music outside of school during yr12

[samuch]

Don't ever play gaythoveen, playing his shit music will only make you more stressed

iv played his stuff before not too bad haha
although now im playing: mozart, scarlatti, albeniz and quilter

I practised every day, partly as a procrastination tool, partly for a change from the endless studying, and partly because I still had concerts and stuff organised

Far from detracting from your study time, I think it is actually an effective way to break the monotony and keep your motivation and interest up.

Though of course if it stresses you out too much, probably best to give it a break.

procrastination tool? haha good idea

[TrueTears]

I have come to dislike him so much over the years lulz

Chopin, Liszt are much better to listen to/and play.

[ninwa]

procrastination tool? haha good idea

I felt so much better about procrastinating if I was spending that time doing something half productive (even though most of the time instead of actually practising I'd muck around playing piano transcriptions of the Nutcracker, etc.)

[brightsky]

Don't ever play gaythoveen, playing his shit music will only make you more stressed

S'if you don't like Beethoven. Beethoven is godly!!

[the.watchman]

Don't ever play gaythoveen, playing his shit music will only make you more stressed

iv played his stuff before not too bad haha
although now im playing: mozart, scarlatti, albeniz and quilter

I vowed to learn the 1st and 3rd movements of the Sibelius violin concerto this hols, but with no teacher, I'm failing!!!

[the.watchman]

Don't ever play gaythoveen, playing his shit music will only make you more stressed

S'if you don't like Beethoven. Beethoven is godly!!

Anything earlier than Beethoven is WAY too repetitive; Beethoven is good (yay for Pastoral symphony); woohoo for Romantic and 20th Century classical!!!

[brightsky]

+1 for Romantic composers!

[TrueTears]

+1 for Romantic composers!

This man speaks the truth.

[samuch]

@TT: haha i like them two as well i have played one of liszt's and a few of chopins songs
@ninwa: i agree! when your procrastination isnt wasting time then it makes you feel better about it haha
@thewatchman: cant you get a cd with the songs on it? that helps me a lot
@brightsky: hi-5

[the.watchman]

@thewatchman: cant you get a cd with the songs on it? that helps me a lot

I've got like three versions on CD, but the Sibelius concerto is, according to Wiki, 'purely virtuosic', so no surprises that I'm failing.

[samuch]

@thewatchman: cant you get a cd with the songs on it? that helps me a lot

I've got like three versions on CD, but the Sibelius concerto is, according to Wiki, 'purely virtuosic', so no surprises that I'm failing.

haha well good luck anyway!
im sure you will eventually get it

[vexx]

i don't understand how anyone could dislike beethoven. he's amazing
i was watching 'search for beethoven' not too long ago, he was quite a dark being haha i found it quite amusing.

[the.watchman]

i don't understand how anyone could dislike beethoven. he's amazing
i was watching 'search for beethoven' not too long ago, he was quite a dark being haha i found it quite amusing.

He's great, except the drama that he achieves in his pieces are too unrestrained and almost become comical moments.
Romantic composers have much more warmth of tone and also express a wider range of feelings in their music.

MAHLER SYMPHONIES FTW!!!

[humph]

It's all about Rachmaninoff. Someday I will get around to learning his 2nd piano concerto (never mind the fact that it'll take me years to learn...). Beethoven isn't all bad, some of his (orchestral) pieces are decent.
Baroque and Classical music can go fuck itself though.

[the.watchman]

It's all about Rachmaninoff. Someday I will get around to learning his 2nd piano concerto (never mind the fact that it'll take me years to learn...). Beethoven isn't all bad, some of his (orchestral) pieces are decent.
Baroque and Classical music can go fuck itself though.

Thank you, Baroque music is way too repetitive, you can almost predict every note based on the previous one
Rachmaninoff is a great composer, but who could possibly be even greater than Stravinsky???