Back to the Classics
We got to practice wushu in the mat room today. So I decided to bug one of the upperclassmen to teach me butterfly twist. After flopping on the mat several times, I have now progressed from landing on my left shoulder to landing on my face. >_ob
The weather's been getting colder lately, and we still haven't figured out how to turn on the heater. I tried turning the knob next to the big white box in our suite common room today, which caused some strange hissing noise to emit from the box. My suitemate jokingly asked if it was going to explode, and then quickly turned it off before we could find out.
I went to my first Cal Community Music meeting this week, and it was pretty cool. We each played a song (if we wanted to, they didn't force us). I decided to play the Mario theme and a few measures in, some of the guys joined in! One on the second piano, one on flute, and one on cello. It's definitely more fun playing music with other people... but seriously, those guys are hecka talented. None of them are music majors, but they were able to join in without sheet music, probably never having played the song before, and playing in the RIGHT KEY. I'm jealous. I wish I had perfect pitch.
The flute guy improved on the flute with one hand while playing piano chords with his other hand, which was amazing. The guitar people (there were three of them) played some random rock.
And then the other piano guy played Chopin's Fantasie-Improptu. After hearing that, I found myself wishing that I had brought some of my Beethoven and Chopin books. I only brought my FFX and Princess Mononoke piano collections and some random sheet music because I thought that's all I would want to play. But I realize that I really miss the challenge of classical music. You can look for the most complicated version of Simple and Clean or Bratja, but it simply pales in comparison to some Beethoven piano sonata that takes 10 minutes to get through... in Allegro. Well, at least I know what I need to pack next time I go home.
Yeah, I've got another chem midterm on Tuesday. Which means I should sleep soon.
(Btw if any of you are interested, TPP is getting revived. Yes, the OLD forum that got abandoned after the second one was created. http://z15.invisionfree.com/Prancing_Pony/index.php? )
The weather's been getting colder lately, and we still haven't figured out how to turn on the heater. I tried turning the knob next to the big white box in our suite common room today, which caused some strange hissing noise to emit from the box. My suitemate jokingly asked if it was going to explode, and then quickly turned it off before we could find out.
I went to my first Cal Community Music meeting this week, and it was pretty cool. We each played a song (if we wanted to, they didn't force us). I decided to play the Mario theme and a few measures in, some of the guys joined in! One on the second piano, one on flute, and one on cello. It's definitely more fun playing music with other people... but seriously, those guys are hecka talented. None of them are music majors, but they were able to join in without sheet music, probably never having played the song before, and playing in the RIGHT KEY. I'm jealous. I wish I had perfect pitch.
The flute guy improved on the flute with one hand while playing piano chords with his other hand, which was amazing. The guitar people (there were three of them) played some random rock.
And then the other piano guy played Chopin's Fantasie-Improptu. After hearing that, I found myself wishing that I had brought some of my Beethoven and Chopin books. I only brought my FFX and Princess Mononoke piano collections and some random sheet music because I thought that's all I would want to play. But I realize that I really miss the challenge of classical music. You can look for the most complicated version of Simple and Clean or Bratja, but it simply pales in comparison to some Beethoven piano sonata that takes 10 minutes to get through... in Allegro. Well, at least I know what I need to pack next time I go home.
Yeah, I've got another chem midterm on Tuesday. Which means I should sleep soon.
(Btw if any of you are interested, TPP is getting revived. Yes, the OLD forum that got abandoned after the second one was created. http://z15.invisionfree.com/Prancing_Pony/index.php? )