@emma-flournoy
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years ago
I’ve done a couple of exams and one time I couldn’t tell if I was purposefully doing vibrato or my hand was just shaking. XD Anyway, so far I’ve decided not to do any more exams because they’re not necessarily necessary and I don’t need that added bit of pressure/anxiety. XD
Yeah, it’s pretty nice. But you gotta feel sorry for the…[Read more]
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years ago
@emma-flournoy I thought so, but I got confused because then you were talking about another concert (which clearly isn’t the same one XDXD)
That’s great! Yeah, I don’t find I’m very nervous, but like if I play with my mum for some friends or something, I’m more nervous. I think it has to do with having seven other people playing the same part as…[Read more]
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years ago
Till what? XD
Ah, nice plan. 😀 Yes, I am doing NaNo and I would have added her as a buddy if she was. 😉
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Till the concert. XD
It actually went off a lot better than I was expecting. I’m very happy. 😀 It was fun. And I wasn’t as nervous as I was expecting to be, which was lovely. Always helps when you’re in the back and have got a bunch of other people in front of you.;P
Aww. 😀
I watched the video of the Beethoven symphony by the smalin guy. SO.…[Read more]
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@emma-flournoy I thought so, but I got confused because then you were talking about another concert (which clearly isn’t the same one XDXD)
That’s great! Yeah, I don’t find I’m very nervous, but like if I play with my mum for some friends or something, I’m more nervous. I think it has to do with having seven other people playing the same part as…[Read more]
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XD It’s OK.
Yeah, definitely. Scary. 😛 I’ve only been in one recital before, and it was plenty nerve-wracking.
OOH, I’ll definitely watch that one. LOVE Canon in D. <3 <3 <3
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I’ve done a couple of exams and one time I couldn’t tell if I was purposefully doing vibrato or my hand was just shaking. XD Anyway, so far I’ve decided not to do any more exams because they’re not necessarily necessary and I don’t need that added bit of pressure/anxiety. XD
Yeah, it’s pretty nice. But you gotta feel sorry for the…[Read more]
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Ha! XD Well, makes sense.
I know! The same thing over and over and over again….
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XD At least it’s easy to memorise.
So, on Monday, Mum and I were playing my Seitz concerto (and going really well!) and then my conductor (who picks me up sometime before orchestra so I can help out with set up and other things), came to the door while we were finishing the first movement. XDXD And I got really self-conscious, and…[Read more]
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Yeah. XD
Ha! You poor thing. :’D That’s funny though. That would totally happen to me in the same situation.
We have about two and a half weeks till our Christmas concert now, and we only started practicing our music for it about a week ago. *shudder* I really don’t know why they do this. 😐 That’s less than half the amount of time we had to…[Read more]
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It wasn’t too bad. Though my hands were shaking after for a bit. XD
Aw. You shouldn’t have to be really tense to hold the violin (though sometimes you just are and don’t realise it XD). What songs are you playing for the Christmas one?
At this point that I know of, May. We’re not doing a Christmas thing this year (not a formal…[Read more]
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Yeah, I think a lot of my tensity I don’t notice soon as I should ’cause I’m too focused on other aspects. It’s sad. ;P Lessee. There’s “Around the World at Christmas Time”, “A Christmas Festival”, “Star of Wonder”, “March of the Toys”, “Joy to the World”, “The Huron Carol”, and “I Heard the Bells”. I think that’s it, at least for the main…[Read more]
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Yeah. There’s a lot to think about when playing an instrument. 😉
I don’t know any of those specifically (except for Joy to the World and I Heard the Bells), though if they’re medleys, I’d most likely know the songs in them. 😉
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Yeah, I’m sure you’d know most of them. 😉
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How goes NaNo?
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Carols are generally known universally. XD
It goes well! I reached 30,000 words last night and I’m consistently a day ahead of the recommended goals. I haven’t been stressed or feeling like I wasn’t going to make it and I’m confident I have plenty of story to reach the word count, and then some. 😀 It’s been an enjoyable…[Read more]
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Yay! That’s awesome.
