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   DreamScourge said, 4 months ago

   Good to see they still challenge kids these days.
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   Pinkie Pie said, 4 months ago

   I still remember our second grade class having spelling bees one day. I won the first one and during the second my dad came to pick me up. He decided to wait and watch from the doorway and I won that one too. I remember how proud he looked and I felt. One of my happier school memories.
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   Happy, happy, happy!!! said, 4 months ago

   i can see her swinging her feet back and forth, sitting on that too tall stool…
   : D
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   Starman Stormtrooper said, 4 months ago

   I wish the words I had for my spelling bee were that easy.
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   SeaFox10 said, 4 months ago

   Now-a-days, they’ll give her a trophy for last place! :/
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   rpmurray said, 4 months ago

   I’ll bet she learned this one from Mr. Evil Piano Teacher.
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   kaykeyser said, 4 months ago

   no points for showing of Pheebs. now spell Qualm. (points if you get the reference)
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   kaykeyser said, 4 months ago

   Also you must pay more attention to music class then I did since you know about musical flourishes that are not necessary to carry the overall line of the melody (or harmony), but serve instead to decorate or “ornament” that line.
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   JeepersCreepers said, 4 months ago

   I’m not going to lie – I had to google “appoggiatura”.
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    John W Kennedy said, 4 months ago

    But it’s only when you get near the professional level that you learn how, for a couple hundred years, for songs and other stuff accompanied by only one or two instruments, the composer would just write the melody and the most important notes of the bass line, and let the organ/harpsichord/lute player and the bass player figure out the rest. (Hey, writing music with a dip pen takes a long time.) Only sometimes the vocal line would be likely to confuse the players, so a whole system was created for writing a simplified version of the melody that made it easier for the players to figure out the chords, while the singer had to learn that whenever a composer wrote a melody that went like /this/ you really had to sing /that/. For example, " mi | do do " (where | is a barline), almost always means you should really sing " mi | re do ". Of course, since every composer had his own habits, and even their habits changed from year to year, you can get a D. Mus. working on this stuff.

    This system was used for most home music, so when you see the young ladies playing the piano in a Jane Austen movie or the like, remember, they’re actually playing from the period equivalent of a fake book.
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    Tandembuzz said, 4 months ago

    When I was in fourth grade, Mrs. Booth would always give “Czechoslovakia” to winnow the last few out of the field. Every smart kid in the class learned to spell Czechoslovakia (always remembering “Capital C…”). To this day, I can still spell it. Good job, Mrs. Booth!
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    ujean said, 4 months ago

    @JeepersCreepers

    So did I. As a public service to the curious and busy:
    Music. The Appoggiatura An embellishing note, usually one step above or below the note it precedes and indicated by a small note or special sign.
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago

    It means “reverse pleat.”
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    Comic Minister said, 4 months ago

    Correct Phoebe.
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    Stephen Gilberg said, 4 months ago

    Is this a nod to “Psych,” where that longer word tripped up a contestant?
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