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| playing the changes book: Playing Changes Nate Chinen, 2019-07-23 One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, GQ, Billboard, JazzTimes In jazz parlance, “playing changes” refers to an improviser’s resourceful path through a chord progression. In this definitive guide to the jazz of our time, leading critic Nate Chinen boldly expands on that idea, taking us through the key changes, concepts, events, and people that have shaped jazz since the turn of the century—from Wayne Shorter and Henry Threadgill to Kamasi Washington and Esperanza Spalding; from the phrase “America’s classical music” to an explosion of new ideas and approaches; from claims of jazz’s demise to the living, breathing scene that exerts influence on mass culture, hip-hop, and R&B. Grounded in authority and brimming with style, packed with essential album lists and listening recommendations, Playing Changes takes the measure of this exhilarating moment—and the shimmering possibilities to come. |
| playing the changes book: Playing Changes Nate Chinen, 2019-07-23 One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, GQ, Billboard, JazzTimes In jazz parlance, “playing changes” refers to an improviser’s resourceful path through a chord progression. In this definitive guide to the jazz of our time, leading critic Nate Chinen boldly expands on that idea, taking us through the key changes, concepts, events, and people that have shaped jazz since the turn of the century—from Wayne Shorter and Henry Threadgill to Kamasi Washington and Esperanza Spalding; from the phrase “America’s classical music” to an explosion of new ideas and approaches; from claims of jazz’s demise to the living, breathing scene that exerts influence on mass culture, hip-hop, and R&B. Grounded in authority and brimming with style, packed with essential album lists and listening recommendations, Playing Changes takes the measure of this exhilarating moment—and the shimmering possibilities to come. |
| playing the changes book: Changes, Changes Pat Hutchins, 2012-03-20 A charming, wordless picture book that the very youngest can “read” all by themselves. The little wooden couple are happy in their building-block house—until it catches fire. The solution? They transform the house into a fire engine! But then there’s so much water that they have to build a boat… Follow these inventive dolls as they use their imagination to adapt to each situation they encounter. |
| playing the changes book: Why Play Works Jill Vialet, 2021-09-15 Harness the power of play in building learning environments that help students thrive In Why Play Works, expert educator and author Jill Vialet shares her insights from a career of promoting play. Designed to support schools, education professionals and parents in promoting play as an essential tool for increasing social connection amongst their students, you'll find out why playing is a behavior that's helped children learn to navigate the demands of social interaction for eons, and how we can keep it central to their school experience even as we return from the COVID-19 pandemic. In this book, you'll discover: Why it's important to intentionally integrate play into day-to-day school operations because of its ability to help students learn to manage risks, develop greater self awareness, and build confidence Ways of incorporating play into space – both in-person and remote – that contribute to responsive, flexible and sustainable teaching and learning environments Real examples of schools leveraging play to promote youth leadership and student agency How to incorporate play in co-creating new approaches to education, building off the insight that big changes start small Perfect for educators, school administrators, parents of school-age children, and anyone who is simply play-curious, Why Play Works is intended to prompt your thinking about all the ways in which play can be a tool for helping to bring out the best in our kids.. The book stands out as a thoughtful, playful and effective guide for supporting the learning and well-being of students everywhere. |
| playing the changes book: Soloing Over Changes: The Ultimate Guide to Improvising with Scales Over Chords on the Guitar, Book & Online Audio Jody Fisher, 2016 Organized into two sections: the first part of the book breaks down scale and chord theory in a step-by-step manner; the second part is a handy, comprehensive chord and scale finder that allows cross-referencing of scales with chords and vice versa. |
| playing the changes book: Jazz improvisation Sam Most, 1996 Jazz Improvisation is for students who wish to hone their improvisation skills, and is applicable to all treble clef instruments. Designed to also improve single line sight reading and an awareness of jazz chromaticism, this book builds upon 11 well-known chord patterns with increasingly difficult melodies. |
