Time to stop flying?

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
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The most important things required to learn the piano are a) practice
and b) a good teacher. (You can add motivation, but I think a large part
of that is included in a) and even b))

That's the same for any musical instrument.

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
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William Black wrote:

"John Kulp" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:22:21 +0100, "William Black"
wrote:


"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) writes:

Yes, except in my analogy I'm equating the concert pianist with
someone
who can actually fly a plane.

So anyone other than a concert pianist cannot actually play a piano?

Not quite.

I'd pay a concert pianist to play in front of me.

Although the last time I played alongside...

Chopsticks anyone?

Lack of content and meaningless insult noted.

I really don't think it was aimed at you...


Possibly.

I've never played chopsticks...

But then I don't play the piano...

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

Mxsmanic wrote:

Why not?

Because you're an idiot.

Mxsmanic wrote:

By educating myself.

You've obviously failed miserably.

There are other ways to learn things besides trial and error.

And you've failed at that, too.

Mxsmanic wrote:

It fits on a CD.

You're an idiot. Fit that on a CD.

Mxsmanic wrote:

About 30% of the
members who fly on the network are also pilots in real life (5% are airline
pilots), and a significant number of the controllers are also real-life
controllers.

What proof do you have of this?

"dgs" wrote in message
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Mxsmanic wrote:

About 30% of the
members who fly on the network are also pilots in real life (5% are
airline
pilots), and a significant number of the controllers are also real-life
controllers.

What proof do you have of this?


I think that it is reasonable for him to believe what people tell him. For
myself, I was rather unhappy with my choice of career (Rocket Scientist) so
I retrained as a Brain Surgeon. That turned out to be intellectually
undemanding and I then became a Concert Pianist. That didn't last very long,
as the pay was awful, so I am now the Captain of an Airbus A380 who did all
of his flight training and CAA certification on Microsoft Flight Simulator.
--

JohnT

dgs writes:

What proof do you have of this?

The survey that the network did of its members.

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) writes:

Mxsmanic wrote:

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) writes:

Yes, except in my analogy I'm equating the concert pianist with someone
who can actually fly a plane.

So anyone other than a concert pianist cannot actually play a piano?

Not what I said. Try again.

You equated concert pianists with someone who can "actually fly a plane,"
which implies that you equate other pianists with someone who actually cannot
fly a plane.

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) writes:

They are completely different instruments to anyone with a reasonable
level of understanding of them. To be clear here, I have no problem with
electronic pianos for many kinds of uses. I have one at home- not least
because I like being able to do finger bashing without disturbing my
partner or the neighbours. You can't effectively do that with an
acoustic- even uprights with a practice pedal. They also require almost
no maintenance, and are relatively cheap, and most are far more
portable. They are wonderful inventions for most people who just want to
play the piano at home, and even in many concert venues, perfectly fine.
For instance, for stage use (usually take up less space than regular
pianos) and rock concerts etc.- all of which usually using amplification
of some sort or another.

You haven't answered my question: Why can't one become a "highly trained
classical pianist" on an electronic piano?