Arreat Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Not that im excited or anything but I'm getting into highschool this year. this year im not gonna be prepped with all my school supplies because my damned mother always waits for the last minute to buy 'em! Now my question is, is the first day of higschool one of those first days where you need your school gear or just one of those first days in elementary where you can just listen to your teacher lecutre of the upcoming future? Also, how was your first day in highschool? Did anyone here have to go their first day without anything with them? Im a little worried... i mean A HELLOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twifkak Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Well, I don't remember my first day of high school at all, and I'm from the proud and noble police-state just south of you, so I dunno how much will apply, but I'm sure you'll do fine with a notebook (or a few loose leaves) and a pencil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egarthen Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 I remember my first day. Spent a lot of time just learning rules and making introductions and whatnot. I pity you, just starting high school. Thank goodness I'm almost done. I'm counting the days until graduation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustCropper Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Well, school starts for me on September 22nd. My first year of college, oh yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosferatu Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Originally posted by DustCropper Well, school starts for me on September 22nd. My first year of college, oh yeah. *looks at DustCropper enviously* What are you going into? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixor Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Starting year two of college as a music major here. This is the best major in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGZanthia Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Oh ye, the first day of school... too good I am already in university. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustCropper Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Originally posted by Moosferatu *looks at DustCropper enviously* What are you going into? I'm majoring in undecided, going for a degree in breadth! Heh, I just don't know right now, I guess I'll explore a bit and announce my major after a year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twifkak Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Originally posted by remixor Starting year two of college as a music major here. This is the best major in the world. Evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixor Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Originally posted by twifkak Evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal Fool Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 I started August 20th, my third year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabacco Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Oh god, don't remind me. I'm so sick of school at this point that just the thought of it makes me ill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twifkak Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Originally posted by remixor It might've just been my uni, or me personally, but everyone in the music dept seemed much too caught up in themselves to remember that this whole thing was about the students. I didn't go to a school with a good music dept, though, and my only experience with it was from a medium-to-long distance (intro/survey classes, lectures here and there, knowing music majors from band class). So, yeah. And I'm still trying to figure out what the point of learning all that Bachian crap (SATB and friends) is, when following the rules doesn't get you anywhere *near* a decent sounding song. And one guy tried to compare Ligeti's Lux Aeterna to a Buffett song (I thought it was called "Twelve Bar Song," but I can't find that on the net). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arreat Posted September 1, 2003 Author Share Posted September 1, 2003 Well t'days the last day for me... Just wondering whatcha gonna do on ur last day? For me im just gonna chill with my friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixor Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Originally posted by twifkak It might've just been my uni, or me personally, but everyone in the music dept seemed much too caught up in themselves to remember that this whole thing was about the students. I didn't go to a school with a good music dept, though, and my only experience with it was from a medium-to-long distance (intro/survey classes, lectures here and there, knowing music majors from band class). So, yeah. That's too bad I can't speak for the quality of music departments in general, but I'm at UC Berkeley (University of California at Berkeley), and I've not had that experience at all. After my first semester, all my professors knew my name (I can guarantee that doesn't happen in many majors), and they all seem genuinely interested in teaching the material. Not to mention, of my five music classes last semester, two had four people, two had eleven people, and one had thirty. It's really great for the student/teacher relationship. Anyway, as I said, I'm only a sophomore, so what do I know. Nevertheless, my experience with the major so far has been nothing but excellent so far. *crosses fingers* And I'm still trying to figure out what the point of learning all that Bachian crap (SATB and friends) is, when following the rules doesn't get you anywhere *near* a decent sounding song. Yeah, I know. I asked my harmony teacher about this and he said is that it's kind of like in English where you have to learn to write those standard 5-paragraph essays. Nobody actually DOES it in the real world, but it's useful for teaching melodic relationships and harmonic rules, and just generally getting you comfortable with the way multiple voices work together. I'm really looking forward to counterpoint and advanced composition. And one guy tried to compare Ligeti's Lux Aeterna to a Buffett song (I thought it was called "Twelve Bar Song," but I can't find that on the net). [/b] No comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curacao Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 Originally posted by remixor I'm really looking forward to counterpoint and advanced composition. You're only just starting counterpoint? Heh.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixor Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Well, as I said, I'm only starting my second year, and the first semester of my first year I didn't have a major yet so I didn't take any music classes. We have to take choral harmony before we start counterpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curacao Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 But didn't you do any music studies before? I just find it weird 'cause as far as I remember I had started counterpoint about Grade 5, when I was around 10 or 11. Oh, and it's nothing to look forward to. Although the later stuff is even worse .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twifkak Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Originally posted by curacao But didn't you do any music studies before? I just find it weird 'cause as far as I remember I had started counterpoint about Grade 5, when I was around 10 or 11. Oh, and it's nothing to look forward to. Although the later stuff is even worse .. That's definitely Un-American. Children could, optionally pick up an instrument starting at grade five (trumpet or die ), and there were "music" classes starting earlier (grade 2? 3?), but they didn't teach more than the major C scale, and how to play a recorder. In my highschool (ages 15-18, approx), there was an elective AP Music Theory class, though I don't know if that's offered at every high school. (AP is a designation for "college level," but, at least in this case, it was an exaggeration.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 i studied piano for 12 years and i don't think i know what counterpoint is. (okay, maybe i'd know it if i heard it!) i envy all of you who are returning to college right now. i've been out of college for 3 years and it sucks. i think i am a student at heart (and my mess of an apartment proves it...) -emily (off to write a 5 paragraph essay...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustCropper Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Originally posted by fov i studied piano for 12 years and i don't think i know what counterpoint is. (okay, maybe i'd know it if i heard it!) i envy all of you who are returning to college right now. i've been out of college for 3 years and it sucks. i think i am a student at heart (and my mess of an apartment proves it...) -emily (off to write a 5 paragraph essay...) Well, since I'm such a giving person, you can just do my homework for me and that way you'd feel just like a student again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadworm222 Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 So if I was American I could start studying to become a pro-musician at the moment - if I understood correctly. Strange. Most children who are into music in Finland start playing the piano between the ages of three and ten, because that's when your musical ear has any hope in developing. I have no possibilities in studying music anywhere at the moment. (I started playing the piano at the age of nine, but never studied any theory or other garbage.) But being an amateur has its advantages. In any case, school started a month ago, and I find it extremely boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixor Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Well, it's pretty traditional for most musicians to start very young over here as well. I started playing piano over ten years ago, which definitely isn't as long as many of my fellow musicians here at school. In the same sense that we can study a variety of subjects at a university (as I'm sure can you), we can study music. It's not necessarily for just becoming a pro musician. Many music majors go on to completely different fields. My goal, however, is to work in the music industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twifkak Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Hrm.. I think I was coming from a wind instrument perspective -- where they don't want you starting until you've got the chops, basically. Bowed instruments (violin, cello, etc.) start around 3rd or 4th grade, I think, and piano lessons can start at a very young age. Oddly, I don't recall any of my schools having piano classes or lessons or whatever. Piano lessons were all private affairs, and while the high school had a piano, it was only played by people who already knew how to play. Counterpoint.. heh. College, if you major or minor in music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadworm222 Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 Originally posted by remixor In the same sense that we can study a variety of subjects at a university (as I'm sure can you), we can study music. Nope: Nohing interesting at least. I believe that somehing like the history of music is the only option. If you want to study composition or somthing like that you have to be really good and study at a conservatry/Sibelius Academy. At least that's the view I got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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