| playing the changes book: Martin Taylor Beyond Chord Melody Martin Taylor, Joseph Alexander, 2018-10-11 Beyond Chord Melody with Martin Taylor MBE condenses over 40 years of playing expertise and insight into this beautiful jazz guitar book. Learn from the internationally acclaimed master of jazz chord melody guitar as he guides you through his 7-step method to creating your own guitar arrangements. Includes free audio and bonus video lessons |
| playing the changes book: Forever Changes John Einarson, 2010-06-01 (Book). Forever Changes Arthur Lee and the Book of Love tells the life story of an incredible contemporary musical talent who died tragically of leukemia. Fronting the first ever fully integrated rock band, Lee emerged from the nascent L.A. folk-rock scene on the Sunset Strip in 1965 with the band Love to become the prince of the Strip. Love's first three albums were groundbreaking, combining elements of folk-rock, garage-punk, jazz, blues, flamenco, and classical music. Through exclusive interviews with those closest to Lee, Forever Changes paints a portrait of this intriguing, remarkable cult figure. The book also includes Lee's own voice throughout, drawn from his personal writings, letting both dedicated fans and newcomers discover this singular artist like never before. |
| playing the changes book: The Jazz Theory Book Mark Levine, 2011-01-12 The most highly-acclaimed jazz theory book ever published! Over 500 pages of comprehensive, but easy to understand text covering every aspect of how jazz is constructed---chord construction, II-V-I progressions, scale theory, chord/scale relationships, the blues, reharmonization, and much more. A required text in universities world-wide, translated into five languages, endorsed by Jamey Aebersold, James Moody, Dave Liebman, etc. |
| playing the changes book: Swing Changes David Ware Stowe, 1994 Drawing on memoirs, oral histories, newspapers, magazines, recordings, photographs, literature, and films, Stowe looks at New Deal America through its music and shows us how the contradictions and tensions within swing--over race, politics, its own cultural status, the role of women--mirrored those played out in the larger society. |
| playing the changes book: Jamey Aebersold's Jazz Ear Training: Book & 2 CDs Jamey Aebersold, 2015-02 Jamey Aebersold's Jazz Ear Training is a no-nonsense approach consisting of two hours of recorded ear training exercises with aural instructions before each. It starts very simply, with intervals and gradually increases in difficulty until you are hearing chord changes and progressions. All answers are listed in the book, and contains transposed parts for C, B-flat, and E-flat instruments to allow playing along. Beginning to advanced levels. |
| playing the changes book: The Neo-Soul Guitar Book SIMON. PRATT, Mark Lettieri, Joseph Alexander, 2018-10-21 Learn to Play Neo Soul Guitar With Mark Lettieri |
| playing the changes book: Lead Lines and Chord Changes Ann Collins, 2005-05-03 An extremely useful volume for pianists who wish to expand their skills at playing chords or reading melody lines and adding their own accompaniment. Major and minor triads, dominant 7th chords, diminished triads, augmented triads and more are all clearly explained and diagrammed. |
| playing the changes book: Do You Know ... ? Robert R. Faulkner, 2010-10-21 Every night, somewhere in the world, three or four musicians will climb on stage together. Whether the gig is at a jazz club, a bar, or a bar mitzvah, the performance never begins with a note, but with a question. The trumpet player might turn to the bassist and ask, Do you know Body and Soul'? - and from there the subtle craft of playing th... |
| playing the changes book: Voice Leading Jazz Guitar Joseph Alexander, 2019-04-24 Voice Leading Jazz Guitar focuses on building creative chord voicings on real life jazz standards. This is not a book full of boring exercises, each example relates to common jazz chord progressions to provide context and insight into the techniques used. |
| playing the changes book: A Listener's Guide to Free Improvisation John Corbett, 2016-03-13 In the first book of its kind, John Corbett's A Listener's Guide to Free Improvisation provides a how-to manual for the most extreme example of spontaneous improvising: music with no pre-planned material at all. Drawing on over three decades of writing about, presenting, playing, teaching, and studying freely improvised music, Corbett offers an enriching set of tools that show any curious listener how to really listen, and he encourages them to enjoy the human impulse-- found all around the world-- to make up music on the spot. |
| playing the changes book: Way of the Peaceful Warrior Dan Millman, 2000 A world champion athlete visits other worlds with the help of an old warrior named Socrates. |
