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
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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
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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...
Maisy - I think that you are on the right track; i.e., searching and studying piano. However, I might ask you - Do you think you have the right teacher? I my...
Whenever I learn a new passage I follow the advice found everywhere: practice hands separately first. However, even if I feel quite comfortable playing each...
klavierneuling
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Feb 12, 2007 3:31 am
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My teacher is a very bright young woman in her early 20s. I think I was quite a chalenge to her as she has students that are still at school. I feel very...
Hi everyone hope all is well with you all. I noticed one of the sponsores of this site sold Music and what a selection they have. I find it very difficult...
Dear Maisy, When I was young I thought it was important to be very talented to play piano. I also thought that it was necessary to start learning being a 5-6...
Dear Karl, In fact the independence of the right and left hands is non existing. In the framework of a certain piece of music both hands totally depend on this...
... Who gives a cr@p what they think?? ;o) Surely _they_ have hobbies which might be considered a waste of time and money. My dad has a basement full of...
I recently read an article (AARP magazine maybe?) that was talking about how to keep your mind sharp as you age. It said that while some adults learn new...
To me, talent smacks of gifted, and then there's dogged persistent work that can yield wonderful results as well (just maybe not as easily). I have stepped...
Roharps@...
Feb 12, 2007 9:49 pm
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Dear Maisy and all, Please realize this site is sponsored by no one but myself and no financial contributions are yet accepted. This is funded entirely by me...
Matthew Harre
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Feb 13, 2007 2:49 am
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Dear Karl-Heinz, I must confess I am amazed by the wonderfully varied and valuable suggestions our readers have offered. If only more teachers were as ...
Matthew Harre
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Feb 13, 2007 3:03 am
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Hi Matt I must apologize for my mistake about the sponsor. Thank you for suggesting Diller- Quale Solo Book , I will try and hunt it down. Regards Maisy ... ...
(This message is perhaps already posted; my computer went on strike for a while and I don't know if my first attempt was successful.) Thanks for all the...
klavierneuling
isleif@...
Feb 13, 2007 12:34 pm
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Karl-Heinz wrote ... I've only been playing piano less than a year, and I'm self-taught, but I'm very happy with the progress I'm making. I was trying to do...
Hi, Try counting very, very slowly, one measure at a time, then add a second measure, then a third. But count 1 and 2 and 3 and, etc... or even one and a two...
I just had a strange thought. You say that this is music that you know well. Could that be the problem? What if you no longer thought of this as a familiar...
Hi Everybody: I am new to the MusicFossil group and am happy to have found such a forum. My name is Laura. I am 48 years old, living and working in the...
I've never owned an acoustic, but know people who do and have tinkered around on them, so my opinon is somewhat biased: Advantages of Electric: - Portable -...
I think we should realize some disadvantages of our remote communication. We have a theoretical talk about practical things. Our communication is still very...
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