LucyStoner Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Someone in the next apartment is practicing piano. We like music. We have 3 music students here (me and the kids) and 1 accomplished musician (my husband) on our side of the wall. So practicing is not a bad thing. But it's a grating piece and it's being played so badly. It's a meh jazz standard to begin with but to make it worse they are playing like the same 4 lines over and over and over again. It's nearly 10pm here if that matters. I keep rooting for them to stop messing up on the same part. No dice. I actually don't really care about the noise but find it a mixture of humorous and annoying. I am going to have to find the piece and listen to the end or else it will be on replay for days in my head. Should I have my 4 year old practice his violin next to our shared wall when I know they are home? Generally I have both my sons practice when I know out closest neighbors are gone and they don't after 9pm or even after dinner. My husband headphones his late night piano practice so no one hears it. Runs away wickedly. Oh wait, they just advanced past that part a little. Yay them. And now it starts again. Ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I think you should play the same four lines yourself, right now, next to the wall on whatever instrument you play. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 A cello piano duet. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I find it effective to press my biggest speakers up against the wall of the offending neighbor and play over and over for several hours. Come to think of it, I still owe my downstairs neighbor for the time she left her tv cranked up all the way with the dvd menu music for Twilight playing. For eight hours. Thanks for the reminder. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 I am pretty certain there is no musical payback worse than a 4 year old on a very teeny violin. Though, it might be considered an inhumane torture and violation of the Geneva convention. So Copeland may have to do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 THREAD TITLE OF THE WEEK!!! :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Cat, aren't you on the east coast? Get to bed girl! You need your beauty sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Cat, aren't you on the east coast? Get to bed girl! You need your beauty sleep. I've got to start getting to bed earlier, but when I see threads with titles like, "please for the love of all bananas," I can't seem to get off the forum. I blame you. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I am pretty certain there is no musical payback worse than a 4 year old on a very teeny violin. Though, it might be considered an inhumane torture and violation of the Geneva convention. So Copeland may have to do...Beef. It's what's for dinner. (I don't suppose they are vegetarians?) Can he play all the Twinkles? Make sure his E string is wildly out of tune to add to the payback factor. You may have to set up an amplifier if the violin can't project significantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 quote removed :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I think you should play the same four lines yourself, right now, next to the wall on whatever instrument you play. Lol. You should play it correctly, emphasizing the offending note. Just to really twist the knife... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyontheFarm Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Hey, the makings of a band! You should invite the musician over for a group practice set and start with the song they were messing up on. You never know, it might be the beginning of a new band! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingiguana Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24967042 Spanish pianist faces jail over noise pollution claims Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24967042 Spanish pianist faces jail over noise pollution claims As I'm reading this, ds is playing 2 piano chords from a polonaise over and over and over again ... makes me feel a little sympathy for that neighbor. And I will shamefully admit to having once (in a fit of sensory overload) asked dd to "please find somewhere soundproof to practice that saxophone"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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