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« Reply #720 on: April 15, 2021, 01:33:10 PM »
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« Reply #721 on: April 15, 2021, 02:45:10 PM »
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« Reply #722 on: April 15, 2021, 03:24:50 PM »
...Elgar's last major work.  It was right after WWI, and Europe was in a bad state of mind.  They all knew that the future would bring a Europe that would not resemble what it had been.  This concerto does express how Elgar was feeling at the time.  It expresses a whole spectrum of emotions.  It is unique, in that it begins, and ends, with the same notes and double stops performed by the soloist.

...I LOVE watching Yo Yo Ma perform, he is so ALIVE!!!  ;D  He doesn't just sit woodenly in the chair, he moves his body, and he moves the cello into different positions...and NONE of the positions are in any instructional books.   ::)  When I was active, I kinda did the same thing with my cello.  The Conductor told me to 'tone it down' when we performed...I did...and felt that I wasn't playing as well as I could, and wasn't expressing the mood of the piece at times.   :(

...A brief comment on 'vibrato'...that is where the left hand seems to vibrate as a note is played.  Yo Yo really does it well.  When I started cello, I wanted to learn vibrato, and, at first, thought that it was just wiggling the fingers.  I was briefed by the Conductor, and watched videos of cellists.  I soon saw that you don't 'wiggle the fingers'...you actually just plant the finger, and then the forearm moves up and down the fingerboard, and that rocks the finger on the note.  Problem was, my wrist wanted to move the hand, and the result was 'interesting'.  I tormented my family when I practiced at home.  So, I would tape a ruler to the underside of my hand, with the other side taped to my forearm, so I couldn't move my wrist.  It WORKED!!!  and I developed a nice, deep vibrato.   :)
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« Reply #723 on: April 15, 2021, 05:25:25 PM »
impressive indeed
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« Reply #724 on: April 16, 2021, 05:12:30 AM »
...Gunnar was going to perform music at the High Council meeting.  He had mastered a barbarian instrument, and was eager to play a complex work.   ;D  Unfortunately, Tiveri's pet urt got loose, and it tried to help Gunnar.   :P

...https://youtu.be/E1JKd1C7izQ
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« Reply #725 on: April 16, 2021, 08:35:10 AM »
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« Reply #726 on: April 20, 2021, 08:44:22 PM »
...Vocal Songs... :)

...It is truly amazing how much impact a song can have on our minds.  I guess because it has two components, the music and the lyrics.  Music affects us, even when it is just instrumental.  A poem, or a song that only has voices, can also inspire and move us.  Then, there are the songs where the music and lyrics fit together, and those are marvelous!!!   :)  When you first hear one of those type, that speaks to you, it is a wonderful experience.  When I first heard this one, I was at work, analyzing a huge F/U by one of our contractors...and when it came on...I just set down my pencil and listened.  The hair at the back of my neck was rising...and the left corner of my mouth was twitching.  (That means that something is moving me...when the right side of my mouth twitches, it means that I am getting angry... ::))

...https://genius.com/Bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-lyrics
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« Reply #727 on: April 20, 2021, 09:11:54 PM »
very true sbout music nods
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« Reply #728 on: May 04, 2021, 03:48:11 PM »
...Cutting up in Class... ;D

...I was usually the 'quiet girl' in school.  In grammer and jr hs, I just sat in my chair, and answered questions that were put to me.  I came alive in H.S., and got active in all my subjects...I LOVED being able to elect my courses, and take what I wanted.  The teachers really helped me, especially the Math and Science teachers...I was especially interested in looking at the 'fringe' aspects of subjects.  Once, a math student came in with a handout that explained a very bizarre way to solve a math equation, but he couldn't figure it out.  The teacher looked at it, and said...

..."Give it to 'Crazy P-------', she will explain it next week."

...I struggled with it over the weekend, and figured it out...it involved filling out a series of matrices.  So, I showed up in a nice, navy blue dress, and was covered in chalk dust, after filling three chalkboards with matrices.  (I will confess that I was making a 'Production' of my presentation). I was almost coughing chalk dust as I said...after I solved it...

..."There is an easier way"...I solved the equation in 4 lines...and sat down.

...A few times, I had it in for substitute teachers, usually in Orchestra.  We would all switch instruments, and we would sound like Hell.  I would be trying to play a clarinet, while the guy struggled with my cello.  We would straighten up after we had made our joke, and get back to our usual  places.  One time, we were all sitting in our usual places, and the substitute explained that she was happy to be with us, she had heard that we had won awards in competitions.  We started, and sounded like Hell.  :P  She stopped, and then had each section play a few measures.  She got to the cellos, and stared at us after we played.  :o  I was looking at the music, chewing my lower lip, and then I brightened up and said..."I see the problem."   ;)

...I turned my music so it was pointing up...(It had been upside down on the stand...I had stolen that joke from a Marx Bros. Movie)...and the rest of the cellos followed...one stand had the music sideways.  We sounded OK, after that.

