I am a real fossil and a real beginner and probably beyond the age where one should try his luck at the piano. Still, I have been with it for three years now...
klavierneuling
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Oct 7, 2006 4:59 am
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Dear Karl Karl-Heinz Isleif, I'm sorry to hear about your hand. A common source of pain in the arm is over extension of the hand. The natural extension of...
Matthew Harre
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Oct 7, 2006 2:17 pm
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Dear Karl, I am a fossil too and fortunately I do not have now any pain in my arms. I would tell you more - my left hand which was broken at the wrist level...
Thank you for the advice, Matt and Victoria! It seems as if Matt's put the finger on it: For the last year I have been practicing a piece which forces me to...
Isleif
isleif@...
Oct 8, 2006 4:47 pm
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Hello Karl-Heinz, I have what they call "tennis elbow" (although not from playing tennis - about 6 years ago (I was 42 at the time I think)....I injured my arm...
Hi Carol, Your posting makes sense in my case. I also happen to work with my hands and sometimes too much so. I may be able to cut down on it, but I can't...
Isleif
isleif@...
Oct 11, 2006 12:15 pm
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Hi -- I'm a 52 year old female "fossil" and delighted to find this group and know there are others like me out there. I'm taking trumpet lessons and teaching...
... Welcome Meg! I'm also a 53 fossil female, in México; but with 30 years of enjoying piano playing, piano classes and piano teaching. After my family, piano...
Oh, Lya, What a lovely quote from your niece. Give her my best. This is true for all of all of us, just by degrees. The better one gets, the more particular...
Matthew Harre
mharre61@...
Nov 6, 2006 3:10 pm
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Hi Matt and Lya, Thanks for the encouragement (and the great quote!). happy playing, Meg...
Hello fellow fossils! What are the magic tricks when the piece you're practicing becomes stale, because you've played it a million times, progress is close to ...
klavierneuling
isleif@...
Nov 10, 2006 2:35 am
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Magic tricks? No magic tricks, I'm afraid! But I've had wonderful success with playing in rhythms. I find that practicing in rhythms not only helps me learn...
Hi Karl, ... I've got two suggestions, and they aren't mutually exclusive -- you can use them both, and in either order. The first is to just leave it alone...
Thanks to all the nice girls for the advice. I'll try everything. It seems to be a common phenomenon, which somehow consoles me! Karl...
klavierneuling
isleif@...
Nov 11, 2006 2:04 am
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Hi Karl, I am afraid I know the feeling of zero progress while a lot of efforts have been done. I've always thought that the way I practiced was just wrong....
Hello Victoria, You caught me here in New Zealand (normally I am in Japan, of all places)! Your suggestions sound pretty difficult at first. I have read them ...
Isleif
isleif@...
Nov 19, 2006 5:11 am
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Have you looked at the Piano Adventures method and supplemental books? They make a point of not letting you get stuck in hand positions....
alicejpeterson
alicejpeterson@...
Nov 22, 2006 1:58 am
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Browsing Yahoo piano groups tonight and this one caught my interest; as it is public, will put in my two cents worth. Some of these ideas will be for more...
alicejpeterson
alicejpeterson@...
Nov 22, 2006 2:15 am
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Hi everyone just noticed your group and thought I would like to join. I have always wanted to learn the piano and with rearing 5 children I never had the...
Hi fossil, No, you're not too old. Keep trying! Never mind what others may think. By the time you can play a few pieces you will be three years older. If...
klavierneuling
isleif@...
Feb 10, 2007 10:05 pm
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It's a good thing you found this site, then, Nittinnanni. Well first of all, why should you feel guilty or uncomfortable about doing something you enjoy and...
Imagine yourself at 74. You can be a 74-year-old who has always wanted to learn piano, had the opportunity, but didn't stick with it, or you can be a...
Dear Maisy, I resisted replying to your email when I got it 12 hours ago. I knew your colleagues would say things I could not and they have and I agree with...
Matthew Harre
mharre61@...
Feb 11, 2007 5:15 am
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Hi Thank you for your email. I was so pleased at the quick response to my question about being too old. The emails I have received has made me determined to...
HI Nina, thank you for replying to my email to music fossils . Your email gave me a great boost so I thank you very much . Regards Maisy ... From: Nina Rogers ...
Hi Winterfiddle, thank you for your quick response to my email to musicalfossils. You have really helped me to stick to my music I think my problem has been...
Thank you very much for your encouraging email. What you say about using the brain is correct and I think everyone that retires fears the memory loss etc. I...
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