but my mom wants to know my Christmas list.
and whoever she is talking on the phone to... probably my grandma. hi grandma. :]
my mom said if i dont make a list i wont get anything... im only human :] and if everyone gets something but me, i will be... upset. and i might cry. but you never know.
i hate Christmas lists. :D
partly because my REAL list consists of:
a macro lensand all of that is way too expensive and I'll never get it unless i somehow manage to get a job and save up $230948230948 to pay for it all myself. which i came to accept a long time ago. thats fine. but i dont know what to ask for when people ask me what i want...
a wide angle lens
guitar hero world tour <3
photography equipment (lights, backdrops, etc)
an mp3 player (which i blogged about previously)
lessons of some sort (piano, dance, etc)
so... this is my attempt at a revised list.
a Twilight calendar
gift cards to clothing/shoe stores
money.
some kind of "teach yourself piano" book. but not beginner, not advanced. in the middle.
um. bleck.
i told you i hate this. xD
the new The Killers cd,
Paramore's cd: Riot,
Fall Out Boy's new cd, Folie a Deux which you cant find until the 16th.
and.
world peace.
Happy now? :]
8 comments:
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What's an "in the middle" piano book?
- The middle two octaves of the piano?
- The 2nd note of a triad? (What's a triad?)
- The 4th and 5th keys of a scale? (And who needs to know what a scale is?)
Everything starts with fundamentals, so what exactly do you mean?
In the middle meaning I can already play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and dont need a little kid absolute beginner book :]
Okay, can you tell me why most books would start you off with something like "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"? If you notice, guitar books start with something similar.
It's all a cunning plan for global domination on the part of the method book writers, isn't it? And you just ain't buying it, huh?
/sarc off
It may seem dull, boring and laborious, but there is a purpose behind the various methods. Much like, as your dad can attest, every introductory (I didn't say "little kid beginner") computer course has some kind of "Hello World" program as the first exercise.
There are child and adult beginner books. Don't let thoughts like "I can read the notes" get in the way of learning proper finger technique and the theory behind the exercises. I did it my way for four years - courtesy of my parents' money - and was very dissatisfied with the results. I had to go back and do it again myself fifteen years later. It's not as much fun the second time around.
Okay, okay, i get it :]
She already has the beginner books and worked through them. Granted, it was years ago, but she seems to still have it down when she breaks them out every once in a while.
Cool. There are several good method programs. We use Alfred, which has child beginner, young adult beginner and adult beginner programs. They even have a roadmap to show how someone would graduate from a young adult program to the adult program, yet still have continuity in training.
At minimum, I'd suggest not only the lesson books, but the technique and theory books as well. The others - activity and solo books - are supplemental IMO.
These books are relatively inexpensive, too.
cool, thanks
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