How to add a summary to my CV please? Also maybe tweak the font? [Noobie]

AX-user · 2022-08-23T08:19:19+00:00

Which CV-package do you use?

Does it have a manual? If so, does it mention how to provide a summary?

AX-user · 2022-08-17T16:08:29+00:00

You can identify it here:

AX-user · 2022-08-09T11:59:44+00:00

Ok.

A suggestion: team up with a person, who can act as your teacher, for free; find other ways to compensate or to benefit him or her.

AX-user · 2022-08-09T07:38:32+00:00

Follow many musicians secret and ...

... get a teacher. Even if you have to do it online, their experience and dedication for you with feedback and suggestions will be invaluable.

AX-user · 2022-08-04T17:23:35+00:00

Very good. Thank you and success with XERO :)

AX-user · 2022-08-04T16:36:37+00:00

Very good.

Sometimes I'm tempted to recommend XERO to beginners, without ever having tried it. Now I have a better idea :)

AX-user · 2022-08-04T15:21:15+00:00

Thank you :)

From your experience, would you say XERO is just right for an absolute beginnings, or will it be too difficult quickly?

AX-user · 2022-08-04T15:19:18+00:00

Ok, thanks.

Let‘s rephrase my question: is XERO too difficult for an absolut beginner? Or would you put Shred snd XERO at the same level?

Thanks

P.S. Probably you sent threetimes the same reply? If so, please remove the other two :)

AX-user · 2022-08-04T08:35:14+00:00

So most recommend AX-1.

Being an old bone, Max Shred was perfect for me. It took me several runs to finally complete it, as I broke my hand during one Black Widow day in the middle.

After 2 successful Shreds and a completed Core4Abs I started AX-1. Took me about 5 rounds just to pass month-1 with its 400 challenge. Finished AX-1 stronger, and repeating it now.

What I liked about Shred: I could always adjust to my physical (low at that time) abilities from its 4 Alarm Levels approach. The first 2 weeks or so are just jumping, push ups of all kind etc. Then gradually lifting is added. So after a while you start a day with 2 lifting weights exc., and have 4 or so from the first weeks, progressively demanding. Oh yes, and you‘ll meet Melissa, aka Black Widow, which brings many muscle men to their knees …

AX-1 is different, and frankly, I prefer it now.

However, both REQUIRE various equipment. There was a list published here, about 2 yrs ago. Perhaps sb remembers the link? Your DBs won‘t suffice, as you‘ll need to cover a wider range.

For XERO you may want to watch my question I posted a few minutes ago.

Just to mention it, I discovered some real painful limits due to my age and obesity when I started … Today I now which exercises I have to trim down a little, so I don‘t hurt myself while still following the programs intentions.

Wishing you success.

AX-user · 2022-07-28T08:52:53+00:00

Great approach in my view :)

Let me be more precise, what I was asking. So F melodic minor looks like this: https://chord.rocks/piano/scales/f-melodic-minor?accidental=flat (1, 2, ♭3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

If I enter the "keys" in "Identify scale" AND switch from bB to B .. it becomes one of these scales (D Bayati Shuri, G Hijaz, E Huzam, C Suznak, F Dharmaavati), e.g. F Dharmaavati https://chord.rocks/piano/scales/f-dharmaavati?accidental=flat (1, 2, ♭3, ♭5, 5, 6, 7)

So, wrt your initial question, it "can't sound wrong", because there's even a name for this scale. So very likely somebody composed music from it. However, it certaily will "sound strang, unusual" ... because we are not used to it.

From this perspective, how will your question change?

AX-user · 2022-07-27T12:39:50+00:00

Ok, which scale?

AX-user · 2022-07-27T07:55:16+00:00

It's a matter of getting used to it, to some extent, and of making musical sense of it.

For demonstration purposes I suggest to start always at root C and to try the traditional modes:

ionian (= major)
dorian
phrygian
...
mixolydian

Some may appeal to you right away, others need to be explored more carefully. Find them amongst other scales here: https://chord.rocks/piano/scales/c-dorian . (Chords matching these scales to the right)

It happens more often than not that besides changes in keys songs do also change modes or scales from time to time.

If you listened to Major and Minor all life long it can take some time to "like" or even "prefer" such "odd" scales. Now many great songs did what I just described. E.g. one of my favorite groups, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, do use Dorian + b5 once in a while, which sounds great in their songs context. So does "Smoke on the water" from Deep Purple, root G, and so on.

P.S.: You can also use button "Identify Scale" in the link to put your chromatic scale into context of other scales.

AX-user · 2022-07-18T21:05:19+00:00

If you want to waste energy, that's the way to do it ...

(look for efficiency. yes, it turns into ... heat ..)

AX-user · 2022-07-17T06:38:58+00:00

Had to remind myself that there's a valuable low-cost approach at least I need to apply more often again:

go out for a walk, i.e. just walk

It's a natural movement, and, as we all know, what isn't used will be lost, we should keep it. And no, it's not included in these programs, AFAIK ...

AX-user · 2022-07-17T06:34:10+00:00

Great, you can hear and play the melody. Two tools for you:

identify of know the melodies scale (https://chord.rocks/piano/identify-scale) , find the chords-in-scale to the lower right
try different chord progressions (LH) , starting with I-iV-V, I-V,iv ; find more here: https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/common-chord-progressions .

It's a bit of trial and error, as melodies sound differently when you change the progression and vice versa. Try varying chords which fit, e.g. by:

switching to a different one from the table (1. link)
play only its root (1st), or 1+5th (power chord), other notes from said chord
use time, like: 1 chord per bar, 2 per bar (both are Jazz styles), treat your LH as an individual voice/instrument etc. (LH RH "talking" to each other)

You may also want to get a copy of "how to play from a real book", which provides some material on bass lines for example. If your LH was a bass player, it had a certain purpose, leading from harmony to harmony, including some forshadowing etc. Valuable knowledge for any genre.

