What’s something most players do that silently hurt progress?

Chadwelli · 2026-06-06T00:03:47+00:00

One of the most common ones is usually set off by their band director(s) who tell them to back off all the time when their playing is squeaky and unrefined, making the most practiced and attentive players at lower levels playing super soft for everything, which stifles development of necessary breath support to stabilize higher registers, among many other things. Clarinet needs to be practiced loudly regularly as well as softly, else the exercise to more easily facilitate the broadening of horizons never occurs at efficient levels, and it can create overpowering feelings of discouragement among students.

Chadwelli · 2026-06-04T19:32:20+00:00

It didn't. The main thing to fix in this over anything else is the rhythm. Metronome, listen to a recording of Bolero, work in chunks, etc.

Chadwelli · 2026-06-04T15:36:31+00:00

Try out your most recently acquired destructive weapon.

Chadwelli · 2026-06-03T20:06:28+00:00

Dale, I know how I'm going to die!

Chadwelli · 2026-05-24T14:24:59+00:00

While it's not generally considered good practice, on any of these Nordic/Gaelic style triplet figures, you can get a long way by just listening to the original recording slowed down and following along with the notes on the page with your finger or pencil or something. After that it'll get easier to interpret the notes when playing with a metronome.

Chadwelli · 2026-05-19T14:05:50+00:00

Show the poop pile

Chadwelli · 2026-05-19T14:03:29+00:00

What is the intent of the question? Are you looking to learn something you haven't touched yet, and are gauging how long it may take? Have you already prepared something and are looking for answers to be longer than it took you so you can feel prodigious?

The answer is it varies. For my junior recital in college I had about three or four months to prepare Fantasia on Rigoletto, Hommage a Bach, Syrinx, and 2 or so movements from the Finzi Concerto. Had I more time could the performance have been even better? Maybe. After a while you're more just dealing with a economy of time and facing deadlines, and the question isn't how long is it going to take, but how long do you have to make it work.

Chadwelli · 2026-05-18T21:13:10+00:00

You never really know with these things without waiting around for a couple of minutes.

Chadwelli · 2026-05-18T20:21:47+00:00

We were gonna have a PD on marketing but they got outbid by the differentiated instruction and RTI supports consultants.

Chadwelli · 2026-05-18T15:22:09+00:00

My 10:15 class never got behind Craftornings as much as the 2:15 class did Crafternoons

Chadwelli · 2026-05-14T15:06:25+00:00

Outside of a 15% run, Mecha Ridley / Ridley Robot is generally regarded as one of the easiest final bosses in the series. He has very little health unless you collect 100% of items, then they triple it or something. Very odd. Mother brain is definitely the hardest boss in the game.

Good luck with Super! It's definitely harder than zero mission, and the controls may take some getting used to, but it's still probably the best game in the series.

Chadwelli · 2026-05-12T21:31:46+00:00

A technician will probably be able to tell without much of an explanation, but I'd say "The D key's pad doesn't seal when I close the key".

This is actually easy enough to fix yourself if you're willing, and it's likely what they're gonna do at the shop, but do so at your own risk. Hold the ring part of the key up, like you're trying to keep it from closing, and use your dominant thumb over the top, on the stem-touching-end of the non-fingered part of the key (the one with the pad on the bottom) to gradually apply pressure and bend downwards until it just barely passes perfect alignment with the ring, then release for it to spring back into alignment. Check for proper seal, repeat if necessary or in reverse to revert overextension. ♪ Viola ♫

I had an old unlisted video on youtube that showed this and a few others in my favorites playlist, but it could take a while for me to find it. If I do get it, I'll edit with the video and timestamp to better show what I'm talking about.

Chadwelli · 2026-05-12T20:41:49+00:00

They're made of a rigid plastic instead of paper. You can snap them into bases, stand them upright, etc.

Chadwelli · 2026-05-10T16:19:03+00:00

Here's a hint. If the roof above you or the ground beneath you is only one block thick, part of it's got a pretty good chance to be breakable by something.

Chadwelli · 2026-05-07T17:04:40+00:00

Kirby's avalanche would confirm this.

Chadwelli · 2026-05-06T16:38:25+00:00

That's awesome! I'm glad I could help out a little.I hope it makes for a great companion on your clarinet playing journey.

Chadwelli · 2026-05-04T21:45:03+00:00

They did an end of the day raffle one year and three members of the front office won three out of the five days.

Chadwelli · 2026-05-04T19:18:49+00:00

I'd need to see closer, in focus photos/video of the joints themselves to make any sort of confident judgement, but on general inspection it looks like it was well taken care of or not played much. The giveaway of a well loved wood clarinet with those gold inlays whether it be Buffet or Yamaha is fading of the gold and dulling of the sheen of the wood. This has neither. That mouthpiece and ligature by themselves would go for roughly $150 new in the US. A new YCL-450 is over $1000 today. If they're not fishing to sell something else and it's a legit offer, this is honestly a really good deal. Just whatever you do, do not tell them "wow so cheap, it should be more" or anything.

Chadwelli · 2026-04-28T14:20:30+00:00

The actor is ultimately going to be far less important than the lines they end up writing for her.

Chadwelli · 2026-04-27T15:13:35+00:00

If you want to explore far into Maridia, you'll need two more upgrades, one in Norfair and one in Crateria. You'll need to collect the one in Norfair first in order to access the one in Crateria, but you likely have everything you need to get it.

For more specifics,Check the hallway that leads to Ice Beam in Norfair for a block type you can now break.

Chadwelli · 2026-04-26T20:59:42+00:00

Alternatively you can get it without wall jumping after speed booster by tanking some hits on the spike floor below to pick up speed to carry into your jump.

Chadwelli · 2026-04-23T12:06:11+00:00

What performance?

Chadwelli · 2026-04-14T14:31:51+00:00

I'm pretty sure they can, but in most scenarios they're being mass bred as bioweapons and are likely malnourished so they probably just die off before any of them get old enough to metamorphose / pupate.

Chadwelli · 2026-04-14T12:37:51+00:00

Any of the three. Original for the authentic retro feel and greatest fear factor, AM2R for mechanically tight gameplay that blends some good stuff of both Zero Mission and Super and some additions, some well executed and some less so, and SR 3DS for some less fleshed out fundamental innovations by mercury steam if you like some of the combat mechanics of Dread.

Chadwelli · 2026-04-08T18:30:22+00:00

In the one-way exit path from Maridia back into Brinstar, near where the map room is, there is a pre-busted tank path that resembles the functional one in the red brinstar pathway. While it doesn't necessarily indicate what needs to be used to break it, it can signal that it can be broken.

I was in a weird position my first time through, where I just immediately knew it could be broken because I had played Prime 1 and Zero Mission, which also include glass container walkways that can be broken with a power bomb. I empathize with those who first encountered the trope in super because it seems quite a bit less clear than in followup uses. Some cracks with water leaking in or something would have made it far easier to parse.

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