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The ancestry of the piano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries --- the spinet,2moons dil the dulcimer, and the virginal. In the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the harpsichord became the chief instruments of the keyboard group,age of conan powerleveling a supremacy they maintained until the piano supplanted them at the end of the eighteenth century. The clavichord's tone was metallic and never powerful; nevertheless,buy wow gold because of the variety of tone possible to it,cheap wow gold many composers found the clavichord a sympathetic instrument for intimate chamber music. The harpsichord with its bright, vigorous tone was the favorite instrument for supporting the bass of the small orchestra of the period and for concert use,cheap everquest platinum but the character of the tone could not be varied save by mechanical or structural devices. The piano was perfected in the early eighteenth century by a harpsichord maker in Italy (though musicologists point out several previous instances of the instrument). This instrument was called a piano e forte (sort and loud), to indicate its dynamic versatility; its strings were struck by a recoiling hammer with a felt-padded head. The wires were much heavier in the earlier instruments. A series of mechanical improvements continuing wellcheapest wow gold into the nineteenth century, including the introduction of pedals to sustain tone or to soften it, the perfection of a metal frame, and steel wire of the finest quality, finally produced an instrument capable of myriad tonal effects from the most delicate harmonies to an almost orchestral fullness of sound, from a liquid, singing tone to a sharp, percussive brilliance.

It's spring break. Spring break is always a hard time, cause I'm at home all day staring at the food. I just won't think about it. It doesn't deserve to be thought of. I'll just go make some tea..to fill myself up. And some water.

So my day started off like this; I woke up at 9, and then my friend called( I have a feeling she's anorexic, but I'm not going to say anything about it) to say that we weren't going to be able to meet bc one of my other friends has to do something family related.
OH SHOOT! I just remembered..my g-mas coming over for dinner, with easter candy, and I don't know how I'm going to manage to not eat. Anyway, I'll figure it out.
So then I woke up and had a 1)capoccino. about 100 calories.
2) about 2 bowls of shredded wheat. dammit. 550 calories.
soooo..about 650 calories. But then I have soccer practice this afternoon..always an intense workout,
Although I am afraid that if I lost weight too fast, I'll be too weak to play. Plus if I get mal-nurished. hmmm..
can't be helped.
I'm hoping to get my calorie intake down to 500 calories a day, with fasting in between. I can do it, because I have done it before. I know it.
So today I'm hoping to read this book "Cry the beloved country", and do homework, then go to soccer, then start on this huge history project. I'd also like to get in some core violin practincing, and piano practicing, and clean my room, and start writing a hymn for a contest( prize: 250 dollars; think about all the clothes I could buy with that! Of course, after I get down to 100 lbs.)

11:50 pm
Dammit. Shit. Stupid fucking grandmas and their stupid fucking Easter candy.

The Piano "Lesson"

        

by Elizabeth Elliot   

  
Wishing to encourage her young son's progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert.  After they were seated, the mother spotted a friend in the audience and walked down the aisle to greet her. Seizing the opportunity to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and eventually explored his way through a door marked "NO ADMITTANCE." 
 
When the houselights dimmed and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her seat and discovered that the child was missing. Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights focused on the impressive Steinway on stage.  In horror, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the keyboard, innocently picking out "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."  At that moment, the great piano master made his entrance, quickly moved to the piano, and whispered in the boy's ear, "Don't quit. Keep playing." 
 
Then leaning over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began filling in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached around to the other side of the child and he added a running obligatio.  Together, the old master and the young novice transformed a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative experience. And the audience was mesmerized.
 
Whatever our situation in life and history ~ however outrageous, however desperate, whatever dry spell of the spirit, whatever dark night of the soul ~ God is whispering deep within our beings, "Don't quit. Keep playing. You are not alone, Together we will transform the broken patterns into a masterwork of my creative art. Together, we will mesmerize the world with our song of peace.
   

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   © E. Elliot 1997 all rights reserved

(Although I was told that "some years ago Elizabeth Elliot

gave everyone permission to post her stories on their web sites.

Just post the correct version with the copyright notice.)

 

As true today, as when she penned it!

 

~ B

But who's counting??

It's getting a little easier...sort of. Still cycles, but....

In other news, my IHOP (International House of Prayer) Application is almost completed and ready to be sent in. I can't wait...but I am so nervous, what if I don't get in?? This is so much more nerve-wracking than my college application process. Never mind the fact that I chose to go to a university that wasn't that difficult to get into, haha.

If my God is for me, who can be against me? I guess I have to remember that, right?? If this is what God wants for me, then He'll work it out.

I need to practice piano. surprise, surprise. I really like the piano, but for some reason it's gotten harder for me to practice. ugh. This needs to STOP.

Well, my Lover is calling my name to come and spend time with Him...undivided, unadulterated, unbelievable time with Him.

((it helps and heals))

If you are interested in piano music, whisperings.com is a pretty good place to tune in to.