How did your benchmark test go?

Thanks!

The benchmark was all right haha. It wasn't difficult but, it wasn't really fun. :)

I'm sorry that I haven't been around here for awhile Shiang! Will be on more now, though.

That's all right.
I'll be online more as well because I am on spring break. :)

You're on here awfully late!

Yup
I'm about to get to sleep though, so have a goodnight :)

Yeah, I need to get to bed soon also. Have you spent some time studying the things on those music websites where I posted the links?

Okay, I can see that you're now logged off from here.

I wish for you a goodnight also! :)

I'm online right now and will for a few hours. :)

I just got online here now, Shiang. I'm sorry that I missed you earlier tonight!

I asked you a question in post #257 above...

Oh sorry. I overlooked it on accident. But I haven't really this week, instead I was working on a class project.

Please do study the things on those websites. It will enable us to move along faster here and I'm sure that you will be able to play your song and other pieces of music because of the knowledge that you'll have gained.

I know that your schoolwork comes first. That's really important!

Thanks!

Of course school first. :)
Okay, I made some print outs so I can take with me to study today.

Okay, that's cool! I'll look forward to working with you at some point in the near future then!

Thanks! :)

Haha hopefully really soon. :)

I have a question though, I haven't found a section about those funky looking notes. What are those ones that look like several notes stacked on top of each other?

Hello?

Hi again, Shiang!

I haven't forgotten about you! I've just been really busy. I'm not sure what you're asking about here? Do you mean the notes on the Grand Staff or just notes by themselves?

Thanks!

Hi, Bree-Anna!

Did you start your own thread about writing a song? I would be glad to help you!

Thanks!

Did I lose you, Shiang?

No I've been super busy lately. There is the state testing and plenty of projects to come with them. :(

I meant these crazy notes here. :)

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Well hello, Shiang!

Those are chords. You would play them with your left hand.

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Hello Clough.

Ohh so that's what they're called. Thank you. :)

See? You learned something else! I just a couple of new students close to where I live. One of them plays the piano and the other one plays the violin. There father has 18 children! 12 of them are still at home with him.

How is it that you were able to just save, as an image, a portion of the music that I wrote for you, please?

Thanks!

Yep! Wow that's very many children to take care of. I even find it hard enough taking care of only three of my sisters!

Oh um I used photoshop to cut off a piece of the image, since the computer I'm using doesn't have paint or anything else to do it.

I don't have Photoshop, but several other free programs that I like to use. I'm going to see if I can do that same thing with at least one of them.

How is your dancing coming along?

Thanks!

I like photoshop for all the file save options it gives me as well as it's resizing feature. What programs do you use?

Dancing is all right, nothing new. There's a lot of sitting around lately since we're staging all the dances for our performance in May.

The two photo editing software that I like to use the most are Irfanview (http://www.irfanview.com/) and Pixia (http://www.ne.jp/asahi/mighty/knight/).

Those two names above, are links to the sites for them.

If you're staging the dances, why is there a lot of sitting around? Might it be because of waiting for others to be choreographed and staged while you have to wait for your part to come?

Pixia looks like a good program for something free. :) I'd use Opencanvas, but it's not mac supported.

Well, sitting and standing around. One because we have to be placed around, run it a few times, stand some more while it's being adjusted. And yes while waiting for my part to come while others are being staged.

That's what I figured concerning the dancing... I've been in over 40 musical theater productions, either on the stage as an actor or in the pit orchestra.

Is Opencanvas free?

Woow that's a lot! I didn't know you did acting?

Version 1 I think, is free now. The rest if the um retired? Ones I'm not sure of yet.

Yes, I've been in a lot of different types of shows and music-making groups...

Have you studied some of material that we were going to work on?

What are the shows you've been in like?

Yes, of course! :]

Okay! That's great that you've studied some of the material! That will help you to be able to play your song and understand what you're doing!

The shows that I've been in on stage or in the pit orchestra have been musicals, like Cats, Oklahoma, South Pacific, Funny Girl, Fiddler on the Roof, The Wizard of Oz, etc.

They've been professional, community, college and school theater productions.

I have to make sure that it sticks with me haha. Is it okay if I practice playing those nursery songs?

Ohh I haven't heard of most of them on that list. But I do like musicals, they are very interesting.

