Piano Guidance
Piano Guidance
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All you have to do is talk in a deep, gravelly voice, grunt and growl a lot, use insults abundantly, yell “arr!” every now and then, mumble incoherently from all the rum you've drunk, slur your words, give up g's and v's in most words, and replace “you” and your“ with “ye” and “yer”.
The average mass produced piano lasts 30 years. Hand-crafted pianos last substantially longer, often exceeding 50 years. Over time, the piano will...
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Because the most famous part of Für Elise - the main theme - is reasonably easy to play, many piano teachers assign just that first part of the...
Read More »Ahoy, maties! Avast, ye! Stop what you are doing. If it’s September 19, then it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day! The perfect excuse to drink industrial quantities of rum, grunt, growl, dress like Jack Sparrow, walk your parrot pet on the shoulder and call everyone you meet a scallywag. Blimey! That sure sounds like a lot of fun. Arr! So let’s walk the plank and see what’s this all about. It was June 6, 1995, when John Baur and Mark Summers – later known by their pirate names Ol’ Chumbucket and Cap’n Slappy – played racquetball. The story says one of them got injured during the game and reacted with an outburst of “Arrr!”. Thus the Talk Like a Pirate Day was born. Out of respect for the observance of World War II’s D-Day on the 6th of June, the soon-to-be world-renowned pirates decided to choose Summers’ now ex-wife’s birthday – September 19 – to celebrate pirate lingo. At first, Baur and Summers celebrated Talk Like a Pirate Day as an inside joke between two friends. But a few years later they sent a letter to Dave Barry, a syndicated humor columnist, who liked the idea and released it into the world. The rest… is history. Over the years, the idea gained a lot of notoriety and is now celebrated internationally by people and brands everywhere. For example, in 2008, to celebrate the day, Facebook introduced a pirate-translated version of its website.
Now to come to the question: Can you teach yourself piano? Of course, you can. The only problem is that most people will only do their own teaching...
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Shorter is better, but be sure not to trim the nails too short. Overzealous trimming can cause you to expose the sensitive nail bed underneath the...
Read More »– stop; cease and pay attention shiver me timbers – expresses shock, surprise or annoyance
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An upright piano, where the strings are vertically arranged, can generally be moved by a handful of people—you might only need two people to move a...
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Chopin is one of the better composers at telling stories through music, evoking a wide range of emotions into each and every piece. Every note...
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