Thursday, April 16, 2020

Message Board Post by Me

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Why do Americans in classical music...

… either just take private piano lessons … join the band at school at some point … lucky enough to have a school that teaches orchestra … or somehow saddled on to private lessons in an orchestral instrument and saw themselves to a local orchestra?

Some quit at a certain point or double up in it and something else in college.

They are so pessimistic, too, like angry at where else they could be … Calculus, anyone?

Piano vs. Orchestra

I know the piano is a part of the classical music family, but why does everyone seem to always make such a big deal out of orchestral instruments?

I'm sorta wondering because I ended up playing piano for fun here in the US, and I switched to violin at age 29, when I could have also sang or danced and had already started as a piano and organ major.  I  had said I wanted to play violin several times in different ways since I was 6 years old, but I never got to, like old people who all said they got to play with a piano once or twice in their lives and wanted to play but could never afford it or did a brief stint with clarinet in the band.  I never did anything other than piano at first, unless you count singing by yourself and in church choir, which helps relate to so-called solo instruments.

Popularity

You can expect popular people to talk to lots of different people and achieve great things.

I don't know about being sheltered, but they may have people guard them, like from things that seem similar to paparazzi... etc. etc. etc.

What else?  What next?  😌  Not the same thing?  They deserve ... ^more^.

NOW, I know.

When you see Europeans thriving in classical music, don't ask me why I didn't get as much of it because I was just a child growing up in the US.  Who knew? anywhere in the world.

Childhood

It seems whatever we do to the utmost at a developmental age somehow stays with us.

I read in a magazine adults respond to children who talk more, but that would indicate even when we're supposed to be quiet or still, like in school.

It's a wonder how Germans know classical music is an attainment to be skilled in as an adult.  In the US, it's something you don't think twice about.  Fast classical songs are peppy things kids would be excited about developing skill in playing.  What about dance?  Little girls start out in cute, bright outfits and later learn a wider array of things.

"Childhood's joy land
Mi-istic merry toy land
Once you pass its borders
You can ne'er return again"

Music - the Quiet Acticity

When I did music when I was younger, for fun, I felt people encouraged me to get out of their way.

Age Interpretation

Even if my parental generation is very old, I am still very young.

Your 20s are like your teens, but, though I am deep in my 30s and almost 34, I feel like I'm in my 20s.  I have a lot to live for as a human being.

The Bible

Question: Why is the Bible so hard for Christians to interpret?

Answer: Because it doesn't have the answers.

Explanation: Jesus did a lot, but He doesn't go in and give comprehensive examples of what He's saying, mainly things like being complacent and why He doesn't regret overturning tables at a church shopping market. People are "blood, sweat, and tears" over these kinds of questions every day / like all the time.  They deal with children and other families...  They have to work both outside and inside of home...  "and so on and so forth."  The Bible doesn't talk about that.  You can, though.  You can connect to the Bible, but you can connect to it to about any book, too!