Welp, I’m not even sure, technically. If reading counts as a hobby, count that. :’D I’m not really naturally artsy so I don’t do much in that field, and though I can sew things fairly nicely I don’t particularly like sewing except for once a year or so. XD Which would make violin, piano and reading my main ‘hobbies’. And…[Read more]
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I reckon they all count, and I don’t see why MBTI wouldn’t. 😉 Yeah, it’s nice to have the outlet of writing for all my thinking and wondering. 😀
Yikes. That’s okay. 🙂 Sorry to hear that, that’s not always fun, is it? Of course I’ll pray. _hugs_
Uh… Not specifically at this point, but thank you. 🙂
I consider music and…[Read more]
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I bet. 😀
Not very fun at all, Precious. *gollum, gollum* XD
Thanks, that means a lot. 🙂I know though, sometimes when I’ve been asked that question I’m like…uh… nothing? *wracks brains* Yeah… So it’s all right. XD
Cool!! So much neat stuff. Woodworking, that’s neat. Do you like specifically carving, building things, both? When you can…[Read more]
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That’s okay, precious. *gollum* XD
Yeah, same here. XD
With woodworking I’ve made a bowl (which was mostly round when I started, so it was a good starting project and I really enjoyed that). I’ve made two boxes (one a test, one my new jewellery box). And I’ve made a baton that I’m going to give to my conductor. 😀 I did start…[Read more]
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Ooh, cool stuff! I bet it’ll be fun giving your conductor the baton. 😀
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years ago
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years ago
Look it up. 😀 And if you can, find it on the YouTube channel smalin. He makes animated score things and they’re so pretty!
Ooooh! Getting close then? You’d do great. Trust me, I know about not perfect. My first concert with the CSO (the big orchestra), we had this piece for How to Train Your Dragon (which sounds epic when played…[Read more]
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years ago
Another one we got that’s really cool is the second movement of Beethoven Symphony no. 7.
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years ago
@emma-flournoy Yeah, I think we’re playing it a little over half speed.
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years ago
Yes, that’s it exactly! XDXD Yes, it is rather fun, but we haven’t been playing it up to speed yet. 😉 XD
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years ago
It would have been really cool if he could have. XD
Yeah. I don’t just think, “I’ll take my violin shopping today.” XD
Yeah. Do you have any idea what Mozart Symphony no. 40 is?? If you don’t, YouTube it and I bet you you have heard it before. 😉 I didn’t know, but we’re playing it in orchestra so I listened to it and I…[Read more]
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years ago
Yeah, I know what you mean, I didn’t know about it either. My friend who was learning violin lives on a farm and he has a horse and he was telling me he wants to re-hair his own bow with his own horses’ hair, and I was like, “I don’t think that’ll work quite like that.” XD
If you can help it. It’s not too bad, if you have straps,…[Read more]
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years ago
Lol, I thought the same thing. XD
That’s a good question… I know what you mean, some days I just feel like my fingers aren’t cooperating or the bow isn’t working well (I think it may need a re-hair anyway 😛 ), other days I feel like the best violinist in the house! (oh, wait… I’m the only violinist XD)
I know my fingers…[Read more]
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years ago
Sounds like quite the repertoire. I hope you do well and enjoy yourself!
Our performance this afternoon went quite well, though I don’t think I personally played my best. We played a song called Fiesta for Strings, Lady Madonna (the Beatles), It Don’t Mean a Thing, a Mozart piece called Overture and an ABBA medley.
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years, 1 month ago
@emma-flournoy Cool XD
No worries. 🙂
Oh yeah, I know what you mean. XD The smaller orchestra has a performance this Saturday for a school’s 40th anniversary. I’m not really nervous about it (the music is mostly really easy) but I do get anxious when the bit orchestra has performances. What are you performing at and what music are you playing? 🙂
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We’re playing at the college; I think it’s just a free concert for anyone who wants to come/family members of orchestra peeps, etc. Lessee…we’re playing the third mvt. of St. Paul’s Suite; a few movements of Corelli’s “Christmas Concerto”; the first two and the last mvts. of the Capriol Suite by Peter Warlock; the first mvt. of Bach’s 3rd…[Read more]
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Sounds like quite the repertoire. I hope you do well and enjoy yourself!
Our performance this afternoon went quite well, though I don’t think I personally played my best. We played a song called Fiesta for Strings, Lady Madonna (the Beatles), It Don’t Mean a Thing, a Mozart piece called Overture and an ABBA medley.