...The Sub just got back to work.   :)
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« Reply #729 on: May 04, 2021, 04:14:43 PM »
loves the pranks  smiles
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« Reply #730 on: May 04, 2021, 08:55:58 PM »
...Why I became a Lawyer...and not a Police Woman... :P :P :P

...in Jr HS, I was coming alive, and wanted to try different things.  I was a musician, a scholar,  a ballet dancer...but...

...I WANTED TO BE A BADASS!!!   >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

...So...I became... ;D ;D ;D ;D

...a GOLD CAP!!!!!!    :D

...I would get to eat lunch early, and then would go to a room, and four of us students were issued gold colored berets.  We would then go out, and maintain order.  We had citation clipboards, and would nail the other students who were acting up, or dropping garbage.  After a while, the teachers assigned me to watch over the exit route.  It was boring, I would watch the students, and write up any student who cut across the lawn, not following the concrete path.  It was boring, usually, I would just yell at a student who started to cut across, and he or she would get back on the path, and I would just ignore them.

...Once, though, the school 'BADASS GIRL' cut across, and wouldn't stop when I called out to her.  She pushed me out into the center of the playground, and we started punching each other...students were all around us, watching, yelling "CATFIGHT, CATFIGHT, CATFIGHT!!!"   :o  (Guys like to watch a REAL catfight)...Teachers pulled us apart...I was using my clipboard very well...to block her punches...and to hit her on the side of her head with it...(I should start a Martial Arts class in 'Clipboard Fighting')

...She got detention...I was just told to keep things calm...so I would glare at her and hold my clipboard up when she exited the dining hall.  She would laugh...and so would I. 
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« Reply #731 on: May 05, 2021, 08:50:03 AM »
lol  add besides lawyers make more money
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« Reply #732 on: May 06, 2021, 11:20:23 PM »
...Fighting 10 guys at once... ;D

...https://youtu.be/Kv9ygN2B8WU

...In Karate class, six guys and I put on a fun demonstration for the Dojo.  I walked out onto the mat, wearing a casual dress, and carrying a brief case.  The Sensei announced that I was a brown belt, and was walking down a dark alley, late at night.  Six guys came out, and surrounded me.  I then emitted my best 'Charlene Morris attack scream', dropped the briefcase, and beat them all up...I was jumping up and down, whirling. punching and kicking...and SCREAMING as loud as I could.   >:(  The Sensei looked at the female students, and said, "Some of you Ladies may think that you will be able to do this.  But, watch this...this is a more realistic and likely outcome."   ::)

...I entered the mat, again, and dropped the briefcase, and got into my 'attack stance' as the six entered, and screamed my 'War Whoop'   They looked at each other, and then descended onto me, and ALL SIX punched me in the face at the same time...I fell back...ass over teacups...and the Sensei commented...

..."Ladies, you will become dangerous creatures when you get to her level...but stay out of alleys...and run if you get the chance."   :P
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« Reply #733 on: May 07, 2021, 08:56:39 AM »
love the demonstration though I think if they all tried to punch at the same tome, duck and let them hit each other lol.  also could use the briefcase as a weapon, anything can be a weapon if used properly.  smiles.
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« Reply #734 on: May 14, 2021, 01:42:24 AM »
...How to GROSS OUT a H.S. biology class  :P...

...I was the Chemistry T.A. in High school, but also helped out with the Biology Class...I taught it a couple times  ::)

...The class were dissecting 'Sea Urchins', those spiny balls of shell.  I was walking around, and coaching the students, showing them where the beak was, and such, and helping them cut the shells in half.  They were then instructed to identify the internal organs, and I pointed them out to the students.  ::)  The teacher pointed at the yellow bags of pus looking structures,  :P and said, "Those are the egg sacks, the Japanese people eat them, raw."   :o  (The 'uni' sacks)  The students all groaned, and made comments...and I said..."Really?"...and picked one up...and ate it.  I commented..."Not bad". 

...(I had eaten 'uni' in restaurants before, so I wasn't afraid of it.)

...A number of the girls screamed, and I just looked around, with my best "What the F.... is the matter look" on my face.   ;D

...And...I always wondered why the guys didn't ask me out for a date...although I was cute back then...   ???
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