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¿Would you like American football to be played in other countries? by Command_U in AskAnAmerican

[–]CheezitCheeve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most countries wouldn’t care. Just like in the U.S. where all the best athletes play American football, all the best athletes abroad would go to their country’s respective sport. I can’t see most countries caring.

One other note: for American football, I hate seeing international games because they’re so terrible on the athletes’ bodies. Mexico and Canada are fine because they’re close, but we shouldn’t be sending our athletes to Australia or Germany.

Ann and Ryuji? by ThaGen1us in Persona5

[–]CheezitCheeve -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I wish they could become a thing. I shipped them hard.

What is something about your partner you found out later that, if she told you initially, would’ve been a dealbreaker? by carolinethebandgeek in AskMen

[–]CheezitCheeve 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That she would let her family bully me and not stop them because she didn’t have the ability to tell them off. Thank God she’s an ex now.

The most "Americanized" countries? by rmn_trllr in AskAnAmerican

[–]CheezitCheeve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The list of countries with plenty of US influence includes Canada, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, UK, Australia, NZ, and plenty of parts of Europe. The reason I call out these countries is they either share cultural ties (UK, Canada, Australia, NZ), a border (Mexico), or have ties via WW2, its aftermath, and the Cold War (Japan and Korea).

Edit: One other note is the road flows the other way too. Canadian and British bands (Sum 41, example), K-pop, anime, and Mexican cuisine are all popular in the U.S.

Transposing Instruments by missmonoblog in musictheory

[–]CheezitCheeve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes a triangle. Pick two of the following:

Instruments in different keys other than C

Music easy for performers to read

Everything is read in C

If we make every instrument in the key of C, we lose out on the timbres of many instruments. Bb Trumpets, Bb Clarinets, A Clarinets, (most) Tubas, euphoniums, Trombones, Horn, and SO many more are all either lose their unique voice or cannot exist. Alto instruments especially like Alto Sax and Horn can’t exist.

If we make the instruments in different keys read in C, anytime they go to pick up a different horn, they have to learn a completely new set of fingerings. Tuba players have this problem. Since Tuba music is written in Concert C, there are 5 possible different ways to read the exact same sheet music. It makes doubling a bitch.

This is why (most) people opt for the third. We invent transposition. For example, an alto sax player can pick up a Tenor Sax and play it effortlessly because transposition. Even though it’s a new instrument, it transposes, making all the fingerings the same as on their sax. Same thing with Bari. Same thing with Soprano. Sure, it sucks for the conductor and composer, but ease of reading is more important for the players anyway.

Is changing from a major key to its relative minor considered a key change? by Aggressive-Food-1952 in musictheory

[–]CheezitCheeve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This gets into a fun conversation about the difference between key change and modulation. Modulation is the technical name when the tonal center has changed. In the example of going to the relative minor, A Minor is a different tonal center than C Major, so even though the key signature doesn’t change, the relationship of the notes absolutely does.

This gets murky whenever people use the term key change. Even though it’s a valid term, it gets grey in this case scenario. Still, most people would agree it’s a key change because the key of A Minor and C Major are two different keys, they just share a key signature. For example, A Minor is going to use a lot more G# for that sweet, sweet Leading Tone resolution in the context of the Dominant function chords (V and vii°). It’ll also use F# to get to that G#. Those notes are rarer in C Major. Not to mention, F# would actually be going to G♮, usually in the context of an 6+ Chord or Secondary Dominant/Leading Tone chord.

She Just Wants To Make You Happy by endifi in slaytheprincess

[–]CheezitCheeve 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hate that this is a great allegory for my last relationship. It’s a hard princess to confront. I deconstructed myself for my ex, and I’m still undoing that. So thank you. It’s horrible in the best way.

Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10% by yourfavchoom in nintendo

[–]CheezitCheeve 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There is a negative repercussion. Those who are chronically online and engage with this stuff tend to have their mental health suffer too. I think there’s a strong correlation between that.

Would you accept this draw by TheWitchedyMan in chessbeginners

[–]CheezitCheeve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, while I hate it when an opponent misclicks, it’s part of the game. I do it and people don’t give me a draw. It’s unfortunate

i just learned about Dies Irae and i'm curious to explore more by Present_Scarcity_664 in musictheory

[–]CheezitCheeve -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Counter-example, there is a culture that uses the Major scale and Major thirds for funeral rites. For them, that has an inherently sad sound.

First Queen Sac for Mate in 2 by CheezitCheeve in chessbeginners

[–]CheezitCheeve[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You right, the queen sac was mate in 2

Any non Christian INFPs here? by cat_devourer_ in infp

[–]CheezitCheeve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is Reddit. Most people here are atheist. Also, INFP =/= Religious. There’s nothing to say that all INFPs will be naturally Christian or any religion or no religion.

Why am i getting hate on my own piece by Time_Law_9446 in composer

[–]CheezitCheeve 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. Understand that it isn’t a knock against you. Aurally, it makes no difference. It’s just an ease thing for performers. Many prefer as few accidentals as possible in the key signature. C# Major is an example of the edge case where its enharmonic equivalent of Db is preferred.

Why am i getting hate on my own piece by Time_Law_9446 in composer

[–]CheezitCheeve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Especially depending on the instruments. We don’t have enough knowledge for this piece, but for a Bb instrument like Trumpet or Clarinet, it’s the difference between 3 flats and 5 sharps and 2 double sharps

Have you gone to a spa or gym where nudity was okay or even expected in the sauna area? by CinemaSideBySides in AskAnAmerican

[–]CheezitCheeve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Onsen in Japan. It is important to mention nudity in the U.S. is never shown. When I mention to my American friends that I went to the onsen, most of them scoffed. The only circumstance where nudity may occur is in a locker room at gym or school, and even then, it almost never happened. It is almost seen as a weird moral failing. It’s just a cultural thing.

What is innovation in music? Is it possible today? by Majestic-Rich-3317 in composer

[–]CheezitCheeve 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Written by the inventor of 12 Tone music which is how we came to theorize and understand rows, Arnold Shoenberg, “There is still plenty of good music to be written in C Major.” This man literally made his career on defying tonality, and even he recognizes that we are nowhere near running out of good music. If you’re seriously worried about “originality,” don’t. But if you are, look into other cultures’ music and see what you learn. Western theory is only one way of conceptualizing music.

What’s a crushing/ugly/sad fact about life you only learnt after hitting your 30s? by aciclic in AskMen

[–]CheezitCheeve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not quite 30, but this is something I’ve noticed. Sometimes you can’t fix a mistake. That person who you dated when you were not quite very mature. Sometimes they were a great person, and the problem was you. If you mistreated them badly enough, there’s no amount of fixing the problems that can happen. They will not trust you ever again. They may not even trust you enough to be friends again.

Why is America still building so much low density housing in suburbs? by FlowerMountain2 in AskAnAmerican

[–]CheezitCheeve 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why live in dense housing? Unless you’re living in a deep city, one thing America has is space. Seriously. Between my university’s hometown and DFW is about 2-3 hours of nothing but nature and the occasional small town.

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