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How much should I give my piano teacher for Christmas?

It's much nicer to give a gift that is actually useful. I'd say, since you're probably skipping 1 or 2 lessons, a gift that is worth 50% of the lesson fee would be in the appropriate range.

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Re: Holiday gift/tipping to the teacher? Morodiene 1320739 10:57 PM Joined: Posts: 1,941 Australia Canonie 1000 Post Club Member Canonie 1000 Post Club Member Joined: Posts: 1,941 Australia But there was no way to do this politely and of course I really enjoy some of the gifts, so I'll have to be gracious and hope that I get some good leaf tea (no bags) and nothing herbal or floral either. No coffee for me, I'd send it to Morodiene if she was a bit closer. Got a brilliant t-shirt last year now that I think about it, it's a Scrabble Tshirt and very cool. And I have a very nice mobile of origami hearts that a very young student made years ago (with mum's help). I receive gifts from many students and I was actually considering requesting no gifts this year, but that I'd love a card made by the student. My flat isn't very big, my thighs don't need to be bigger. There's usually a lot of chocolate to get through.But there was no way to do this politely and of course I really enjoy some of the gifts, so I'll have to be graciousand hope that I get some good leaf tea (no bags) and nothing herbal or floral either. No coffee for me, I'd send it to Morodiene if she was a bit closer. Got a brilliant t-shirt last year now that I think about it, it's a Scrabble Tshirt and very cool. And I have a very nice mobile of origami hearts that a very young student made years ago (with mum's help). Composers manufacture a product that is universally deemed superfluous—at least until their music enters public consciousness, at which point people begin to say that they could not live without it. Alex Ross. Composers manufacture a product that is universally deemed superfluous—at least until their music enters public consciousness, at which point people begin to say that they could not live without it.Alex Ross.

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Why do pianos start with C?

And that is the pattern of steps outlined by the white keys of the piano if you start on C. Naturally the C major scale is therefore the first one everyone learns. And ""middle C"" is the pitch exactly between the treble and bass clefs used in piano music. ""C"" is famous.

Question: Why do most musical scales start on C? - G.K. Answer: To start with, let's not mislead any impressionable readers that may be in the room: it isn't actually correct to say that most scales start on C. But I think I know where you're coming from here - "C" has a big and seemingly undeserved reputation among musical pitches. One might ask, "Why not A? If we've decided to name the notes A,B,C,D,E,F,G why is it that we hear so much about C??" The answer is that that the most familiar melodies use the major scale: whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step. And that is the pattern of steps outlined by the white keys of the piano if you start on C. Naturally the C major scale is therefore the first one everyone learns. And "middle C" is the pitch exactly between the treble and bass clefs used in piano music. "C" is famous. But the major scale can start on any note. By using the black keys placed there for just this purpose you can play that same pattern of whole and half steps beginning on C#, or Eb, or any other. So really, C major is just one of the many transpositions of the major scale, and its only real distinction is that it is played without using any of the piano's black keys. On the violin it has no special status at all.

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