I'm sure that it will stick with you because you are a person who tries really hard and we'll also work on those things here.

Yes, it's okay to practice the nursery songs!

What do you suppose the name of the chord is in the image below that I've circled? It's a Major chord and the name of it is what the letter name of the note on the bottom is.

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Okay, though I don't want to like practice them, and then find out I've been doing it wrong the whole time haha.

Uhm that would be E, right?

If it was the treble clef, you would be correct. It would be an "E". But, the bass clef is different. Please use one of the charts that you have to figure it out.

Thanks!

Oh! Would it be "G"?

Wow! You're awesome! That's correct! What do you think the middle note of the chord is, please? It's on the third line up.

"E"? How do I tell which one it is, if it's upside down?

It matters where the head (small oval shape) on the note is located. If the stem (line on the side of the note) goes up or down doesn't matter as far as the letter name is concerned.

Do you remember this?

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So the bottom of the three little circles is what matters?

Yes I remember that.

Yes, the bottom little circle is on the "G" line.

Since we had been talking about musicals, I thought that you might be interested in reading a review about on a couple of years ago where I played the string bass at our local dinner theater here.

Here is the link.

Theater review "Liebowitz Sisters" provides lovely change (http://www.qctimes.com/lifestyles/leisure/article_a919ae96-2215-5dde-aaf9-4fff6d033ff8.html)

That review makes the Liebowitz Sisters sound so interesting. Is there a book on it that I could read?

Oo I have yet to see some dinner theaters here, few except in large/popular shopping areas.

I don't think there is a book on it that has been written. It's a musical where the audiences through the years have been smaller and smaller. It's a great show, but didn't seem to stand the test of time like so many other shows have. So, the run that I played was to be the last, sadly. Perhaps it will be revived again someday...

Remember my question as to what the middle note of the chord is?

Oh but it sounds like such a good story. I think it could be revived, if more people knew about it. It seems like one of those things that get lost because not many people are talking about it.

The middle note of the chord is "B"?

In the treble clef, it would be a "B" and you would be correct. But, remember that the bass clef is different.

Yes, it is a good story for the show. I loved playing for it! Hopefully, it will be revived someday!

I'm so confused right now. I don't think I understood the question. D:

Time to spread the word to friends haha. I want to see a show of that one day.

If the bottom note is "G", then you count up from "G" using the seven letters of the musical alphabet.

Hint: The next space up is "A".

So what am I supposed to find? The middle of the circled chord or..

Yes, the letter name of the middle note of the circled chord in the bass clef. Please use your chart or the keyboard chart that I provided.

Thanks!

Then, it is B isn't it?

You're 100% correct again! Way to go!

So, what's the letter name of the top note of the chord, please?

Okay, it looks like you fell asleep on me! It's getting pretty late anyway, and I'll bet that you have school today!

I wish for you sweet dreams and a pleasant sleep! :) We can continue at another time...

Thanks!

Yay! c: Top note of the chord is "D"?

Sorry for falling asleep in the middle. :( I'll get back on after school today.

Thanks. Hope you had a good sleep also. :)

You're correct again, Shiang! The top note of the chord is "D"! I'm proud of you for the progress that you're making!

Haha yay! I'm glad I'm making progress! :D

Yes, you are making progress Shiang! I'm sorry that I haven't been around! Am having some difficulties at my home right now and am living with friends. Am using their computer, so I don't have my usual resources now that I would normally have available to help people musically.

Again, I'm proud of you! I wish that you could hear my new piano and violin student who are both about the same age as you!

That's all right, I haven't been around much either. Oh I see. I do hope the difficulties will be over soon. :)

Ohh that'd be really cool. Can they record like you did with the simple version? :0

Hi, Shiang!

Am still having difficulties here. Hopefully, they will be over soon! Have found the ways to get them to be over. Just need to be able to do the ways.

I'm working on different ways to that you can hear recordings of things here. It might be possible for you to hear what my private students sound like. I'll work on that.

It would also be neat if I could here what you might be playing as we progress here with helping you to learn how to play!

Thanks!

Sorry I have been absent for a while.

That sounds good. Ohh that'd be so cool to hear them.

Haha I need to learn how to record as well then so you can hear my wretched playing. :)

Hi, Shiang!

What I would suggest doing is getting a microphone and attaching it to your computer and then we can go from there.