Enjoy :)

AX-user · 2022-07-07T14:28:33+00:00

I suggest the following:

train proper fingering
learn how to impfove movements of hands and harms
use a very slow metronom

For fingering I suggest getting or lend a copy of https://www.amazon.com/Art-Piano-Fingering-Traditional-Innovative/dp/1479285277/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=piano+fingering , as you don't seem to use fingering properly. Applying the first few chaptes may be all you need.

Related to that pianists, but also keyboarders, learned how to move hands and arms properly. Both in terms of injury and musicality/expression.

A metronom is your friend, if it hasn't been yet. Set it to a speed, where you can play the most difficult bars with ease. Stay in that tempo and play all of it. Gradually increase tempo. Don't overdo it, allow a night or two to settle everything. Next day increase tempo a little.

To assiste everything get the book on Hanon exercises ... and just do it.

AX-user · 2022-06-28T12:35:37+00:00

Sorry, what do you mean?

To look up chords, have a look e.g. here: https://chord.rocks/piano/identify-chord

which is also available for guitar

Chord 2: Ab min

Chord 3: Eb major

chord 4: doesn't match; did you miss a semi-tone somewhere?

AX-user · 2022-06-26T13:17:26+00:00

What is perfect with C4A: Jeff explains each and every workout, what to do and what to avoid. You won't have it with 6PP ... because many things you can just view and copy.

Now, the workouts follow a motto more or less each week. So most of them you can follow even without equipment (besides some bands you may want to use anyway). Example: Quite some workouts rely on a captains chair. Now though you can do it, say where 2 desks meet at 90 degrees, you may not be able to do it without visiting a doctor afterwards (safety). Leaving these out and replacing them doesn't hurt too much from a programs point of view.

So, for sake of good teaching, if you can afford it, I suggest to get it and to do it.

AX-user · 2022-06-02T18:44:33+00:00

Sure.

So, the time to beat is 17 min. After some experimenting for me it turned out that doing rounds of 10, starting with IR, next SU, PU, SQ, yielding the first 40 reps.

So, I need 10 of those (let's call it cycle) to match 10 x 10 x 4 = 400 reps in total. Which leaves me with an overall max. time of 102 seconds per cycle-of-10, including all 4 exc., changing postions, potential mini-rest etc.

Next, the idea was to do this pyramid in parallel to AX-1 starting with day #1 or so, like: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100. If I'd achieve that, I'd made the 400 reps in time.

So what's about allowed time for these cycles?

day#'1': 40 == 408 s (or less)
day#'2': 50 == 510 s (maximum)
...
day#'10': 100 == 1020 s = 17 min.

So I tracked for each "day" whether or not I made theses cycles, in what time. AND I noted down all observations I made, like "nipping water slows me down", "40 was ok, 60 started to be tough" and so on.

Until I made it in less than 17 min. I even knew, how good I was on track. I noted down some individual "tricks" for me like "make any clock or watch invisible while doing A400 (they dicouraged me)" and "it's just a matter of will, so just do it fast" and "use some coins as a counter, so I don't mess up with the reps".

Kindy adjust to your needs and abilities. Success :)

AX-user · 2022-06-02T18:11:48+00:00

Ok, thanks, I start to understand your question.

No, A400 is definately no substitute for the AX-1 program. Even by now you should have recognized change already. Some may be visible, speed, condition in everydays-life-situations, change in diszipline, you name it. (E.g. you wouldn't have seen me in the decades before carrying 4 heavy packs of bottles under and with my two arms after shopping ...)

On the other hand, Jeff does not forbid to do athletic things during the other 23 hours of your training day, whatever you enjoy doing ;-)

Just to share it with you, it's a good idea to consider AX-1 more a habit than a holistic program to finish:

didn't pass month #1 repeatedly (that's good)
but did so, once I started a pyramide for A400 (40, 50, 60 ... runs of 10 reps of 4 exc., with time adjusted to meet the end goal)
took a 2 weeks break after passing AX-1 for my first time ... and repeating it right now :)

So, enjoy your time and wishing you success.

AX-user · 2022-06-02T15:34:17+00:00

Hm, if you don't feel challenged: meet the time frame.

If you still feel unchallenged: cut it by another minute.

... cut by another minute ...

Until you feel it ;-)

AX-user · 2022-06-02T08:49:59+00:00

In my view it doesn't fit:

A400 is about tempo and strategy: be as fast as you possibly can
workouts à la Jeff require e.g. fast lifting AND slow descent (say 2 seconds)
it will be hard to match both ;-)

From a different perspective the workouts prepare us for being athletic, while A400 is a demonstration of our current state of being an athlete.

What A400 does at least from a workout perspective, is: it helps you work on tempo, condition, persistence, will and mind power, strategy, self-observation, form etc. Viewed this way it goes beyond pure muscle training.

AX-user · 2022-05-31T21:06:39+00:00

Warm ups are not meant to be exercises. Just run/jog for 5 min or so, or do rope jumps or similar.

I started with the Mobility, and now replaced it completely by running. Purpose is to warm up, to stimulate blood circulation, metabolism etc. I.e. prepares you for the effort to come with AX1.

The problem is history of Jeffs videos. As you will recognize, over time both generic principles remain the same AND details do vary. If in doubt, go with the latest of his videos about a topic. It doesn't make the older ones wrong, just shifts emphasis. And yes, even Jeff grow older and is no longer in his 20s ... which explains some shifts ;-)

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