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Expert: Pat G - 6/24/2009


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Hi, I'm sure this is an easy question but I would like to know which classical piece this is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xVoQspV664 It is very familiar! This videogame has about 50 pieces in it (all uncredited in-game or in the manual) and I can only identify 10 although each one is familiar, but just knowing what this one is called would be a great help!
Thank you in advance!

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Hi again, Sasha,

My browser crashed, and when I reloaded everything, I was able to get the sound. I think it's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart. Different key, and slower, though. I hang out on YouTube. But sometimes I just load my poor computer down too much and it stops working.

Thanks for the great rating. I didn't deserve it. :)

Hi, Sasha,

I am unable to listen to this piece. I'm not getting any sound. It wants me to upgrade to Flash Player 10, which I wasn't sure I wanted to do. I may be able to get it to play later, and I will try then. But for the moment, I have too much going on in my computer to download and install Flash Player 10. I'll get back to you if I am successful, but it will probably be a couple of days. If you want to ask someone else in the meantime, feel free.

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I am no longer answering questions asking me to identify music. Most music is either on YouTube, which crashes my browser, or on another site that crashes my browser. I am available for other questions.

Experience

I have been playing piano since I was 3, and I am now 66 years old. I took formal lessons for about 11 years, and took some piano and organ performance courses in college. I also sang in the Masterworks Chorale for a number of years, and can sing anything from baritone to first soprano. We performed twice a year, usually a major choral work, ranging from requiem masses to Carmina Burana. I also attended recorder society meetings once a month. We would read compositions and perform them together. I took several children to their music lessons and rehearsals and usually stayed and watched intensely. Our children studied violin, viola, flute, guitar, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, and trombone.

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I studied piano and organ in college, and took courses in music theory. I have also taken seminars in pre-Columbian folk music with Xochimoki, as well as played a short while in a gamelan, and a balalaika orchestra, where I played autoharp.

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