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Emily Grossman

October 19, 2005 at 11:27 PM

"Okay, now when I play the bottom part, you get to move up one octave. Can you find where that is?"
"Why can't I play it over here?"
"Because they said to play it up one octave."
"Who are they?"
"The people who wrote these songs. See here?"
"Are they really smart?"
"I don't know."
"Did Veftoken write this?"
"Who?"
"You know, Veftoken. He's really smart."
"Beethoven?"
"Yeah. Did he write this?"
"No, unfortunately not. Move up one octave."

If Veftoken wrote "Rollercoaster," I would have a better accompaniment. But just around the corner, there's Ode to Joy. Oh, joy!

From Jim W. Miller
Posted on October 20, 2005 at 1:47 AM
It was much funnier pre-edit. I even had a cute German limerick. Introducing the long lost cantata "Gott, Mine Luck ist Gebroken." Shame.
From Emily Grossman
Posted on October 20, 2005 at 3:33 AM
I decided the German pronunciation of "ei" didn't capture how she actually said it. "E" as in "fledermaus", not "ei" as in "eine kleine geige." You could go ahead with the limerick, though. I'm curious to see how it rhymed.
From Jim W. Miller
Posted on October 20, 2005 at 6:27 AM
Ludwig van Veiftoken is Mel Brooks. I know my limits.
From Pauline Lerner
Posted on October 21, 2005 at 6:59 AM
Ludwig van Veftoken wrote some very good music in many octaves. Tell your student, "Thanks for making me laugh."
From Maria Allison
Posted on October 22, 2005 at 3:01 PM
Great story, Emily! A student of mine once disgustedly commented, after being reminded to play a certain Chopin rhythm as written, "He thinks he knows everything..." funny, how they take it so personally.

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