tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548870895179135780.post6616462092593869644..comments2008-10-09T04:17:55.679-05:00Comments on Melissa's Journeys: Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110518349076655159noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548870895179135780.post-13117621740277082312008-05-23T06:28:00.000-05:002008-05-23T06:28:00.000-05:00Hi! I came here from the Pianists forum. The weat...Hi! I came here from the Pianists forum. The weather is playing havoc with my fingers and knees and with my elderly mother's hips--it's humid and really getting hot here in the Dallas area. So I commiserate with you on the pain-while-playing. I wonder--does your teacher have you doing any Hanon or Schmitt exercises as warm-ups? Don't spend a lot of time on them, but I find that Hanon 1 played up and down a few times really loosens up my finger joints. Regarding "On Wings of Song," is that a Melody Bober solo? I think I may have that sheet music in my vast pile of stuff.<BR/><BR/>I had to laugh about your neighbor. I think it's so wacky when people complain about hearing a piano . . . and at the same time, there are cars passing by with huge vibrating bass from hip-hop and rap music! If you are in the Dallas/Ft Worth (Texas) area, we can get together and play duets. I am an early advanced player when I practice . . . a late intermediate if I haven't practiced for a while. *grin*<BR/><BR/>Do you have an interest in classical music, or just in playing pop? I play by ear as well as reading music, so I do both. For easy pieces that sound full, try the Paul Sheftel books or the Tom Roed arrangements of jazz standards.<BR/><BR/>Visit my journal at shalanna.livejournal.com if you feel like it. I find LiveJournal so much easier to use than Blogger, and I have a "friendslist" there that's so easy to read. But they have put ads on their free accounts now. *aack*Shalannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05503978745207805622noreply@blogger.com