The piano

Posted on 5:46 AM by jr cline | 0 comments

There once was a pirate named Ford
who chopped up a piano with his sword.
    But the kindling he sought
    would better have been bought,
for he found all he got was a chord.
  
 Q: What's the difference between a piano and a fish?

A: You can't tuna fish.
 Piano Tuner: I've come to tune the piano.
Music Teacher: But we didn't send for you.
Piano Tuner: No, but the people who live across the street did.

   
 Q: What key is "Exploring The Cave With No Flashlight" written in?

A: C sharp or B flat.
   
I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play: Artur Schnabel, Australian pianist, when asked the secret of piano playing.

 music definitions:
•   time signature: what you need from your boss if you forget to clock in.
•   first inversion: grandpa’s battle group at Normandy.
•   staccato: how you did all the ceilings in your mobile home.
•   major scale: what you say after chasing wild game up a mountain: “Wow! That was a major scale!”
•   aeolian mode: how you like Mama’s cherry pie.
•   bach chorale: the place behind the barn where you keep the horses.
•   audition: the act of putting oneself under extreme duress to satisfy the sadistic intentions of someone who has already made up his mind.
•   accidentals: wrong notes.
•   interval: how long it takes to find the right note. There are three kinds: 1) Major interval: a long time; 2) Minor interval: a few bars; and 3) Inverted interval: when you have to go back a bar and try again.
•   metronome: a city-dwelling dwarf.
•   allegro: leg fertilizer.
 
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Most the time, it takes me forever to get places.  I keep seeing things I have to stop and photograph.  I was on my way to the grocery store yesterday when I drove past this virtually abandoned strip mall.  Right there on the sidewalk was this old piano.   Of course, I pulled right over and spent 20 minutes taking different photos of it.
 
Have a wonderful Wednesday out there in cyber space!
  

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