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Hello, everyone!
I wanted to let you know that I am doing much better. I am stronger and am now taking care of my sweet husband. I've even become his hair stylist! Now if I can just get him to pay me! Hope everyone is well. As always, keep us in your prayers and thank you for the wonderful gifts of music.
Hugs,
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Dondra
Hi Donna!
And welcome to the family! I agree with all of my friends who posted above, and as for encouragement, you've sure come to the right place - feel free to ask questions because it's difficult to come to this site and not learn something . I do it all the time! 
I am a former drummer who grew tired of being my own "roadie" so I bought myself an accoustic/electric Takamine Jasmine, sat down, strummerd the few chords that I knew - mostly E, G, D and D7 - and then put it in its stand where it became a "clothes rack". (This was inbetween marriages). So don't feel bad about your time away and remember to take the baby steps first.
Again, a warm welcome and lets hear more from you about your progress!
Bill
But first, our sincere thanks to our friend Classical Guitar for the beautiful tune he crafted for me on his guitar. I call it a "Minuet", but am not sure if that is what it is called. In any case, it's titled "For Bill" and along with all the other songs from our Family, it occupies a special place on my desktop, so we can both listen to them whenever we wish.
Dondra and I reiterate how very fortunate we both are to be so highly and kindly regarded by everyone here. As I always say, we know to appreciate all of you for what you do for us and are constantly amazed and gratified at all the love. Thank you.
After almost 11 months, I have finally been able to obtain (with many please, please, pleases) a prescription for the drug Flagyl (may be known as something else to our friends across he waves) which is expressly for the kind of stuff plaguing me at the moment. It has now been 48 hours since I began taking it every 8 hours, but it takes a while to "kick in" so we'll see what happens, I guess. Thank you for your continued support and good thoughts.
Dondra sends her "Southern Hugs" to all of you, and appreciates all the hugs sent to her. We wish all of you a pleasant rest of the weekend, and I hope to be back on soon on a more regular basis.
Your Friends,
Bill and Dondra
Sorry I've been MIA lately - still just trying to get better.
I'm gonna settle in to read and catch up and write a little more, just bear with me a bit longer.
I'm going to leave this for you all and especially my ukulele-playing friends till I can get back on a regular basis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga_EP7RObKw
Love Y'all
Bill
Guido D'Arezzo
I'll have to look that one up, Jim, but just looking at the name, I reckon I wouldn't wanna owe him any money. 
My "hanging" words together to make a sentence isn't working too well these days, BGD, so sometimes the words come out as a kind of "jumble", and take 99.9% of the blame. You ol' "pedal dog" , you! Oh! That's PedaGOG! Sorry. Or would you rather be an "Ollie-Garg"?
Your friend
Bill
Dirty Ed, before seeing this video, I had never heard of these great musicians. In the comment section, I noticed a remark about the bassist Paul Cowert (?) looking very much like John Lennon, and he sure does. I'd like to be a "fly on the wall" of "Der Maestro's" apartment as he listened (as best he could). Would he be inspired enough to write "Quintet Für Schtrings und Bancho: Blaues Grass.
Thank you for introducing me to them, DE!
Bill
Y'all know what I mean, right? That's what I call it, and I notice it being used by many fine artists.
I know that many guitarists use this style of playing the lower 2 (3?) strings and I think that's just fine. Why not use all available fingers if it suits you and makes your tune sound more awesome?
My question is: Has the "thumb" ever become enough of a style to be accepted and included in the "How To Play Guitar" books? Do you think it ever will in the form of writing the words "an alternate position of the chord hand is using the thumb"....."?
Bill
Peter does some great covers on YT! I'm glad to see you back and sorry I haven't been keeping up, but you're lookin' and sounding good as ever, my friend!
Bill
Take a look at some of the reviews on Gibson and their "guitars" on YouTube. Those are some angry folks. I'm not going to single any of them out and leave you a link because of the language, but some of the topics I saw were the "scalloped" head stock vs the one with "ears". One guitarist showed us what he believed was the most beautiful instrument by the company he'd ever seen. Then he showed us the back of the neck: there was a red streak of paint the color of the front of that pretty guitar.
He decided he'd pass on buying it.
He ended his review with. "Gibson isn't making the guitars people want to buy and play".
