there are a few things i always wanted to learn but never got too really...
one among them is learnin the piano... i like music and have always wanted to learn a western and indian musical instrument...
with effect yesterday i started to learn the piano...am back to school again... learning it under the able guidance of sr. edwin of my school :) got back a little while ago from my second class :)
my observations:
learning the piano aint as easy as i expected it to be...
thought i can finally lay my hands on the keys...
am far from it...am playing on keys drawn out on paper.. a learning process to keep my fingers steady [by placing a five rupee coin] and getting the position right!!! quite a task it is....
second task is to learn up the notes... the order, the symbol, the notation...
thats all i have been exposed to until now.
the treble clef indicates i have to use my right hand, while the bass clef indicates i use my left hand!
the notes are written on 5 horizontal lines called the staff...
each line called the 1st line, 2nd line so on... and the space between them called 1st space, 2nd space until 4th space...
the notes are written on or between the lines... with two bars at the end of such staff indicating the end of a piece!
thats all i have learnt till now :)
will stop now as i have to go learn up my notes and complete my 'piano homework' :)
more updates later :)
22 May 2007
my tryst with chess
this post is solely dedicated to the two persons who tried to teach ME the game of chess :)
the first attempt was made by my brother a decade ago or more...it was a futile attempt... for someone as restless as me it was a wrong move... to sit and stare at the chessboard and the chess coins.... wonderin wat the next move maybe and should be was something i could not do... at that point of time for me to sit steady and think was impossible...
a decade later the second attempt to teach me the game was by my sweetheart :) himself an avid chess player he's been wanting to teach me the game 4 quite sometime... friday last was when i could no longer avoid learning it :)
his was a decent attempt.. i atleast have a fair idea as to how the pawn, the bishop etc move... though with alot of confusion :)
we started off the game but lo behold i just kept moving some coins because i had too... the familiar 'have a game plan, strategy etc...' was missing...
to think about my move based on wat my opponent may move was simply unfathomable!
i couldnt even think that far, honestly.
minus the game of chess and i am really quite a far sighted person... worry too much by thinkin a lil too much... but somehow this thinkin does not help me in the game...
so bottomline is that i tried to understand the game, in vain...
methinks it'l take me quite some time before i can get close even :)
this is in my opinion i wonder wat my sweets thinks of it.... may be he'l never try teachin me again ;)
signin off :)
the first attempt was made by my brother a decade ago or more...it was a futile attempt... for someone as restless as me it was a wrong move... to sit and stare at the chessboard and the chess coins.... wonderin wat the next move maybe and should be was something i could not do... at that point of time for me to sit steady and think was impossible...
a decade later the second attempt to teach me the game was by my sweetheart :) himself an avid chess player he's been wanting to teach me the game 4 quite sometime... friday last was when i could no longer avoid learning it :)
his was a decent attempt.. i atleast have a fair idea as to how the pawn, the bishop etc move... though with alot of confusion :)
we started off the game but lo behold i just kept moving some coins because i had too... the familiar 'have a game plan, strategy etc...' was missing...
to think about my move based on wat my opponent may move was simply unfathomable!
i couldnt even think that far, honestly.
minus the game of chess and i am really quite a far sighted person... worry too much by thinkin a lil too much... but somehow this thinkin does not help me in the game...
so bottomline is that i tried to understand the game, in vain...
methinks it'l take me quite some time before i can get close even :)
this is in my opinion i wonder wat my sweets thinks of it.... may be he'l never try teachin me again ;)
signin off :)
loudly thinkin...
as always been a while since i blogged...
reason an unusually unbearble summer with the heat takin an unusual toll on me!
was down with a heat stroke which gave way to a bad cold and finally culminated into a severe cough [which hasnt gone yet] and a sapped body devoid of energy!
phew! one long sentence :)
im not a science student or nething so im not using any related nomenclature...
all i can observe is this... a vicious cycle of sorts... its unbearably hot and therfore we all tend to turn on the air conditioners... be it a car, home jus about anywhere....
this in turn generates alot more heat.. have u ever stood beside a car that has the ac on... or near the compressor of an air conditioner... one can actually feel the heat!!!
so,there we go... generate more heat to pacify the existing heat!!!!
also im loudly thinkin of an eligibility test to buy a new car... a test on I.Q and more importantly on Common sense and Road sense obviously depending on whether its a saloon or sedan or suv model... the level of difficulty being directly proportional to the the increasin length and height of the car!
seriously, the city where i stay[ hyderabad] is gettin crazier by the second...
good road sense and lane discipline is alien to us... wats more annoyin now is that 4 wheelers start driving like 2 wheelers...squeezing in the slightest of visible space!!!
i have invariably observed the long and snooty sedans being parked jus about anywhere obilivious to their size and the inconvenience caused therby.i personally think each victim of such senseless parkin should just go ahead and deflate the tyres :)
my tolerance levels hit an all time low when i hit the road... since im more of a biker than a driver i sometimes visualise a baton in my hand which i could use whenever someone drives like an idiot...
i do not know when technology will aid the adminstration in spotting all the idiotic drivers that rule our city roads.. that day must come soon...
reason an unusually unbearble summer with the heat takin an unusual toll on me!
was down with a heat stroke which gave way to a bad cold and finally culminated into a severe cough [which hasnt gone yet] and a sapped body devoid of energy!
phew! one long sentence :)
im not a science student or nething so im not using any related nomenclature...
all i can observe is this... a vicious cycle of sorts... its unbearably hot and therfore we all tend to turn on the air conditioners... be it a car, home jus about anywhere....
this in turn generates alot more heat.. have u ever stood beside a car that has the ac on... or near the compressor of an air conditioner... one can actually feel the heat!!!
so,there we go... generate more heat to pacify the existing heat!!!!
also im loudly thinkin of an eligibility test to buy a new car... a test on I.Q and more importantly on Common sense and Road sense obviously depending on whether its a saloon or sedan or suv model... the level of difficulty being directly proportional to the the increasin length and height of the car!
seriously, the city where i stay[ hyderabad] is gettin crazier by the second...
good road sense and lane discipline is alien to us... wats more annoyin now is that 4 wheelers start driving like 2 wheelers...squeezing in the slightest of visible space!!!
i have invariably observed the long and snooty sedans being parked jus about anywhere obilivious to their size and the inconvenience caused therby.i personally think each victim of such senseless parkin should just go ahead and deflate the tyres :)
my tolerance levels hit an all time low when i hit the road... since im more of a biker than a driver i sometimes visualise a baton in my hand which i could use whenever someone drives like an idiot...
i do not know when technology will aid the adminstration in spotting all the idiotic drivers that rule our city roads.. that day must come soon...
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