Piano Practice with Bearded Dragon & Siamese Kitten: Prokofiev & Ravel

Piano Practice in My House:
Kizsemana, the bearded dragon, likes Prokofiev.
Lily, the siamese kitten won't leave me alone while I try to learn Ravel.
My brother runs around with a video camera.
No one ever shuts off the Rock 'n Roll music.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• piano
• prokofiev
• ravel
• siamese kitten

[babysteinway]

aww...soo adorable ^.^

she seems to be dozing off on your rocking shoulders :)

did you know that Ravel enjoyed gardening and entertaining his beloved Siamese cats...isn't that interesting, why Lily loves Ravel...

just curious...how many Siamese cats/kittens do you have?

[ailecec]

@babysteinway We have 2 kittens. Sucia, our senior 20 y/o siamese cat, died on 12-19-11 of kidney failure. She also liked the piano. But, I didn't have to worry about her climbing INSIDE of the piano. The kittens? My Mom nearly had a Brain Stroke-Heart Attack when one of them dragged a piece of fake x-mas tree to the bridge inside of the piano. We have a fake xmas tree inside because me & my Dad are allergic to real trees.

Sucia can be found at the very end of my Piano Prodigy Parody video.

[ailecec]

@babysteinway I know about Ravel/Cats. Just now, Lily was sitting with me nicely while I was practicing Ravel's Toccata when Rose came out of nowhere with a blue ring seal from the lizard's water bottle. Before I could stop her, she dropped it on the C sharp key. Well, Lily is no saint, either. She likes to try to knock over Kizsemana's cricket tube container. Between the possibility of Rose ruining the piano and Lily getting bugs everywhere, my Mom is headed towards a big nervous breakdown.

[Bramborail]

If he stays close to the door, he can put (rest) the camera to the door rhimse and the picture wont be shaking,because the camera will kind of become the part of the house.

[ailecec]

@Bramborail I checked out the piano room door that leads to the outside. Using that door is a problem for several reasons. For one thing, leaving it open will allow Lily, Rose, & Kizsemana to escape. For another, since it is a door that leads to the outside, keeping it open in order to set a camera up properly will get the blinds all dirty and I really do not have time to wash them.

[OmgLoLw2gLuvUidkROFL]

Love the kitty too! lol How can you concentrate with it on your shoulders? lol Love it!

[NASIMNASIM]

Hey Celia, Beautiful kitty! Can you play the Moonlight Sonata for us?

[FerencLiszt]

Fantastic! My cat too likes to live on my shoulder.

Did you know that A. B. Michelangeli too used to study with radio on? He said that made him more focused...

[Bramborail]

Beautiful :)

[MellowCypriot]

Neither dragons nor large mammals on your shoulder, nor rock and roll music can affect the concentration. Makes me feel like i should develop a thicker skin for distractions...

[meowziklvr]

When I concocted my username 2 yrs ago I didn't imagine that there actually exists such thing as meowzik. Needless to say I love this video.

[johnpc831]

Practicing with loud rock n' roll in the background and animals crawling over you; This must be an advanced new form of training to develop good concentration. Impressive.

[raylegea]

Hi Celia, thank you for the video, I wish you success and I look forward to watch you playing this or any other music of your choosing; I worship your Tristan and Isolde Love Death, hahaha :D

~ Ray

[58MR19]

Thanks for sharing. Great!

[dfpolitowski2]

Thats a great Idea for practicing. I mean, It can see where it can strengthen your public performances.