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To: Publius
I've played all the waltzes, most of the preludes, about half of the etudes, all the scherzi, all the impromptus, one of the ballades and all the polonaises. I've only played one mazurka and one nocturne.

Wow. I can only play a couple of waltzes including the Minute Waltz but not without screwing up a couple of times, the Nocturne in E Flat and the first half of the Berceuse Op 57. Oh, and the Prelude in A is a fairly easy piece too. My playing is rusty now unfortunately. Haven't touched the piano in months.. and besides it hasn't been tuned in three years ! Speaking of tuning, have you ever tried tuning a piano yourself ? It's not that hard anymore provided you don't want concert pitch. All you need is some free software that you can download off the internet, a laptop and a tuning wrench. It's going to be my project over Christmas holidays :)

21 posted on 11/30/2008 9:30:31 PM PST by libh8er
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To: libh8er; All

Also meant to add:

Have you discovered http://www.pandora.com ?

I LOVE it. (It’s free.) It’s part of the Music Genome Project and selects music for you based on what your ear likes in the first place.

I’ve not looked at the classical selections...I’ve been too busy building my “Cheap Trick” radio station and my “Steely Dan” radio station and my “Ted Nugent” radio station, LOL!

But I’ll bet you can find some treasures there, too. :)


28 posted on 12/01/2008 5:49:53 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ('Taking the moderate path of appeasement leads to abysmal defeat.' - Rush on 11/05/08)
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