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Wow, I sure agree with that!

I would second the motion on the slow approach and tearing apart segments into the smallest pieces possible. Stay away from the pedal so you can hear everything you're doing. I like to add varying dynamics and attacks....i.e. slowly with staccato. I'm not scared away by difficult pieces perhaps because I don't have a timeline on when they need to be ready. Good repertoire becomes a part of your life. Learn the pieces you love and you'll want to play them forever.

rada

That's scary.

Someone in this forum will
tell you to start with one
measure at a time and repeat
that measure over a loooooong
time until you can play it at
a slow speed. This you will do
with every and any piece until
you are able to play the piece
but probably not at a "professional"
speed, as most of us are not born
with that "gifted" ability too do
the Rach 3. So you could practically
start a beginner with the Rach 3
and with enough time, have him play
the first phrase of the Rach 3

Or yummy

Michael Collins is better.

But surely you mix it with something?

Beer and wine bloke myself. I'm very snobbish about my wine (don't drink the white stuff), but I do miss the beer in the UK. Very hard -if not impossible- to get here in the States. Oh for a pint of Carling!

Are you talking about my badass structural engineering professor?

OT, but Same tastes as me! I'm very picky about wine and always never drink the white stuff. I maybe assuming, but from my experience, I think girls stick with hard liquor shots (tequila etc) because of beer and carbonated stuff makes them feel bloated or something. Same amount of alcohol in less volume of liquid.

Or the Irish revolutionary?

Is it true you English people drink beer warm? Tsk tsk tsk..

And no, don't mix Jack Daniels!! Except if you have some ice too haha

A secret I shall share. The envelope please...

Do you have Trader Joe's where you live? They have a rather good Cabernet Sauvignon for only $2.99 a bottle! When I bring it to parties, I never divulge the price, and no one is any wiser. People happily drink it, what more could we ask for?

Nuts to the expensive froggie French stuff.

No, No, No!

That's very old fashioned, we like our beer COLD. Long gone are the days of marmite and baked beans for breakfast, though I do understand some Brits still seem to get off on that stuff.

Yes! I have the same philosophy. I good bottle of Cab should never cost of $10USD.

I'm rapidly becoming very Americanized. My new American friends have it down quite well: start with a semi-expensive bottle to titillate the palette, then work our way down the wine chain.

I like this philosophy. We still get toasted, and then who cares about the French or even Napa Valley for that matter. Cheers!

It's about time you Europeans left the dark ages and caught up with Americans. You would have thought the Enlightenment never happened in England!

Well since we are talking about whiskey, my guess is that it is some Irish historical figure and not your professor.