| playing the changes book: Courtney Changes the Game Kellen Hertz, 2020-10-01 Courtney Moore is the best gamer at the arcade. But she can't understand why there aren't more girl characters. When Courtney imagines her own video game, the hero is a girl who knows how to handle any situation. If only I was like that in real life, Courtney wishes. Her dad's moving for a job, so Courtney won't be living with him on the weekends anymore. That's causing a big problem with her stepsister, who doesn't like sharing a room with Courtney — or her guinea pig. When her mom announces that she's running for mayor, Courtney's blended family has to learn to work together differently. It's a whole new game for Courtney, and she's figuring out the rules as she goes. |
| playing the changes book: You Can Make Changes Connie Colwell Miller, 2019-08 In this illustrated choose-your-own-ending book, Yusra must choose between asking for help rebuilding her neighborhood park or ignoring the problem. Readers make choices for Yusra and read what happens next, with each story path leading to different consequences. Includes four different endings and discussion questions. |
| playing the changes book: The Rhythm Changes Guide Lukas Garbic, 2020-10-26 The only complete study on this important jazz song form. |
| playing the changes book: Three Revolutions Daniel Sperling, 2018-03 Front Cover -- About Island Press -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Will the Transportation Revolutions Improve Our Lives-- or Make Them Worse? -- 2. Electric Vehicles: Approaching the Tipping Point -- 3. Shared Mobility: The Potential of Ridehailing and Pooling -- 4. Vehicle Automation: Our Best Shot at a Transportation Do-Over? -- 5. Upgrading Transit for the Twenty-First Century -- 6. Bridging the Gap between Mobility Haves and Have-Nots -- 7. Remaking the Auto Industry -- 8. The Dark Horse: Will China Win the Electric, Automated, Shared Mobility Race? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- About the Contributors -- Index -- IP Board of Directors |
| playing the changes book: Model Rules of Professional Conduct American Bar Association. House of Delegates, Center for Professional Responsibility (American Bar Association), 2007 The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts. |
| playing the changes book: Switch Chip Heath, Dan Heath, 2011 'A fantastic book.' WIRED 'Witty and instructive.' WALL STREET JOURNAL 'Invaluable for anyone wanting to make long-lasting change a reality.' BBC FOCUS 'A must-read.' FORBES ______________________________________________ We all know that change is hard. It's unsettling, it's time-consuming, and all too often we give up at the first sign of a setback. But why do we insist on seeing the obstacles rather than the goal? This is the question that bestselling authors Chip and Dan Heath tackle in their compelling and insightful book. They argue that we need to understand how our minds function in order to unlock shortcuts to switch up our behaviours. Illustrating their ideas with scientific studies and remarkable real-life turnarounds - from the secrets of successful marriage counselling to the pile of gloves that transformed one company's finances - the brothers Heath prove that deceptively simple methods can yield truly extraordinary results. In a compelling, story-driven narrative, the Heaths bring together decades of counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can effect transformative change. |
| playing the changes book: Music as Social Life Thomas Turino, 2008-10-15 In 'Music as Social Life', Thomas Turino explores why it is that music and dance are so often at the centre of our most profound personal and social experiences. |
| playing the changes book: From Diversion to Subversion David Getsy, 2011 Examines the wide-ranging influence of games and play on the development of modern art in the twentieth century--Provided by publisher. |
| playing the changes book: Melodic Banjo Tony Trischka, 2005-03-17 Tony Trischka presents his groundbreaking guide to the melodic (chromatic) Banjo style, made famous by the great Bill Keith. The technique allows the Banjo player to create complex note-for-note renditions of Bluegrass fiddle tunes, as well as ornamenting solos with melodic fragments and motives. Along with a full step-by-step guide to developing the skills of the melodic style, this book also featuresBill Keith's personal explanation of how he developed his formidable technique, in his own words and music.37 tunes in tablature, including a section of fiddle tunes.Interviews with the stars of te melodic style including Bobby Thompson, Eric Weissberg, Ben Eldridge and Alan Munde. |