I'm sure that you're playing is going to be good! :)

Thanks!

wat a strang song lol but i like it

Hi, Shiang!

Are you by any chance around?

Thanks!

Okie dokie! I've got me a mic. :]

Sorry for not being around. :(

Lilly: Thank you. :]

Hey, that's great, Shiang! Now, you can record yourself so that I can hear what you're playing! :)

Thanks!

Oh I have to take it up with me huh? I'll try to then.

What would you like to hear me play lol?

I's like to hear you play any piece! I know that you'll be able to play your song that we've worked on. But, you'll need to practice it, and I need to give you instructions in how to practice.

The strange thing is for me, that I can't find my own microphone. It appears to be hiding somewhere. I know that I didn't take it anywhere outside of my home.

Okay I'll like record soon as I can. May I have the instructions now?

Hrmm take a while off it and it will magically appear! I can't seem to find things when I look too hard lol.

Do you mean instructions for recording or instructions for playing your song on the keyboard?

How's it going, Shiang? Have you finished the school year yet?

Thanks!

I had meant, instructions for play the song. :)

It's all right, school ends in two more days after the weekend! Then I'll have most of the summer free.

Okay, that's great! Then you'll be able to spend more time on this project!

Most of the schools around here are already out for the summer.

Thanks!

Clough, could we end the project?
I seem to have lost the enthusiasm for it. :(
[damn my spontaneousness]

Clough, could we end the project?
I seem to have lost the enthusiasm for it. :(
[damn my spontaneousness]

Hey Shiang, I've been working on a few songs too as well.

Every time I write it sounds good at the time, than the next day not as much.

So I start on another one and therefore I have bits of pieces everywhere.

You got to keep working on a song and if you don't like it later try to give it some touches and that way you ll finish a song and you ll have more enthusiasm in playing it.

Let me know if you need help working on it,

Clough, could we end the project?
I seem to have lost the enthusiasm for it. :(
[damn my spontaneousness]

How have you lost your enthusiasm for it, Shiang?

Thanks!

Hey Shiang, i've been working on a few songs too as well.

Everytime i write it sounds good at the time, than the next day not as much.

So i start on another one and therefore i have bits of pieces everywhere.

You gotta keep working on a song and if you dont like it later try to give it some touches and that way you ll finish a song and you ll have more enthusiasm in playing it.

Let me know if you need help working on it,

Thank you for your advice. Perhaps I'll find will to come back sometimes.

Clough: I don't know, I just don't have the will to come here and work on it.

I write songs too.

Here is one

You might be thinking I'm a boring girl
You never knew the real me
You might be just like everybody else
I am going to show you the real me yeah
Why don't others think you know who you are
The real you is about to shine through
You don't know who I am
But you're about to find out!
This is me, and you can't ignore it
Going to tell you all about me
And I want to know, why you didn't ask before
I've been hiding out, all this time
And now I feel like something's right
Sha la la la sha la la la la
I've been all alone in the dark
I feel like a revolution is about to start
All the lonely people, we are going to rule
Yeah, with you and me we'll become cool
I am going to show you the real me yeah
Why don't others think you know who you are
The real you is about to shine through
You don't know who I am
But you're about to find out!
This is me, and you can't ignore it
Going to tell you all about me
And I want to know, why you didn't ask before
I've been hiding out, all this time
And now I feel like something's right
Sha la la la sha la la la la
Listen to you're heart, a beat that you can dance to
Just sing and dance along
Yeah, you'll connect with this song
All of us,
We're going to scream and shout,
Without a bit of doubt, telling everyone
Who we are!
The real you is shining through
Yeah you know who I am
Know it's time for me to find out about you
This is me, and you won't ignore it
And I want to know, why you didn't ask before
I've been hiding out, all this time
And now I feel like something's right
Sha la la la sha la la la la
I'm not INVISIBLE
You now know who I am
And this is who I want to be
The real you is shining through
Yeah I know who you are
And you just said
This is me, and you won't ignore it
And I want to know, why you didn't ask before
I've been hiding out, all this time
And now I feel like something's right
Something's right, something's right

Those are some really good thoughts, rockinsmile089!

Thanks!

I haven't heard from you in a long time, Shiang, and I'm just wondering how you are?

Thanks!