Music Monday: Raindrop etude and I thought I knew Chopin

So it turns out that there's an entire musical community outside of my head. Pretty weird, eh? I've had about 14 months of formal piano lessons in my life. My mama taught me how to read music pretty young, I can't remember not being able to, and I kind of played what I wanted, when I wanted, and always had a thing for chopin. So, this piece, this raindrop piece, I always thought it was marvelously thundery and stuff, but I had no idea it actually had the nickname raindrops. I always called it an etude. You know, one of his five billion. I appreciate the nickname helps to differentiate and stuff. Anyway.

Thank you Natascia! Without you I would still be playing this in the isolation of my own head. If this kind of thing continues I may have to give Chopin a completely different foreign accent from the one in my head!

Here it is: Raindrop Etude

Music Monday

All right. Because I'm interested in random things and there was a lovely article in a crafty mag that was all about artists' rights and the way the internet is like rain, I've been asking on and off what songs people think about when they're looking for a rain song. The interesting thing about this, other than that I ask people weird questions, is that NO ONE had the same answer. I was certain that if I asked a broader circle of people I could get A favorite, but no luck. There were no same answers. So, I decided that we need to do a full exploration of rain songs.

#1 Eddie Rabbitt, I love a Rainy Night, Frankly, one of the happiest rain dance songs known to man. (My DH informs me that I shouldn't put 'known to man' because it's sexist. I informed him that I could too. Aren't I liberated?:)

If you've got a rain song that I haven't heard of(likely considering my current feedback) please let me know. Oh, and Natascia, I tried to comment on your comment but was once again rejected. It's sad too because it was an oh sooooo clever and witty and non whiny comment.;)

And don't you love my flowers and fall show? I'm feeling yellow in spite of all the rain. Let the dancing commence!