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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000009.txt from 2004/07
From: "Sameer Alabdullah" <simsim29@-----.com>
Subj: [DR-L] minims, crouchets, quarters, halves, Americas, and the rest of the world!!!
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 06:59:48 -0400
Dear Jennifer and all,
I NEVER studied music (unfortunately) but was taught to play since the age
of 5. And I was taught the Do, Re, Mi , Fa , Sol La Ce Do and the Diez and
Bemol (sharp and flat) system(what is it French or what??) Anyways, I had to
learn the C D E F G A B system when i picked up the oboe 4 years ago. My
first question was "why the heck does it start with C? why not A as that
would make more sense??".
I still get confused when my teacher tells me to play the note C!! Is it C
or Si we're talking about?? I haven't gotton used to the English quavers and
minims system yet and find halves, quarters and wholes making more sense to
me.
I asked a British friend "how much do you weigh? she said "12 stone." And I
thought it i was a happy man after having figured out the difference between
pounds and kilos!!! ;0
PS: To my dear American oboeists, did you know that when you tell a British
person that you are "pissed" you mean that you are intoxicated!!! The list
goes on!!!
Sameer Al-Abdullah
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