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Wow that was fast. XD
Thank you! 😀
Good, I’m glad! I mean, not that you didn’t personally play your best, but yeah. ;P Is there any way for you to tell if you won’t be playing so well one day, and apprehend it, esp. if you have important violining to do? Some days I have are really really good (those are the rare ones XD), some are just good,…[Read more]
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Lol, I thought the same thing. XD
That’s a good question… I know what you mean, some days I just feel like my fingers aren’t cooperating or the bow isn’t working well (I think it may need a re-hair anyway 😛 ), other days I feel like the best violinist in the house! (oh, wait… I’m the only violinist XD)
I know my fingers…[Read more]
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XD Yeah. Hey, I’m just having my bow re-haired. I didn’t really know about that before, but it came up as an option instead of buying an expensive new bow (I wanna wait till I have enough money to buy a pretty nice bow, not just mediocre, before buying another bow at all). Haven’t gotten it back yet, but I’m hoping it’ll be a big improvement. I’m…[Read more]
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Yeah, I know what you mean, I didn’t know about it either. My friend who was learning violin lives on a farm and he has a horse and he was telling me he wants to re-hair his own bow with his own horses’ hair, and I was like, “I don’t think that’ll work quite like that.” XD
If you can help it. It’s not too bad, if you have straps,…[Read more]
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Ha! XD If only…
Well, that’s true; I guess I don’t normally have it in the car unless I’ll be using it.
I know whatcha mean. XD
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It would have been really cool if he could have. XD
Yeah. I don’t just think, “I’ll take my violin shopping today.” XD
Yeah. Do you have any idea what Mozart Symphony no. 40 is?? If you don’t, YouTube it and I bet you you have heard it before. 😉 I didn’t know, but we’re playing it in orchestra so I listened to it and I…[Read more]
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Yeah. 😛
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Ohh wait I think I actually do… Goes like ‘duh-da-duh duh-da-duh duh-da-duh-Daaa —- DA-da-da da-da-da da-da-duh-duh…’ etc. If you know the tune you’ll be able to read that properly. XD That’s Molto Allegro, which I think must be the famous movement. I used to listen to that all the time because I used to listen to Mozart all…[Read more]
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Yes, that’s it exactly! XDXD Yes, it is rather fun, but we haven’t been playing it up to speed yet. 😉 XD
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Oh yay! XD Yeah, it’s so fast. Fun. 😀
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@emma-flournoy Yeah, I think we’re playing it a little over half speed.
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*nodnod* Cool.
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Another one we got that’s really cool is the second movement of Beethoven Symphony no. 7.
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Ooh. I don’t know that one off the top of my head, but most Beethoven symphonies are pretty epic.
Our last rehearsal besides the dress rehearsal on the day of the concert was last night. The director said he’s feeling confident about the concert, but I’m still not quite clear on how it’s all going to be good on Thursday. I think maybe they just…[Read more]
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Look it up. 😀 And if you can, find it on the YouTube channel smalin. He makes animated score things and they’re so pretty!
Ooooh! Getting close then? You’d do great. Trust me, I know about not perfect. My first concert with the CSO (the big orchestra), we had this piece for How to Train Your Dragon (which sounds epic when played…[Read more]
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I shall, eventually. 😀
Ooh. XD
Well, that’s an encouraging thought. *nod* I’ll try not to stress. XD
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years, 1 month ago
@emma-flournoy Oh, I deleted it because the link wasn’t working and that was annoying me. I didn’t realise you still got the notification, so I’m guessing the link worked there?? XD
Yeah. 😉
“How do you decide when to use which finger for a sharp or flat? When to move a third finger down or a second finger up, etc.?”
