit has been resolved ... there are many others that need improvement, one is closing my mouth while playing. I never knew that it was open until my wife mentioned it to me awhile back.
I just could not figure out what was going on, missing certain intervals that I had played by rote for umpteen years. Finally, I tried re-adjusting the organ bench distance in relation to the console ... VOILA ... I had for years kept the bench further back, bu
YES! "Danny Boy" is a standard in my folder - Charles Callahan wrote a nice four-hand version for organ on that theme - It gets the tears flowing every time - Mine and the listeners...The actual title of Callahan's piece is "The Emerald Isle"...
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musicteach
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Another really terrible habit that I have--that I've had for ages--is that I can't seem to hold onto a baton. I never really could. Which is mainly why I don't bother to use one in class. A few years ago I threw one and it landed in the bell of a trombone.