From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V10 #232 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Thursday, December 22 2005 Volume 10 : Number 232 Today's Subjects: ----------------- left and right hand coordination [tom & kelly ] re: left and right hand coordination [steve7701@theriver.com] Re: OT - Worst Christmas Music ["Desianto F. W." ] RE: OT - Worst Christmas Music ["Gary Wingert" ] Re: left and right hand coordination [PParm16424@aol.com] Re: left and right hand coordination [PParm16424@aol.com] Re: left and right hand coordination [PParm16424@aol.com] Re: Favorite Christmas Album/CD? [PParm16424@aol.com] Re: left and right hand coordination [Bob Rumsby ] Re: left and right hand coordination [PParm16424@aol.com] Favorite Christmas Jingle/Song ["Desianto F. W." ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:02:53 -0600 From: tom & kelly Subject: left and right hand coordination Over the years I have tried to play the Peanut's theme, you know the one main theme that starts with the left hand on the piano and then the right hand part comes in? To me it defines a master piano player. It is so hard to coordinate those parts. Mr. White could do it, but I never have been able too. Tom ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:40:51 -0000 (GMT) From: steve7701@theriver.com Subject: re: left and right hand coordination I'm still trying to master walking and chewing gum at the same time. Steve R. Over the years I have tried to play the Peanut's theme, you know the one main theme that starts with the left hand on the piano and then the right hand part comes in? To me it defines a master piano player. It is so hard to coordinate those parts. Mr. White could do it, but I never have been able too. Tom ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:09:39 -0800 (PST) From: "Desianto F. W." Subject: Re: OT - Worst Christmas Music Gee.... I never know that it is hard to find! I thought it is just like other Christmas albums that can be found everywhere in this moment. Well, I can say that I was so lucky - and maybe at the same time - so stupid cause I saw a rare thing but did not realize it so I just ignored it. ---- Czesc, Desianto F. W. - --- owner-basia@smoe.org wrote: > > > When you said that Peter White has a Christmas > > album, I remember that I > > did see it last November somewhere in a music store > > in my town. > > I bopped over to PW's site just for kicks (arrgh, > auto-launching audio!) and he says there that it is > hard to find, so much so that he was bringing copies > on his Christmas tour for people to buy. Which is way > cool, 'cause I'd rather give my moolah to him directly > than, say, Borders. > > > -- Leslie O. > www.basiaweb.com > > Look at us -- we should be thankful > After all -- we've got everything > And others in the world > Would be grateful > For a chance of having half as much > --Matt Bianco,'Say the Words' > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:41:00 -0500 From: Bill Roberts Subject: Re: left and right hand coordination I'm a piano player and I can play it after some practice. It deceptively sounds simple. It isn't. Quoting tom & kelly : > > Over the years I have tried to play the Peanut's theme, you know the > one main theme that starts with the left hand on the piano and then > the right hand part comes in? To me it defines a master piano player. > It is so hard to coordinate those parts. Mr. White could do it, but I > never have been able too. > > Tom ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:57:16 -0800 From: "Gary Wingert" Subject: RE: OT - Worst Christmas Music Hey all, Catch the "Xmas in Frisko" stream at soma fm: http://www.somafm.com "Our annual eclectic, irreverent holiday broadcast. May not be suitable for all ages!" gary ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:38:02 EST From: PParm16424@aol.com Subject: Re: left and right hand coordination Tom, I actually can do the Peanuts song myself. I have played it for my students in a recital a few years ago. It's a fun song, I think. Phil P. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:07:04 EST From: PParm16424@aol.com Subject: Re: left and right hand coordination ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:10:46 EST From: PParm16424@aol.com Subject: Re: left and right hand coordination (Again, sorry for the blank one!) What is more challenging for me is Bruce Hornsby's "The Valley Road". I am working it back up for the June recital. I played it about 15 years ago, and did well on about 95% of it. I want to really nail the whole thing this time. I also am working on Sade's "Is It A Crime?" Time will tell if I can get the vocals and dynamics with the "right" feel to it. I do like a challenge. :) Phil P. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:19:07 EST From: PParm16424@aol.com Subject: Re: Favorite Christmas Album/CD? I am with you, Leslie, on the old standard Christmas songs. I bought a double CD called "Now That's What I Call Christmas Music". It has all the old favorites from Bing Crosby, Burl Ives, Peggy Lee, etc. right up to the Carpenters (Merry Christmas Darling is my all-time favoite Christmas song.) Paul McCartney, and John Lennon, etc. We were playing the CD during our church Christmas party, and on the spur of the moment, two of the ladies (one of which is knowingly tone deaf) got up to sing with "Grandma Got Run Over By a Raindeer", and WOAH, was that nasty, but incredibly funny. Should've never let them use the microphones! :) The last lines are, "You can say there's no such thing as Santa, but as for me and Grandpa, we believe." As it ended, I grabbed a mic, and said, "Heck, I am doubting there's a God after THAT!" :) Phil P. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:19:48 -0500 From: Bob Rumsby Subject: Re: left and right hand coordination Perhaps your right hand pressed the send button before the left hand was ready for it...... bfn Bob R At 02:07 PM 12/21/2005, you wrote: ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:28:38 EST From: PParm16424@aol.com Subject: Re: left and right hand coordination That is funny! However, when I click on "respond", it sometimes automatically "sends", too. Silly 'puter! Phil P. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:52:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Desianto F. W." Subject: Favorite Christmas Jingle/Song OK, now for something slightly different. One of my favorite Christmas Jingles is Mr. Beans version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen in the episode of Mr. Beans Christmas (or Merry Christmas Mr. Bean?). I am never tired of it and everytime I watch and listen to it, I always laugh - at least smile :-) ---- Czesc, Desianto F. W. Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:37:49 -0800 (PST) From: "Leslie O." Subject: Re: left and right hand coordination > Over the years I have tried to play the Peanut's > theme, you know the > one main theme that starts with the left hand on the > piano and then > the right hand part comes in? To me it defines a > master piano player. > It is so hard to coordinate those parts. Mr. White > could do it, but I > never have been able too. "that Peanuts song" is called "Linus and Lucy," LOL. I was thinking the other night, damn, his estate must have made millions off that song! The story was that it was written for a special called Boy Named Charlie Brown that was never aired (before the Christmas show); he composed the song and played the main hook over the phone to Charles Schulz, who completely loved it and for good reason. I really love the song "Peppermint Patty" as well (I think it has an alternate Christmas-related title), it's the one from the famous dancing-kids scene in the show. Great Latin jazz number, catchy as hell and almost ventures into dangerous earworm territory. I do love Vince Guaraldi's work, even though I can never spell his name, haha. My favorite composition of his is not Peanuts- related but "Cast Your Fate to the Wind." Classic! He died far too young and had been underrated for too long, until recently it seems. Google just showed me the official site: http://www.vinceguaraldi.com/ Pretty cool! Now, David Benoit is sort of the official Peanuts pianist; while he does a great job because he's pretty great technically, his playing style seems lighter to me than Guaraldi's and it doesn't appeal to me as much. Guaraldi had, to me in my uneducated musical lack-of-vocabulary, sort of richer-sounding notes, just more full-bodied. :-) Leslie O. Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V10 #232 ****************************