Aha, good question. I think…[Read more]-
Yup. XD
‘I think the general rule is if it’s sharp, you move the finger up and if it’s flat you move it down.’ Ahh, OK! Makes sense. Thanks. 😀
Gotcha. 😉
Heh. Cool. XD
Sweet. ;D Yeah, that was pretty funny. ( :/ yay)
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It’s about two weeks till our first concert. I’m still wondering how this is all gonna come together before then…
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@emma-flournoy Cool XD
No worries. 🙂
Oh yeah, I know what you mean. XD The smaller orchestra has a performance this Saturday for a school’s 40th anniversary. I’m not really nervous about it (the music is mostly really easy) but I do get anxious when the bit orchestra has performances. What are you performing at and what music are you playing? 🙂
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We’re playing at the college; I think it’s just a free concert for anyone who wants to come/family members of orchestra peeps, etc. Lessee…we’re playing the third mvt. of St. Paul’s Suite; a few movements of Corelli’s “Christmas Concerto”; the first two and the last mvts. of the Capriol Suite by Peter Warlock; the first mvt. of Bach’s 3rd…[Read more]
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Sounds like quite the repertoire. I hope you do well and enjoy yourself!
Our performance this afternoon went quite well, though I don’t think I personally played my best. We played a song called Fiesta for Strings, Lady Madonna (the Beatles), It Don’t Mean a Thing, a Mozart piece called Overture and an ABBA medley.
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Wow that was fast. XD
Thank you! 😀
Good, I’m glad! I mean, not that you didn’t personally play your best, but yeah. ;P Is there any way for you to tell if you won’t be playing so well one day, and apprehend it, esp. if you have important violining to do? Some days I have are really really good (those are the rare ones XD), some are just good,…[Read more]
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Lol, I thought the same thing. XD
That’s a good question… I know what you mean, some days I just feel like my fingers aren’t cooperating or the bow isn’t working well (I think it may need a re-hair anyway 😛 ), other days I feel like the best violinist in the house! (oh, wait… I’m the only violinist XD)
I know my fingers…[Read more]
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XD Yeah. Hey, I’m just having my bow re-haired. I didn’t really know about that before, but it came up as an option instead of buying an expensive new bow (I wanna wait till I have enough money to buy a pretty nice bow, not just mediocre, before buying another bow at all). Haven’t gotten it back yet, but I’m hoping it’ll be a big improvement. I’m…[Read more]
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Yeah, I know what you mean, I didn’t know about it either. My friend who was learning violin lives on a farm and he has a horse and he was telling me he wants to re-hair his own bow with his own horses’ hair, and I was like, “I don’t think that’ll work quite like that.” XD
If you can help it. It’s not too bad, if you have straps,…[Read more]
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Ha! XD If only…
Well, that’s true; I guess I don’t normally have it in the car unless I’ll be using it.
I know whatcha mean. XD
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It would have been really cool if he could have. XD
Yeah. I don’t just think, “I’ll take my violin shopping today.” XD
Yeah. Do you have any idea what Mozart Symphony no. 40 is?? If you don’t, YouTube it and I bet you you have heard it before. 😉 I didn’t know, but we’re playing it in orchestra so I listened to it and I…[Read more]
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Yeah. 😛
XD
Ohh wait I think I actually do… Goes like ‘duh-da-duh duh-da-duh duh-da-duh-Daaa —- DA-da-da da-da-da da-da-duh-duh…’ etc. If you know the tune you’ll be able to read that properly. XD That’s Molto Allegro, which I think must be the famous movement. I used to listen to that all the time because I used to listen to Mozart all…[Read more]
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Yes, that’s it exactly! XDXD Yes, it is rather fun, but we haven’t been playing it up to speed yet. 😉 XD
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Oh yay! XD Yeah, it’s so fast. Fun. 😀
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@emma-flournoy Yeah, I think we’re playing it a little over half speed.
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*nodnod* Cool.
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Another one we got that’s really cool is the second movement of Beethoven Symphony no. 7.
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Ooh. I don’t know that one off the top of my head, but most Beethoven symphonies are pretty epic.
Our last rehearsal besides the dress rehearsal on the day of the concert was last night. The director said he’s feeling confident about the concert, but I’m still not quite clear on how it’s all going to be good on Thursday. I think maybe they just…[Read more]
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Look it up. 😀 And if you can, find it on the YouTube channel smalin. He makes animated score things and they’re so pretty!
Ooooh! Getting close then? You’d do great. Trust me, I know about not perfect. My first concert with the CSO (the big orchestra), we had this piece for How to Train Your Dragon (which sounds epic when played…[Read more]
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I shall, eventually. 😀
Ooh. XD
Well, that’s an encouraging thought. *nod* I’ll try not to stress. XD
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years, 1 month ago
Hey, you really wanna know my name? 😀
Here’s my introductory post. Page 5 (if the link doesn’t send you right there), Grace W. aka rebelutionary is a good friend of mine and here she accidentally dropped my real name.