My Les Paul Epi has the scalloped head stock, but I never really paid much attention to it until I saw the YT clip.
Wow! It's a wonder they don't trip over all the wires! Were there two drummers or just two kits? That was one powerful singer and that guy with the long white beard sure did like to smile. Now for the BIG question: Is that an Alembic bass guitar? Sure looks like one in the shape, but the only one I have ever seen was fretless. I played this throughmy theater system and it sounded AWESOME!
Thanks, TF, Great choice!
Bill
Andrés Segovia in his prime. He is considered as the grandfather of modern classical guitar. He worked years to be as perfect as possible.
Now, why did I know you'd write that? "The Maestro of The Symphony" meets "The Maestro of The Guitar". Something tells me when Beethoven hears Segovia, the latter would cause the former to come to tears.
Your Friend
Bill
Rick, (Is that your real name, TF? I NEVER can remember!
Excellent choice! Although I have never seen Yes or Mr. Wakeman in concert, I have heard many of his thematic work, beginning with "The Six Wives Of Henry VIII" and "The Myths and Legends of King Arthur....." Knowing my love for the classics, is there another you would recommend?
Thanks and sorry if the name is wrong
Your Friend
Bill
....and he or she could go back to the 18th-19th centuries and visit Beethoven, and if that musician were able to bring his instrument along, then after his surprise at the musician suddenly appearing out of nowhere and being cajoled into listening to the time-travelling musician.......
Wait.....
Okay, that up there ^^^ was a run-on sentence from a 68 year old former English major who now cannot seem to reconstruct that garbage just written into a recognizable sentence.....:)
What I want to ask is: which of today's musicians would The Maestro not throw out of his apartment and be liable to say something like. "Ach Du lieber! Dat hass a funken feel! Let's give it a try! C major, if you please!"
Can you think of anyone? Care to give it a try? Would you like to use another composer as an example?
I'll give it a start.
Paul McCartney - feel free to call me names, but I believe he would be a fit.
Bill
I think you nailed it, BGD. I think there will be a lot of trips to many pawn shops for serious guitarists, and they'll pay a pretty penny for the original, beautiful instruments.
So, I have a theory (not a "conspiracy theory") but it ties in with what you wrote there at the last. Not sure if it was The Beatles who first used this thing, but they certainly used it. It is the Mellotron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUcfB5Whp4I
, later of course came the keyboards and something I saw last night on YT (forget what it was called) an electric guitar that had so many switches/pedals it could sound like a trumpet.
We got used to hearing the Mellotron with Strawberry Fields and then I heard it played by Mr. Robert Webb of King Crimson. Before the Mellotron came the Moog of course and so on.....
Whenever I think of these things, I get a little sad and try to remember when I had to learn to tie my shoe laces or tell time. Now there's Velcro and LCD's. Then I think of our friend Classical Guitar and how much he loves his guitar, and it makes me hope that the Millenials don't fall into the "you don't have to know how to play" trap. It was the same thing for me when they came out with those skeleton-looking electronic drums. Sorry, but I would not attend a concert with a drummer such as this.
I hear you: "What about pedals, Bill? Pedals are a different animals, I believe. You still have to know the notes on the neck and I still have to know my paradiddles, right?
I'd love to hear some more opinions.
Thanks
Bill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfB0Awm … 6&t=0s
I have the Les Studio but it's by Epi, not Gibson. Theirs sounds like it looks and plays horribly.
Good Discussion Subject or am I too late?
Thanks
Bill
Oooooookay. Just making a joke on Beethoven's demeanor and his troubles getting paid for his performances and therefore being late with the rent(in the other post with the painting). If you're speaking of the representation of the sketch which I referenced above, then you may have misunderstood. I was looking at the crossings-out, it was my belief those show anger/frustration. Sorry if I was unclear, Classical Guitar.
Welcome, austinboy. I'd like to add my greetings. As you read our posts, don't hesitate to share your knowledge with us, like an easy way to make like the B7 add13.
Bill
Excellent portrait Bill. I love Ludwig van Beethoven music my Maree has a small copy of a painting of him as boy hanging on our wall. The last decade of his life he was almost completely deaf Though deaf some of his.most admired works come from the last years of his life. Now if I could get a thousand Deaf Beethoven's in a room to listen to my music there would be hope for me. Most probably they would need a conductor or someone using sign language on stage to tell them when to clap. I wouldn't produce a music chart for my thousand Beethoven's as it might ruin my chance of success.
