How did you get your Mason BB to fit in the elevator?

(Now's your turn to insert something related to pianos, pianists, piano music etc...)

"Come on, play the one that goes 'G G G Eb' "

"Can you play Clair De Lune?"

"Wait, was Mozart the deaf one?"

"What do you charge?"

Ah, the life of a freelancer...

"Oh yeah, I know that guy--he's CHOP-in, right?"

Is piano really that hard to play?


That's how i called him few years ago:)

Related to that:

"What do you do during the day?"

"I wished I never gave it up"

"I always wanted to learn to play"

"Who's your favorite composer?"

"What college are you going to attend?"

"Don't your fingers get tired?"

"How are you?"[/b]



No, it's not music related... but I'll get rich a lot faster! :p

"Why are you taking lessons?"

Followed by, "I thought you knew how to play."

When I play Scriabin 8-12: "How do you improvise like that? pentatonics?"

no joke. :-(

"Why are you bothering with lessons at your age??" (51) Sad but true, I've been asked more than once.

Haha! I know the feeling. I'm incredibly busy for 20 hours a week (3pm-7pm, M-F) and incredibly flexible the rest of the time. People will ask when I'm free for rehearsals, and I'll say "any day before 3pm." Oddly enough, that seems to be fairly restrictive for the average musician these days...

"Do you play the piano as well?"

Answer: Not nearly as well!

Can you play in the Hall of the Mountain King? Rondo alla turca? Fur Elise?

And another I like a bit more: How do you move your hands that fast?

LOL, as a church organist, I generally substitute for the Anglicans, Lutherans and the Christian Scientists. If I had a pound for every time the ladies have asked just what my faith is...

Cannot they tell by the way I'm dressed?

How do you dress?

How do Anglicans, Lutherans, and Christian Scientists dress?

Unfortunately, this is lost on me.

I think you edited your post... I momentarily saw what you originally said, or perhaps I dreamt. I'm hallucinating, too little sleep.

If you were planning on saying "how is it possible someone your age could know so much", well you have a point. Go with that Daniel, and don't apologize, okay?

It's not about how they dress, it's all about how I dress. (LOL!)

Slacks and blazer for the Lutherans and CS. Full three piece suit with braces larded with heavy metal (crosses and stuff) for the Anglicans. It is all great fun, but I'm truly in my element... and my elemental beliefs.

I love it.

Debbie, is their implication that at our age we ought to be capable of teaching ourselves ... or that we're too old to be learning new stuff?

It's sad either way ... but at least you could look at the former as a compliment in disguise from those who equate age with wisdom; the latter is just plain ignorant!

Steven

Yep, these are it.

And then there is this exchange:

Them - "What kind of music is it that you play?"

Me - "Classical"

Them, eyes widening - "You mean like Bach and stuff?"

Me - "Uh-huh."

Them - "Nothing else?"

Me - "No, nothing else. Just classical."

Them, as they flee, in a fit of fear and loathing - "That's really ... uh ... (choking) ... nice. I'm sure it's really very relaxing for you."

Me, to the vacant space where the questioner was located just a moment earlier - "Relaxing??"

"Can you play the theme from 'Cheers'?"

"That was all right but could you play it in the dark with coloured lights on your fingers ?"

"What do you think about while you're playing ?"

"How old were you when you started to play ?"

"Can you play that one which came on television last year ? Can't remember how it goes, but tell you what, I'd know it if I heard it."

"can you play that song by Beethoven or is it Mozart, you know, the one that eveyone knows, is it flur de lee?"

Zac

Steven,

I've taken it both ways, depending on who I was talking to. My mother certainly thinks I should be able to teach myself, after all they paid for two years of lessons in the 60's - LOL. From a couple of co-workers I thought it was more the flavor of "can't you find anything better to do??" HOWEVER, I've also had tons of support and cheerleaders in the mix. I always just tell people I'm doing it for me and because it's something I've always loved, even when faking my way through limited music during my adult life.

Debbie

Where did you get your shoes?

(What are you doing looking at my feet?)

(Could this be a trick question or is there something wrong with my feet?)

(Oh, the student is wasting time and distracting me, wants to make conversation, I get it.)

(I could smile and say they come in 3 colors at Macy's, but they only have size 5-9 in women's, no big foots.)

(No, don't say that, someone might get upset, but you can think that!)

(Or try, the left one came from Nordstroms in Seattle, and the right one came from San Francisco - they sell you different size shoes for feet that are not the same size, you know. The shoes don't even have to be in the same cities! Isn't that great of them....then they have to find someone to buy the pair you left behind.) (Amazing service!)

(That's just to make quick conversation you understand, and you shake your head up and down the whole time you are talking.)