– (@) October 14, 2018
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years, 1 month ago
I know! I had to get so much black for these performances ‘cuz some are not as formal yet still need to be black and some are quiet formal so I actually went and made a dress (with a lot of help from a couple of sewing teachers but it was good). And now most of my nice stuff is black which I don’t particularly like wearing. *rolls…[Read more]
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years, 1 month ago
Have you had any concerts yet (forgive me if you’ve already mentioned that XD)? Do you have a dress code for them? Our concerts for the big orchestra are usually all-black unless it’s more casual, like playing at a local showground or at a retirement home, then we have these coloured shirts (green for strings, yellow for winds,…[Read more]
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years, 1 month ago
Yeah, it gets pretty hot here. Anyway, I know because once I didn’t have my hat and I felt really hot and a bit sick but after the break I was okay and I just kept having a bit of water between pieces.
Long story short, I need to buy a black sun hat XDA favourite… Well, I love the pieces of Lord of the Rings but we actually…[Read more]
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Well that works. XD Choosing favorites is really a terribly hard thing.
Oh, that makes a lot of sense! *cringe* I do have some scale/positions books, but not really technique books, and I admit I hardly ever practice just raw technique by itself. :/ I don’t even really know…how one would go about that? Or is it MEANT to be really boring……[Read more]
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Have you had any concerts yet (forgive me if you’ve already mentioned that XD)? Do you have a dress code for them? Our concerts for the big orchestra are usually all-black unless it’s more casual, like playing at a local showground or at a retirement home, then we have these coloured shirts (green for strings, yellow for winds,…[Read more]
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It’s OK. XD No, not yet—first one’s November 8th. Just four more rehearsals. *endeavors not to shudder* Yes, the dress code is all black. Most of the time, I think. So I’ve been trying to find a good, classy black shirt and skirt, ’cause I don’t normally keep those on hand. XD At least not the shirt. Those concerts definitely sound colorful. ;D…[Read more]
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I know! I had to get so much black for these performances ‘cuz some are not as formal yet still need to be black and some are quiet formal so I actually went and made a dress (with a lot of help from a couple of sewing teachers but it was good). And now most of my nice stuff is black which I don’t particularly like wearing. *rolls…[Read more]
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Hey, you really wanna know my name? 😀
Here’s my introductory post. Page 5 (if the link doesn’t send you right there), Grace W. aka rebelutionary is a good friend of mine and here she accidentally dropped my real name.
– (@) October 14, 2018
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Ahh! XD
All right, my post in on page 9 of the Start Here space, called Just Another Girl. Page 5 of that post. XD
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years, 1 month ago
😛 XD
Lol, yeah. It’s good though. We’re usually using string arrangements now and the brass and wind have to transpose if there isn’t something for them already (I don’t know if you would have figured this out by now, but some instruments aren’t tuned the same as violin, like with clarinet and trumpet their A is really Bb so if…[Read more]
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Louise Fowler posted a new activity comment 6 years, 1 month ago
Yeah, I have YWW for that. I liked KP because it was lots of fun and the articles were really good. 😀
LOL! No! Far from it! XD I sit right next to the concertmaster in the smaller group and sometimes I sit there if she’s not there. But in the bigger one I’m in seconds so if I sit in the first chair of the seconds I’m just leading…[Read more]
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XD It’s OK.
Yeah, definitely. Scary. 😛 I’ve only been in one recital before, and it was plenty nerve-wracking.
OOH, I’ll definitely watch that one. LOVE Canon in D. <3 <3 <3
@emma-flournoy
I’ve done a couple of exams and one time I couldn’t tell if I was purposefully doing vibrato or my hand was just shaking. XD Anyway, so far I’ve decided not to do any more exams because they’re not necessarily necessary and I don’t need that added bit of pressure/anxiety. XD
Yeah, it’s pretty nice. But you gotta feel sorry for the…[Read more]
Ha! XD Well, makes sense.
I know! The same thing over and over and over again….