I had a piano lesson today, as I do every Saturday. Its always pretty uneventful. I enjoy them anyway for some reason, even if I do have to make small talk about my day, composers and what not.
Today my piano teacher felt like doing a duet. Yay duets! I like them =D
Shelley! We should do a duet! I've got a crapload lying around. I don't know what we'd do once we learn it though...
Anyway, my piano teacher (we shall now refer to her as Mary because that is her name and it is much easier to type than 'my piano teacher'). So Mary found a piece called Les Sylphes by G. Bachmann.
She likes to give me a history and some background to all the pieces I get.
Mary: So do you know what Sylphes means?
Me: ......no?
Personally I thought it had something to do with syphilis. Why anyone would want to write about that was beyond me because syphilis is kind of icky.
Mary: Its about these girls who die and come back to life
Oh darn. I was so wrong. Hey. Hey wait. Did she just say girls who DIE and COME BACK TO LIFE? That sounds a lot like -
Me: Zombies? This is a piece about zombies! That's so cool!
Mary: ...no they're not evil or anything. blah blah blah they're very beautiful blah blah blah....
Oh. well thats a bummer. ):
At least it sounds pretty.
do you want to? idk, afterwards we could play it to ourselves and feel fulfilled. =]
ReplyDeleteI thought a sylphe was a female wind spirit. :\ either your piano teacher fails, i fail, or you fail at transcribing what your piano teacher said.
ReplyDeleteEither way, someone fails.
Did you actually talk to her about zombies? xD
she definitely said dead girls coming back to life. and yeah i did mention zombies to her!
ReplyDeleteBRAAAAAINS
xD I have that book where they describe tchaikovsky as a cry baby and brahms as a little girl xDDD