Gone with the Rant

[SAT 9,609]

Reading the scores renders you blind as a bat.....

No I don't have a piano, not yet anyway. I have the space for one, an upright. I have a keyboard for her to play with. If she sticks with it, I'll get an....piano...

[Jacque67 7,328]

http://www.google.co.jp/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CCUQtwIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Df7s-wXZWT5o%26autoplay%3D1&ei=zG70VLDBJsXMmAWg-IDYBQ&usg=AFQjCNGMP43eytMgTvD948WrJWvenjSqZg&sig2=ni6eFL8OHikh2CkLGpJYDg

A bit of culture for you plebs;)

[SAT 9,609]

If you want a cheap laugh, watch a video of a guy playing the shakuhachi -it is also slang for a bj in Japanese-watch and you will understand why;)

I much prefer to watch a clip of a Nipponese woman playing this here um...hackysacky....

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

The oboe is very difficult.

The flute is easier if you want your kid to get interested in woodwind.

It is difficult/impossible for a child to master, yes. I wouldn't even let my kid attempt it until she is older. Without the proper embouchure and lung control, it just won't work.

The flute requires some degree of it as well, although to a much lesser extent, but I'm not sure how well younger children can do that.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Reading the scores renders you blind as a bat.....

No I don't have a piano, not yet anyway. I have the space for one, an upright. I have a keyboard for her to play with. If she sticks with it, I'll get an....piano...

Buy an upright ASAP. A keyboard doesn't teach the right touch, and will ruin her senses!!!

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That Japanese dude/ broad can't beat Jesse Fuller.....

[Jacque67 7,328]

It is difficult/impossible for a child to master, yes. I wouldn't even let my kid attempt it until she is older. Without the proper embouchure and lung control, it just won't work.

The flute requires some degree of it as well, although to a much lesser extent, but I'm not sure how well younger children can do that.

All the woodwind professionals I know recommend starting on the flute.

I used to be in an orchestra, and flautists and cellists were always the butt of jokes;)

[SAT 9,609]

Buy an upright ASAP. A keyboard doesn't teach the right touch, and will ruin her senses!!!

Yeah I know that Forrest......

I wanna see if she sticks with it first before I get stuck with a 500 lb carpet weight....

[SAT 9,609]

I'm friends with the sole heir of this gent.....

http://goferjoe.bygones.biz/opperman.htm

[Jacque67 7,328]

Yeah I know that Forrest......

I wanna see if she sticks with it first before I get stuck with a 500 lb carpet weight....

Your roots are showing, darling.

A Steinway, or nothing. How can you even think of substituting a piano with a keyboard.

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Edited March 2, 2015 by Jacque67

[SAT 9,609]

I will get a Steinway, or a Baldwin, when the time comes.

Btw, did you know a Steinway originated in NYC, and are still being made here today?

[SAT 9,609]

Check Baldwin. They're no longer made in the USA. I'm not talking to them anymore...

[Jacque67 7,328]

I will get a Steinway, or a Baldwin, when the time comes.

Btw, did you know a Steinway originated in NYC, and are still being made here today?

Yep. That is interesting.

Obviously a Steinway is a big outlay, but I really think you should try and buy a real piano, of you want your daughter to learn. Even if she doesn't take it up seriously, she will probably tinker around on it , some time in the future. And, it will train her ears.

[SAT 9,609]

If she still likes it by the end of the summer, I'll get one....

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A former employee walked in, I hated her. So she visits for like a half hour. 2 guys were talking to her. I wanted to choke them.....

Everyone hates her. She kinda looks like Elrond from LOTR....