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« Reply #15 on: 12:55:10, 04-03-2007 » |
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Thank you all. I have a good dictionary and it did not have a word like that at all.
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Ian Pace
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« Reply #16 on: 12:57:13, 04-03-2007 » |
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The possibilities when one does not have foreign-words bans are limitless:
إنّي متأكّد لن يسمحوا بهذا على لوحات رسائل
البي بي سي الرّئيسيّة .
これ上がる日本のスピーカーが理解する何でもとしてか。
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'These acts of keeping politics out of music, however, do not prevent musicology from being a political act . . .they assure that every apolitical act assumes a greater political immediacy' - Philip Bohlman, 'Musicology as a Political Act'
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« Reply #17 on: 12:58:58, 04-03-2007 » |
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Clearly not limitless as such by the looks of all those question marks...  |
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« Reply #18 on: 12:59:59, 04-03-2007 » |
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Aha - which are the Arabic/Japanese symbols in question that signify 'online translator dunno, mate'?
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« Reply #19 on: 13:35:14, 04-03-2007 » |
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Milly,
'You hum it and I'll play it'
Apart from anything else this indicates you are musical.
I don't know if you were bemoaning not being able to improvise or not but you could always start with a few simple LH chords like C Dm G C and doodle out a tune in your RH from the notes G A C D E. Then just sort of develop it from there. Keeping a gentle pulse sometimes helps people find their way.
I hope this is not absurdly simplistic for your purposes, you might want to do something utterly different, I just mention it in case it is of any help.
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« Reply #20 on: 13:38:46, 04-03-2007 » |
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Aha - which are the Arabic/Japanese symbols in question that signify 'online translator dunno, mate'?
For me the telltale symbols are the row of question marks where you doubtless posted something fiendishly Oriental. So even if the writing possibilities are limitless the reading possibilities seem to have struck a snag... By the way, I'll thank you for not casting any further aspersions on the virtue of my goat. |
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« Reply #21 on: 13:57:10, 04-03-2007 » |
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Daniel, this is a good start to begin to play songs by ear. I know a woman who can accompany anybody with almost any song. She only plays in C major. She loves parties and works as an entertainer.
A friend of mine plays songs really well by ears. He knows hundreds of them. I don't know too many songs.
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« Reply #22 on: 16:21:07, 04-03-2007 » |
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Organists have to be able to improvise, don't they? I think they may even take exams in it. One delay in some church ritual, and they can be improvising for ages.
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« Reply #23 on: 16:31:03, 04-03-2007 » |
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I think organists used to improvise in Bach's time. Now they play something to fill the time that was already composed.
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« Reply #24 on: 17:16:17, 04-03-2007 » |
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Ho! My piano playing is not too good but I've always been able to improvise easily since about the age of twelve.
Cheers
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« Reply #25 on: 17:41:51, 04-03-2007 » |
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soundwave, I think that some people are naturally gifted.  |
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« Reply #26 on: 17:48:10, 04-03-2007 » |
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I think organists used to improvise in Bach's time. Now they play something to fill the time that was already composed.
Organists are still trained to improvise, certainly at some UK conservatoires. |
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« Reply #27 on: 18:28:32, 04-03-2007 » |
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Improvising is certainly an essential part of the job of every organist I've ever known who had a job as an organist! Reminds me that I haven't given this a plug for a while.  It's rather wonderful. Go to this site and click through disques --> instruments --> orgue if you're curious. |
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« Reply #28 on: 18:39:12, 04-03-2007 » |
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Improvising is certainly an essential part of the job of every organist I've ever known who had a job as an organist. Also of those who have played with certain conductors and singers |
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« Reply #29 on: 18:47:14, 04-03-2007 » |
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I have done this kind of improvisation while performing alone or accompanying. I have to cover my imperfecitons as well as other people.
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