| playing the changes book: Addiction by Design Natasha Dow Schüll, 2014-05-11 An anthropologist looks at the new crack cocaine of high-tech gambling Recent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played around roulette wheels and card tables to solitary gambling at electronic terminals. Slot machines, revamped by ever more compelling digital and video technology, have unseated traditional casino games as the gambling industry's revenue mainstay. Addiction by Design takes readers into the intriguing world of machine gambling, an increasingly popular and absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human and machine, compulsion and control, risk and reward. Drawing on fifteen years of field research in Las Vegas, anthropologist Natasha Dow Schüll shows how the mechanical rhythm of electronic gambling pulls players into a trancelike state they call the machine zone, in which daily worries, social demands, and even bodily awareness fade away. Once in the zone, gambling addicts play not to win but simply to keep playing, for as long as possible—even at the cost of physical and economic exhaustion. In continuous machine play, gamblers seek to lose themselves while the gambling industry seeks profit. Schüll describes the strategic calculations behind game algorithms and machine ergonomics, casino architecture and ambience management, player tracking and cash access systems—all designed to meet the market's desire for maximum time on device. Her account moves from casino floors into gamblers' everyday lives, from gambling industry conventions and Gamblers Anonymous meetings to regulatory debates over whether addiction to gambling machines stems from the consumer, the product, or the interplay between the two. Addiction by Design is a compelling inquiry into the intensifying traffic between people and machines of chance, offering clues to some of the broader anxieties and predicaments of contemporary life. At stake in Schüll's account of the intensifying traffic between people and machines of chance is a blurring of the line between design and experience, profit and loss, control and compulsion. |
| playing the changes book: Cassandra Speaks Elizabeth Lesser, 2020-09-15 What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her? What if women had been the storytellers? Elizabeth Lesser believes that if women’s voices had been equally heard and respected throughout history, humankind would have followed different hero myths and guiding stories—stories that value caretaking, champion compassion, and elevate communication over vengeance and violence. Cassandra Speaks is about the stories we tell and how those stories become the culture. It’s about the stories we still blindly cling to, and the ones that cling to us: the origin tales, the guiding myths, the religious parables, the literature and films and fairy tales passed down through the centuries about women and men, power and war, sex and love, and the values we live by. Stories written mostly by men with lessons and laws for all of humanity. We have outgrown so many of them, and still they endure. This book is about what happens when women are the storytellers too—when we speak from our authentic voices, when we flex our values, when we become protagonists in the tales we tell about what it means to be human. Lesser has walked two main paths in her life—the spiritual path and the feminist one—paths that sometimes cross but sometimes feel at cross-purposes. Cassandra Speaks is her extraordinary merging of the two. The bestselling author of Broken Open and Marrow, Lesser is a beloved spiritual writer, as well as a leading feminist thinker. In this book she gives equal voice to the cool water of her meditative self and the fire of her feminist self. With her trademark gifts of both humor and insight, she offers a vision that transcends the either/or ideologies on both sides of the gender debate. Brilliantly structured into three distinct parts, Part One explores how history is carried forward through the stories a culture tells and values, and what we can do to balance the scales. Part Two looks at women and power and expands what it means to be courageous, daring, and strong. And Part Three offers “A Toolbox for Inner Strength.” Lesser argues that change in the culture starts with inner change, and that no one—woman or man—is immune to the corrupting influence of power. She provides inner tools to help us be both strong-willed and kind-hearted. Cassandra Speaks is a beautifully balanced synthesis of storytelling, memoir, and cultural observation. Women, men and all people will find themselves in the pages of this book, and will come away strengthened, opened, and ready to work together to create a better world for all people. |
| playing the changes book: Complete Technique for Modern Guitar JOSEPH. ALEXANDER, 2014-11-20 Jazz Guitar Chord Mastery is a guitar chord method that easily develops your harmonic knowledge and fretboard skills, while helping you master and use advanced jazz chords, voicings and inversions. |
| playing the changes book: Chord Tone Soloing for Jazz Guitar Joseph Alexander, 2015 |
| playing the changes book: The Complete Jazz Guitar Soloing Compilation Joseph Alexander, 2019-04-24 Whether you're a beginner or you want to find a new musical voice for your jazz soloing, these books will guide you simply through a potential minefield of jazz theory and melodic language. With clear, unacademic explanations and over 500 musical examples, you will find your playing developing faster than you could ever imagine. |
