Posted on 12/05/2002 4:35:35 AM PST by Chairman_December_19th_Society
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail! [President Bush]
Good morning!! Do not let the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, nor the brave members of our Nation's military who have given their lives to protect our freedom, die in vain!!
WINTER STORM #2 - UPDATE
...SNOW IS FALLING AT A MODERATE RATE ACROSS VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND
Overnight totals at the cottage are about 3", though this has not been measured yet. The current QPF says there is another 0.5 inches of precipitable water availble from 7 AM this morning through 3 AM tomorrow morning.
The event total estimate is now 8" for the area based on the QPF. That is still a 3-roll event. NWS forecasts call for as much as 10", if it appears that total will be met, then the designation will change to a 4-roller.
In the news:
Iraq has accused the weapons inspectors of being spies for the United States and Israel and has condemmed the inspection of one of the Presidential Palaces.
The United States will compare Iraq's weapons list, if they have one - Iraq is quoted in this morning's news as still saying they have no WMDs - against its own data, and is prepared to cite Iraq for a breach.
The United States is preparing to call up reserves in the event of a war with Iraq.
A US District Judge ruled that Jose Padilla, being held in the brig as an enemy combatant, does fall under the purvue of the Federal court system, insofar as to whether the Government made a correct determination of his status. [EDITORIAL NOTE: This is so bogus - it has got to be overturned!! It throws the whole ability of a Nation to capture the enemy out of whack!!]
And Strom Thurmond has turned 100 today.
For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.
I remain full of doubt about that. ;>)
I also studied french from 1st though 6th and then 10-12 in high school.
Latin was 7th and 8th, boys only, taught by the headmaster. That was the most valuable class I ever had. Latin is the root of the romance languages, and a large part of American english.
And the key to science. When I hear meso, I think middle. When I hear phylic, I think heat. So mesophylic bacteria are those that like the middle range. (about 105F). Lacto makes me think of milk. Bacillus is pretty obvious to most english speakers. Hence, my ability to remember mesophylic lactobacillus. Not to be confused with acidophilus, which would be a philus or friend of acid.
In my next life, I shall study languages, for they are rich in life and history. ;>)
/john
/john
Requiring written music to play is like requiring written words to speak.
My family has always played music. When a child reaches 3 years old, he or she is given a Uke and taught a simple song or two. A three year olds hands fit a Uke and the gut strings are easy on little fingers.
As the years go by we transition to other instruments. Only after we learn to play do we learn to read music. Think of how hard it would be if a child had to learn to read before it could learn to talk. Yet that is what we do with music education.
The key is to learn to hear the chords and rhythms of a song. With 4 cords you can do simple songs. Our system was when we did not know how to make the chord in a song we would find the sheet music. Play the notes on the piano and then transfer them to the other instruments. Most of the time we just asked a brother sister or cousin how do you make that sound(chord) on the instrument we were playing. Once you know the chord the melody is simple. The melody note is mostly hiding in the chord as one of the notes in the chord. There are transition notes that take a song from one chord to another.
Songs are easier to remember than written words. Once you learn to "hear" the chords and "hear" the melody, playing any song is as easy as saying "repeat after me". We all can hear the sounds that make music. All you have to master is how to make those sounds on your instrument. Later you can learn to write those sounds down so others can read them or play what other have written on paper.
From 1963 until 1997 I never played music with my cousins. I lived hundreds of miles away. They play every Tuesday evening. Mrs tator and I joined the group after we moved back home in 1997. It was the first time I had played with my cousins since 1963. Mrs tator, the piano teacher, was astounded that I was able to sit down and play songs with them. My cousin Joe and I even did some Bob Wills western swing twin guitar circa 1950 style.
My cousin Mary composes songs. After that session she asked her brother Joe to listen and give her some ideas for fixing spots on a new song she was writing. She played it on the piano by ear, and he played the bass. Mrs Tator could not believe he could play a song he had never heard before. So Joe handed me his bass sat down at the drums. When I played bass with no errors on a song my wife knew I had never heard, she was shocked.
The key to that is understanding transition notes that take the tune from one primary chord to another. When you master that you can play songs you have never heard before. Later on you will learn the transition notes can be played as chords too.
When children learn to read they are learning how to read words they already know. Music is even easier. Most of the music you read, you already know not only the notes but the composition as well. Reading music after learning to hear it, is like reading a poem you have already comitted to memory.
Thanks for your comments! I am a former WordPerfect employee, and it warms my heart to hear those comments. It is really to bad what happened to the company, Word stinks, and isn't even at WP 5.1 level YET.
/john
I would settle, were I in that position. You would get your bracelet, and I would never touch your computer again. Wait.... I've done that. Grin!
/john
But I'm just a cook. grin!
/john
Everyone's brain is wired differently. For me reading music came naturally; I was reading music at a very young age, long before I was reading words. The magic for me was transforming the little black dots on the page into pretty sounds my fingers could make on the keys. Playing by ear came much later.
There's really no "right or wrong" way to learn music. It just depends on how your brain works. Paul McCartney is a multi-bijillionaire and doesn't read music. OTOH, being able to get together with a flutist you've never met, put the sheet music for Mozart's Concerto in G Major on your respective music stands, and play it together beautifully & perfectly on the first try is an incredibly satisfying experience........and a whole lot of fun.
You are toooooooooo cute.:^)
I'm going to call it a night. 14 angels to the cook and erstwhile geek.:)
Tough call (NOT!).
I wouldn't be able to go for the weapons ban that Conn has. Too much danger for this able military guy. I require the ability to protect myself.
/john
14 angels to you and yours also. And travel mercies for Em.
/john
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