Dear Pete
In the films "Immortal Beloved" and "Copying Beethoven" there is a scene which will break your heart to watch. It shows Beethoven leaning down his head almost to the
keyboard just to hear what little of the notes he can. If you have not seen these, I highly recommend you find them/rent them if you can.
Your Friend
Bill
So...... he's looking at you and you're obviously interrupting him. What's he saying to you? (caption)
MY caption: ""Schweinhund! I told you I would have ze rent for you when the Prince pays me! Now get out before I throw the chamber pot at you!!"
In the sketch above, does it look to y'all like someone is just a little perturbed?
Bill
I am using it as my "wallpaper".
Dear Guys
I am so excited! I am in touch with Dr. Barry Cooper, DPhil who lives and teaches in Manchester, England! I took it upon myself to write him an e-mail and he responded the next day!
I had written him about one of his discovered works - not the one in the subject above - "The Pange Lingua" which was also discovered and interpreted by Dr. Cooper. Here is his answer to me and a link to the hymn if you're interested: (I have his permission to reprint it)
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Dear Mr Craig,
Thank you for your enquiry about the hymn setting by Beethoven that I identified. Without seeing the page you’re referring to, with many crossings-out, I can’t say definitely whether it’s the same thing. The original manuscript doesn’t have many crossing out on that page. Anyway, I’m sending you the score of the hymn (see attachment), in my version. The first page is a plain transcription of the source in the original manuscript – everything I’ve added has been placed in [brackets] . The next 2 pages show it with the realisation of the figured bass. The last 2 pages show the same, but with 2 stanzas. These stanzas, beginning ‘Tantum ergo sacramentum’, are the last 2 stanzas of the hymn ‘Pange lingua’ and were (are) often sung on their own. Beethoven’s setting doesn’t harmonise the first phrase, since this was sung or intoned by the priest; but he does set the final Amen, sung after the last stanza. My guess is that Beethoven planned to have this sung liturgically along with his Missa solemnis – which would explain the transposition of the chant to an unusual key.
I hope you find this useful, and perhaps a chance to sing it.
Best regards
Barry Cooper
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Isn't that GREAT? No , it isn't the piece I was referring to, which is known as the sketch of the much disputed "Tenth Symphony", but I know a little more now than I did. I am enclosing a pic of the sketch here and also a link to the Pange Lingua. If I don't do it right, could someone PLEASE help me out? This is one of the most important things I have done in a long time and I don't want to miss sharing it with my family!
And the Pange Lingua hymn (Isn't it beautiful???)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkPCnodQQiYimg]
Thanks from me und Der Maestro!
Bill
Hello Everyone
I forgot if I ever mentioned that Beethoven is my all-time favorite composer? I wonder if there are others who, like me, Love his music to the point of studying it?
We recently inherited an antique music stand from the Victorian era, and would like feature it in our music room which has a corner dedicated to "The Maestro". On this music stand we would like to feature the sheet music to a symphony recently discovered unfinished and interpreted and named his "Tenth Symphony". The music was found hanging on a wall in Connecticut in the form of a "sketch" from one of his notebooks he was always carrying around with him while walking in his beloved forest.
I am afraid that is all I can tell you about it. Only that it has many crossings-out, some of them in what looks like frustration, and that is why we prefer this piece especially.
What I was able to find was a small photograph of one of the sketchbook pages, but I don't know if it can be enlarged without losing the original writings.
I went to a site once called "Talk Classical" and asked a question not related to this one and was called a "troll", so that's obviously not the site I need.
I realize this is probably as convoluted as can be, but since y'all are my go-to's with my funky questions, I was hoping one of you might be able to help.
I would like to have the sketch with the many crossings-out, but if not I believe I can download and print out the 10th Symphony on what looks like old parchment paper.
Thanks, my friends
Bill
Hello. Trevor
And welcome to the family. I didn't want to miss posting here, because I'm like the "Wal-Mart Greeter" (do y'all have Wal-Marts where you live?) and as I tell everyone, "Welcome to Chordie. Now teach us something!"
I love interacting with the ladies and gents here, and hope to see more of your posts and, your music. We pretty much ALWAYS answer AND have a great time with each other.
Bill
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