| playing the changes book: Martin Taylor's Jazz Guitar Licks Phrase Book Martin Taylor, Joseph Alexander, 2020-05-19 If you're looking for the most direct pathway to beautiful jazz guitar soloing - here it is! Get ready to master the jazz guitar with over 100 jazz guitar licks carefully transcribed from Martin Taylor's secret personal repertoire |
| playing the changes book: Beyond Time and Changes Hal Crook, 2006 In Beyond Time and Changes, acclaimed jazz trombonist, pianist, composer, arranger, teacher, and author Hal Crook offers a methodology to guide the advancing improviser through the un-chartered musical territory known as free jazz. |
| playing the changes book: Shred Guitar Improvisation Chris Zoupa, Joseph Alexander, 2019-09-06 One of the huge challenges of rock and shred guitar is to avoid running up and down scales and arpeggios, playing predictable licks. Chris Zoupa shows you tons of different ways of varying scales and shred sequences to keep them surprising, exciting and unpredictable. |
| playing the changes book: Mike Stern Altered Scale Soloing Mike Stern, Tim Pettingale, Joseph Alexander, 2021-01-07 Mike Stern is an electrifying guitarist whose blistering chops combine jazz harmony with rock-fusion and perfect bluesy phrasing. In this book, he shares his secrets of altered scale soloing and reveals the keys to his signature sound. |
| playing the changes book: Chord Tone Soloing for Bass Guitar Joseph Alexander, 2019-04-24 Master Jazz Bass Soloing - Quickly learn how to solo over the 13 most essential chord progressions in jazz using arpeggios, substitutions and chromatic approaches. |
| playing the changes book: The Complete Guitar Technique Speed Strategies Collection Chris Brooks, Joseph Alexander, 2020-12-07 Three genre-defining guitar technique books combined to give you the smoothest playing mechanics on the planet. This ground-breaking guitar technique collection brings together three bestselling books by rock guitar virtuoso Chris Brooks. This compilation will take you from player to slayer as you master the right- and left-hand techniques essential to shred guitar mastery. Over 360 exercise and musical examples that teach you to tackle the most devious of music Over 3 hours of audio you can download for free Develop perfect sweep picking, legato and picking mechanics on guitar Book One: Neoclassical Speed Strategies for Guitar Neoclassical Speed Strategies for Guitar focuses on speed picking in the tradition of Yngwie Malmsteen, where picking technique is approached via biomechanics, strategy, and progressive advancement to create blazing single- and multi-string licks, sequences and etudes. A complete guitar picking course that starts from the first principles of movement and works around your own unique body mechanics, illustrated in detail Inventive exercises that combine shifting scale lines, sequences, single-string phrases and string-changing mechanics Concise, developmental picking drills and studies forming a clear, incremental path to speed-picking mastery Book Two: Sweep Picking Speed Strategies for Guitar Sweep Picking Speed Strategies for Guitar takes a meticulous approach to breaking down the biomechanics of sweep picking and goes way beyond drills and guitar licks to get to the heart of great sweep picking technique. You'll master everything from pick grip and fundamental rudiments to the execution of perfect, large-scale arpeggio forms for the most common chord types as you learn sweep picking on guitar. A comprehensive breakdown of everything you need to sweep pick like a pro A systematic guide to mastering technique and dominating the fretboard Complete technical development through 100 drills and 17 Etudes Book Three: Legato Guitar Technique Mastery For the fretting hand, Legato Guitar Technique Mastery will help you to dazzle with smooth lines, comprehensive neck coverage and various mechanical combinations. Here is a complete system to play legato like the masters, in the style of Alan Holdsworth, Guthrie Govan, Greg Howe, Brett Garsed, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. Learn the secrets of fretting and picking hand control Discover techniques for taming unwanted string noise Train yourself with diatonic and chromatic fretboard drills This three book collection really is the final word in modern guitar technique. Everything need to build the greatest guitar technique on the planet is right here. |
