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Fourth Kind, The (2009)
IMDB rating: 8.00
Plot: 1n 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. Modern-day, Alaska, where-mysteriously since the 1960s-a disproportionate number of the population has been reported missing every year. Despite multiple FBI investigations of the region, the truth has never been discovered. Here in this remote region, psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler began videotaping sessions with traumatized patients and unwittingly discovered some of the most disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented. The Fourth Kind exposes the terrified revelations of multiple witnesses. Their accounts of being visited by alien figures all share disturbingly identical details, the validity of which is investigated throughout the film.
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Directors: Osunsanmi Olatunde
Actors: Cilenti Enzo,Johnson Corey,Kae-Kazim Hakeem,Koteas Elias,Patton Will,Horror,Mystery,Sci-Fi,Thriller,
Is it o.k. to skip "grades" when learning an instrument?
I just wanted to know what kinds of pieces and theory that beginner to intermediate piano students learn. What can influence how quickly you progress?
Is there any part of a musical foundation that the teacher can just gloss over because the student just has a natural understanding of music? For example, I began playing the flute about 5 years ago so I have been able to read music since the fourth grade. I couldn’t read above a grade 1 until 6th grade when I began piano lessons. I’m not sure what grade level I’m at now but I have been studying the piano for almost 3 years. Just finished Mozart’s 20th among other pieces but I went from playing the most elementary classical music to a concerto in less than a year and a half and I am really concerned that I do not have a good foundation. Do some pianists just develop a foundation very quickly or does it take years?
All answers appreciated- as a side question.. any thoughts on the Grieg concerto for a winning competition piece..
Sorry just meant the first movement of no. 20 and I didn’t mean literal grades( sorry for the misleading question). Just to clarify we usually move on to another piece after competition to build my resume so no details have been overlooked! Thankyou to everyone who answered.
If you can play the more difficult music, go for it. No need it being held back by "grades."
A good foundation would be knowing chord construction and being able to read music and play it immediately.
Wayne T | Jan 31, 2010
If you can truly play the harder music, go for it, but remember, music is not just about playing what you see.
I know some people who are great at sight reading and can play hard music and that’s great, but they play like robots: no emotion or feeling whatsoever. If you go on to play harder music, really "feel" the music and play with emotion, then grades won’t matter.
Hannah | Jan 31, 2010
absolutely!!!
I thought I’d miss something too but you don’t. You pick it up on the next piece of music you learn.
tammee | Jan 31, 2010
I believe in close reading texts — part of my job description — so you are seriously telling us that you have ‘finished’ Mozart’s "20th" — which I would have to understand as being the concerto K466 — and now want thoughts on the Grieg op.16 for "a winning competition piece"? Having played my instrument for all of "almost three years"?
Pull the other leg: it has bells on.
Nemesis | Jan 31, 2010
To me, skipping grades has two definitions:
Not taking the grade AT ALL, or skipping the exam for that grade/ failing the exam and not retaking
For not taking the grade AT ALL,
It actually depends on your ability.
If you think that skipping a particular grade for another grade won’t affect you, than I suggest that you give it a try. No point doing a grade if you can do the next grade pretty easily!
For skipping the exam/ failing the exam and not retaking
It’s okay to skip exams, but then in this way you won’t be able to judge your ability to play the flute
If you fail a grade and do not want to retake, you have to make sure you pass the next grade! (:
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I’m a pianist and I have build up my foundation from the beginning. All pianists start with the basics and that foundation just builds up over the years until we get better and better (:
Perhaps you can try various exam pieces from different grades so that you can judge approx. what grade are you in
(I’ve skipped grades 1, 4 and 7)
Perry Ray