Absorption
By Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20261)
July 6, 2018 10:21pm CST
One of my wishes is to become a competent pianist. So far, life has tempted me out of that pathway with too many temptations 
. Add to that, I don't think I am gifted enough.
I am listening to Chopin & others right now, enjoying the music and being wishful, that one day I could play the piano that good 
. (I do play some easy pieces OK 
.) The piece below by the way, is not labelled correctly, it is from a different artist.
Wondering if I keep listening to the music like this, perhaps one day I would absorb some of the skill somehow??? If there is a will, there is a way, right? 
(I have a friend who told me 40 years ago that her German would be perfect one day (from absorption) even if she didn't bother trying, as long as she kept living in Germany. I asked her again recently how her German has been these days. Turned out that rule of thumb didn't work in her case. )
Do you wish to be very skillful in any field? (I wouldn't mind to become a terrific cartoonist 
. The only problem is I can't locate where I have left my sketchbook.)
. Add to that, I don't think I am gifted enough.
I am listening to Chopin & others right now, enjoying the music and being wishful, that one day I could play the piano that good . (I do play some easy pieces OK .) The piece below by the way, is not labelled correctly, it is from a different artist.
Wondering if I keep listening to the music like this, perhaps one day I would absorb some of the skill somehow??? If there is a will, there is a way, right?
(I have a friend who told me 40 years ago that her German would be perfect one day (from absorption) even if she didn't bother trying, as long as she kept living in Germany. I asked her again recently how her German has been these days. Turned out that rule of thumb didn't work in her case. )
Do you wish to be very skillful in any field? (I wouldn't mind to become a terrific cartoonist . The only problem is I can't locate where I have left my sketchbook.)
??Disclaimer: This piece is also known as Mariage D'amoure by Paul de Senneville. ''Chopin - Spring Waltz'' is just a pseudonym. Chopin hasn't written this pi...
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
7 Jul 18
I don't play any musical instrument. I think highly of people who do
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
7 Jul 18
@YrNemo I can't play at all.You can play for yourself .It think it works as a stress buster too
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@YrNemo (20261)
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7 Jul 18
@responsiveme You could be right, instead of smashing plates like the Japanese, we could bang on the piano.
You could be right, instead of smashing plates like the Japanese, we could bang on the piano.2 people like this
@YrNemo (20261)
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7 Jul 18
@Shavkat I have a friend who comes from a very wealthy family. Everything was done because society and peer group pressure demanded so. My friend grew up, hated the piano. She refused to touch it. (And that was that. She was very good at it too, as a child.)
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
3 Aug 18
I absorbed French as a baby and it stayed for life and I learned to play the accordion as a child and I can still play but I think what we learn as adults doesn't stay in a well.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
3 Aug 18
@YrNemo Yes I can converse quite fluently though I am out of practice and I also read and write French.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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4 Aug 18
@BelleStarr I envy you . I tried but nothing really sticks (but a few words here and there).
. I tried but nothing really sticks (but a few words here and there).1 person likes this
@YrNemo (20261)
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3 Aug 18
I am glad you said so, because I tried to learn a lot of things lately, none of which seems to want to stay... 
(does it mean that you can converse fluently in French? A friend of mine who learned French for 3 years non stop, just sighed, told me, 'I think I will never can speak fluently. I thought I could, but I have decided that it will never happen!)
(does it mean that you can converse fluently in French? A friend of mine who learned French for 3 years non stop, just sighed, told me, 'I think I will never can speak fluently. I thought I could, but I have decided that it will never happen!)1 person likes this
@YrNemo (20261)
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9 Jul 18
@cintol I had thought I would end up being a doctor as in GP, oh well, I was pushed into another direction close to it instead. Glad that that happened, I realize now that I would not have been a contented GP. (I might even help quite a few shorten their lives and being jailed for that.)
and being jailed for that.)1 person likes this
@YrNemo (20261)
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7 Jul 18
I know a lady who after retirement, travel distances to her students just to teach piano. She charged very low, (don't think she was a terrific teacher re: discipline and techniques, but good enough to teach children to be competent). Because of her, many kids from lukewarm families could learn piano. Some moved on to better teachers and became quite great pianists. I thought that was cool in a sense. (Life has many temptation, I can't see myself devoted steadily hours every day practising piano. Used to, in my teens up to before marriage and having children. Not any more! Guess it is the same with you. )
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
13 Jul 18
many but i understand how you don't absorb a language because all the years i worked many hours with spanish speaking people and only ended up learning a few ordinary words and a few nasty cuss words
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@YrNemo (20261)
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9 Jul 18
It is difficult to practice anything once we have children. I hardly touch my guitar these days (I played that musical instrument lots during my teen years.)
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
8 Jul 18
learning to play the piano was my childhood ambition. actually, i took piano lessons when i was in the 6th elementary grade, and i even had recitals.
i also bought a big Yamaha organ because my mother wished for a piano in the house, but the organ was what i bought in Kuwait.
my mother said, a house should have a piano.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
11 Jul 18
@YrNemo yes that is so true. i believed in what my late mother said, that a house should have a piano, because it also denotes happiness and contentment through the music it brings.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
7 Jul 18
Yes, I would like to learn how to play piano and different instruments as well.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
7 Jul 18
@YrNemo yes that's right.. I love music and it would be great if I could play different music instruments.. it's a good way to relax.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
7 Jul 18
i listened to it. it's a magical piece, but apparently not chopin. to quote one of the comments there: "Mariage d'amour (English: Love marriage) is a piece of French solo piano music, composed by Paul de Senneville in 1987, and first performed by the pianist Richard Clayderman from his album "Lettre À Ma Mère" in 1994. This piece is sometimes erroneously attributed to Frédéric Chopin as his Spring Waltz because of an upload on YouTube with the wrong title.?"
i like listening to classical music once in a while. i remember reading it's good for babies.
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@brokekid0212 (1187)
• Philippines
11 Jul 18
I play guitar and I know how to play River Flows in You by Yiruma - but I stopped and not sure if I can still remember the piece though :)
