Last night I had a lot of calories to burn off, but I am
growing tired of my usual “running” songs. Then I had an idea: since it was
Bach’s birthday, and Baroque music is often quite frenetic, I could try running
to some of his music. I had a particular harpsichord concerto in mind but
thought for some reason that it was a two-harpsichord concerto, so I googled that
and found one in C minor. It wasn’t the one I was thinking of, but it was
definitely quite familiar, so I ran to it. Then I realized the one I like,
besides being in D minor, is only for one harpsichord, and I soon found it. As
conducted by Trevor Pinnock, it is definitely at a good speed for running to! I
ran so hard, I easily burned off all those calories. Maybe now that I am sick
of all my favorite house music and salsa music, I’ll need to run to Baroque
music!
This morning I “finished” Duolingo, in that I completed the
final lesson in Irish. I thought maybe something spectacular would happen, but
all that happened was that a golden version of the owl (the Duolingo mascot)
appeared at the bottom of the screen. What a letdown! I didn’t even get more
than my usual two lingots (Duolingo currency that you can use for very little)
for finishing a lesson. Still, I am tempted to try my hand at another language,
but which one? Something I don’t know at all, like Welsh? Or should I brush up
on Spanish or French? Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section.
Famous Hat
2 comments:
German or Swedish?
So you are advocating taking on a whole new language family? The Germanic languages are ones I am not very familiar with, except for English, and this is the weirdest Germanic language ever.
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