| playing the changes book: Changes Coming Down Kaje Harper, 2019-12-03 For three gay men in love, opening the closet door could be a risky move. Sheriff Casey Barlow has a slick, media-savvy challenger out to beat him in the upcoming election. Casey's damned good at his job, but he hasn't kissed the right asses, and early polls suggest voters like his opponent's style. Coming out now, let alone revealing his relationship with two men, could sink any hope of keeping his badge. Scott Edison has a real shot at the NHL. He's playing the best hockey of his life. Whenever he can, he travels home to his gruff sheriff and their laid-back cowboy, but there are no out gay players in the NHL. As a rookie working his ass off to be called up, he can't afford to make waves. Will Rice always figured he'd live alone, managing Graham and Annmarie Slater's cattle ranch, but a hot, young hockey player and a compact, muscled lawman rearranged his plans. Even though he's older and lanky and ordinary, he's been sharing their lives and their beds. He doesn't need to be out-- isn't sure he ever wants the Slaters to know about him. Life's good the way things are. Then Graham and Annmarie are killed in a hit and run that may not be an accident. As Will grieves, and Casey investigates, the coming changes will shake all their lives. ** this is a re-edit and expansion of the story in the Hunting Under Covers anthology |
| playing the changes book: Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth Through Age 8, Fourth Edition (Fully Revised and Updated) Naeyc, 2021-08 The long-awaited new edition of NAEYC's book Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs is here, fully revised and updated! Since the first edition in 1987, it has been an essential resource for the early childhood education field. Early childhood educators have a professional responsibility to plan and implement intentional, developmentally appropriate learning experiences that promote the social and emotional development, physical development and health, cognitive development, and general learning competencies of each child served. But what is developmentally appropriate practice (DAP)? DAP is a framework designed to promote young children's optimal learning and development through a strengths-based approach to joyful, engaged learning. As educators make decisions to support each child's learning and development, they consider what they know about (1) commonality in children's development and learning, (2) each child as an individual (within the context of their family and community), and (3) everything discernible about the social and cultural contexts for each child, each educator, and the program as a whole. This latest edition of the book is fully revised to underscore the critical role social and cultural contexts play in child development and learning, including new research about implicit bias and teachers' own context and consideration of advances in neuroscience. Educators implement developmentally appropriate practice by recognizing the many assets all young children bring to the early learning program as individuals and as members of families and communities. They also develop an awareness of their own context. Building on each child's strengths, educators design and implement learning settings to help each child achieve their full potential across all domains of development and across all content areas. |
| playing the changes book: Games People Played Wray Vamplew, 2021-09-14 Games People Played is, surprisingly, the first global history of sport. Wray Vamplew assesses how sports have developed and diffused across continents and centuries, exploring topics such as emotion, discrimination and conviviality; politics, nationalism and protest; and how economics has turned sport into a huge consumer industry. Sport is sociable, charitable and health-giving, but this book also examines its dark side: its impact on the environment, players' use of performance-enhancing drugs and the repercussions of match fixing. Covering everything from curling to baseball, boxing to motor racing, Games People Played will appeal to anyone who plays, watches and enjoys sport.--Publisher's description |
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Is it idiomatic to say "I just played" or "I was just playing…
Jan 9, 2025 · I was playing hockey. You could use it as a way to say "No" when invited to play a game or a match or something similar. For example: Want to play a game of chess? I just …
meaning - What difference is between playing with someon…
Feb 7, 2024 · They also have related slang meanings: "Playing with someone" is teasing them or messing with their head (mischievously but not maliciously), while "playing …
"Play" or "playing" – which one is correct and why?
Sep 4, 2014 · @Jaugar: In your exact context there's not really any significant difference, but personally I'd slightly prefer infinitive play if it was an organised, regular activity, and …
Do or play sport (s) - English Language Learners Stack Exch…
Aug 14, 2021 · As a general rule, we use 'play' in connection with sports, but do be clear on what you mean by "sport".There is a difference between sports, which are usually 'games' …
"like doing" vs. "like to do" [duplicate] - English Languag…
Dec 27, 2014 · I like playing tennis on Tuesdays. Having taken into account the following, would you please throw a light on what is the difference between the sentences above? This question …
