I’m sitting for the Performance Certificate exam by year’s end, and I have some problems playing Chopin’s waltzes.
Please answer my question, along with any other tips you can give me. Thanks^^
Listen to Rubenstein – one of the finest interpreters of Chopin in the 20th Century.
Now then. For the practicals: and this is going to sound awfully silly – BUT if you let this come out in your music – Oh my, my, my.
Remember this: Chopin’s music (all of it) is the music of love. The baring of the soul.
At the time of their composition, the waltz was the most passionate of dances – much like the tango is today. So be passionate. Be in love – as Chopin was…
Or at least convincingly imagine yourself as in love.
That said, you should actually dance – yes, move your feet while holding onto another person – to these waltzes. That’s precisely what they’re for, after all. Dancing.
Look I know this sounds silly – but try this. Take your partner in your arms – and even if all you can do is sway to the music, imagine yourself making passionate love to your partner in some exotic place – or even some not so exotic place – but your partner makes even a drab dorm-room cot seem like the Cote d’Azur.
When you’re at the keyboard, remember how it felt to bare your soul to your loved one. Let that permiate every note you play. Passionate Love!
Now there are all kinds of passionate love – so be careful not to think that sexual love is all there is – there’s the love of life, flirtatious love, angry love, confused and sorrowful love – you name it – but it’s the passion – the exposing of your soul to those dangerous emotions and flirting with the edge of disaster from coming so close to the bleeding edge of those emotions – that makes for the grand performance – even of simple chamber waltzes.
Trust me. It’s not easy baring your soul – But that’s the difference between an adequate technical performance – and a magical experience of interaction between the performer and the audience. Be brave enough to let your soul be bared – even before those who would cast darts at you (performance juries are the most demanding performances I’ve ever gone through).
I’m sure you’ll be fine darling.
I want to teach my Rayquaza the best moves so I can kick butt in DS Download. What should I teach him. I have AR, so I can teach him anything I choose.
I already have a Groudon with the moves: Eruption, Frenzy Plant, Hydro Cannon, and Rock Wrecker.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Only teach it the moves it learns naturally otherwise you’re a retarded cheater. If you want suggestions on which move sets to give it, i would visit this forum:
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I have a fairly solid musical background and have played a couple different instruments in many different bands. I have currently been playing bluegrass and country. I am thinking about learning a new instrument and was wondering if the mandolin or the fiddle were difficult to learn to play. Also, how do they compare to the guitar.
Both are difficult, but I’ve found that guitar is a little easier than either. Between the two, fiddle is definitely harder than mandolin.
On mando you have frets, but you have 8 strings(2 per open note) that you have to hit. I found that to be the most difficult thing(and tuning the strings to perfect unison can suck).
Fiddle, though, is hard. No frets, and it’s a major lead instrument, so if you’re going to perform, you’d better be good.
I’m not going to reccomend which I think you should try… Not my place to say. But good luck!
I have a statue of a goose in my front yard. I was told by a friend that people usually put some sort of clothing on them. Besides craft fairs, does anyone know where I can buy these clothes/costumes? I’ve seen bonnets on the same types of statues in other neighborhoods. I don’t want to knock on a stranger’s door! Target has a line of pet clothing. I tried but that did not work out so well.
I typed "clothes for goose" in the Yahoo search box and up came a dozen or so places that sell outfits for those life-size goose statues. (My daughter has one on her front porch.)
Those are awfully well-dressed geese!
What’s the difference between casual and competition level?
Casual is for first timers or wimps. Competitive is for people who have played before I want more of a turnout every week.
If the child is born in the USA, he/she will be able to work and send money back to Latin America in 18 years (maybe even sooner). This is a long-term, but decent investment for a family that is lucky if it makes $150/week.
Oh, and these parents will be living like kings, too, when the investment matures.
Lisita, thanks for chiming in on the other side. However, you must admit that 8 kids sending home 800 a month starts to add up!
Since the child is a US citizen the parents also get welfare. Not a bad gig, being paid to raise your kids in the USA after you enter illegally and are considered unable to work (no inglese) but still work for cash.
I live in a city. My house is an apartment building, eight floors high, I live on the first floor. We plan adding a balcony to each and every one of the building’s apartment. Since our place is on the first floor, we would like to find a way to block street cats from entering our balcony.
How can it be done?
DO NOT put out poison. It’s against the law and very inhumane. Spray them in the face with water a few times they won’t be back they hate it.
i need some shoes that go with everything. not flip flops cause i can’t wear them to school. help me find some?? thanks!!
also no sneakers or tennis shoes.
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Hope this helped….. = )
I work at a family friendly restaurant as a waitress. Tomorrow we can dress up in a Halloween costume on the conditions that it is family friendly/not slutty. All I have is a French maid costume which won’t work obviously. What should I wear? And most importantly what kind of shoes am I going to wear? Usually I wear slip resistant shoes to work because if you don’t you fall on your ass. What shoes am I going to wear and what kind of costume will be family friendly? Please help!
I would suggest keeping it casual and comfortable, since you’re going to be at work.
You could easily be a black cat by wearing black clothes, shoes and putting whiskers on your face and getting some cat ears to wear. This would be comfortable and fun and wouldn’t scare any kids. Oh and did I mention cheap? That’s always good!
It’s hard to suggest something without knowing what you like first. Use your imagination! The possibilities are endless.
I have music on my itunes ipod but I would like to get the music from my friends computer. Does anyone know how I can keep my music on my ipod and library and get my friends on as well.
You have to set your ipod to "manually manage my music" then you can just plug it in to the computer and drag the songs you want across onto your ipod without deleting anything.