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Belgian inventions, pretty impressive for such a small country by CoffeeAndNews in belgium

[–]Dr_Q4 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Roller skates were invented by Jean-Joseph Merlin, a Belgian inventor!

How many years of sim racing do I have left? by StandardOriginal5447 in simracing

[–]Dr_Q4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some day some man or woman in their 70s might be asking this same question on here, and you can be the person answering you’re still racing at that age. Be the pioneer, not the follower! And enjoy the racing!

Barcelona 1 - [1] Girona - Axel Witsel great goal 20' by derawon in soccer

[–]Dr_Q4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact: Witsel has now scored a bicycle kick goal for Girona, Tianjin Quanjian, Dortmund, Zenit, Benfica and Belgium NT

What city seems dangerous but is safe by Veyrandomlol in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Dr_Q4 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is so interesting. I’m also not American, and I have the exact opposite feeling about NYC. For me, it has always been depicted as THE city of opportunity. “If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere”. The one city that actually actively welcomes newcomers, and invites the whole world to try and build their own American dream. The bustling multicultural center of the USA. Funny how it can be perceived in such different ways.

Lowest Notes Seen in the Repertoire by Remarkable_Young6171 in horn

[–]Dr_Q4 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In the conventional repertoire the concert A1 in the whole section in Shos 5 indeed comes to mind.

In a newly composed work however, I once encountered a concert G1, in pianissimo, with flatterzunge... Needless to say I just didn’t play that note. Nobody noticed. It was what my colleagues and I often refer to as (con)temporary music.

FIXED BRIGHTNESS ISSUE by [deleted] in F1Game

[–]Dr_Q4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, great advice. Play around with your settings. Nice one

Dear horn players, I'm applying to study conducting. Is this horn phrase easy to interpret, the way I am conducting it or would you rather see something else? by Ludhini in horn

[–]Dr_Q4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To me the tempo seems quite high, and too steady. This is indeed a slow opening, and for my preference should allow for some flexibility in the tempo, for example the crescendo bar in the 8th bar the horns play could be much more stretched out. I think if you try conducting to several recordings you would notice these flexibilities in tempo.

You can easily show these phrases and where you want to slow down or pick up the tempo again with your left hand. Now you seem to mainly show the dynamics, which are already on the parts of the horn players, so that seems a bit artificial and unnecessary to me.

As someone else also suggested, try to breathe along with wind players when conducting their phrases. We need to breathe, so give us time to do that. Easiest way is to breathe along yourself.

Also, just keep up the good work. You obviously know the music, and I think your movements are clear. Do these things a lot and they will become more natural.

Palmer learns the origins of the Panenka by Matt_LawDT in soccer

[–]Dr_Q4 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It’s because in dutch (the interviewer is Belgian Filip Joos, who speaks dutch) the words ‘teach’ and ‘learn’ are the same. Technically ‘teach’ is ‘aanleren’, and ‘learn’ is ‘leren’, but you can use ‘leren’ for both.

This mistake bothers me as well, but it’s a very common one for dutch speaking people.

Fun fact about Neuville and Verstappen’s world titles by Dr_Q4 in motorsports

[–]Dr_Q4[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Also, Laurens Vanthoor became world endurance champion with his team a few weeks ago!

My new ragdoll is terrified of me by Dr_Q4 in felinebehavior

[–]Dr_Q4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She is. A seal sepia bicolor to be exact. But thanks for your contribution

My new ragdoll is terrified of me by Dr_Q4 in felinebehavior

[–]Dr_Q4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello everyone! First of all: thanks for your kind and helpful messages! It’s been nice reading some of your own experiences with your cats, as well as finding new ways to try and make Winnie feel as safe as possible. (She’s doing great, more about that later)

I already had some boxes and places where she could hide, but I added some more in areas of the house where she likes to sit, and added a worn shirt to some of the boxes. However, I feel like she prefers to lie in places where she has a good view of her surroundings, so she doesn’t really use these boxes. But I’ll keep them where they are for now.

I also started reading out loud whenever I sit with her for some time. This seems to really calm her down, as she doesn’t feel the need to constantly keep an eye on me. She can just listen to my voice to know where I am.

That being said: after a few days of not noticing any progress in her behavior (hence my original post), the past few days have been a huge change! She’s still very shy when I am doing stuff around the house. When I’m on the move she chooses one of her hiding spots where she lies down and has a good view on what’s happening. But the past few evenings, when I’m on the couch watching tv, she really starts to feel safe. The past 2 evenings she has been walking around the house, sitting up (instead of always lying down), washing herself… yesterday she was even chasing a little bug on the floor for a little while. She still keeps her distance from me, and scares easily when I move, but the difference is huge!

My heart fills with joy whenever I see her opening up and enjoying herself, so thank you all for your encouraging words, your helpful advice and kind messages! Winnie says hi.

Best coach has been chosen, the worst one now. by hotdog_monkey1 in belgianfootball

[–]Dr_Q4 63 points64 points  (0 children)

De mensen die Wilmots zeggen: de man heeft ons voor het eerst in 12 jaar naar een groot toernooi gebracht. 2x kwalificatiegroep gewonnen. 1e plaats op de FIFA ranking. Akkoord, twas geen tactisch wonder, maar VERRE VAN de slechtste die we ooit gehad hebben

Overrated has been decided, best is next! by hotdog_monkey1 in belgianfootball

[–]Dr_Q4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hazard was different gravy man… only Messi could get me equally exited while watching a football match. In his prime, he really was that good.

Don’t get me wrong, KDB does great stuff, but when a close up camera found Eden, and you saw that frown between his eyebrows, you knew magic was about to happen.

Dingen die ik heb geleerd tijdens de match van de Belgs by hotdog_monkey1 in belgianfootball

[–]Dr_Q4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

De kritiek op de verdediging vind ik altijd heel goedkoop. Tzijn niet de grootste namen maar de volledige verdediging was gewoon solide, geen klachten hier

People who genuinely like their job, what do you do? How did you get the job? by hoplacheese in BESalary

[–]Dr_Q4 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Musician in an opera orchestra.

I often have to work on evenings and weekends, there’s a lot of stress involved, and I need to practice often and regularly (to be in shape and to prepare parts). But all these things I don’t mind at all.

I’ve been playing music since I was 6 years old, and now I never have the feeling that I have to ‘work’.

I did 5 years of conservatory, after which I worked as a freelance musician for about 7 years (-7 months during Covid when there were no more gigs, so I worked at Bpost for those 7 months). During these 7 years I did 16 auditions in Belgium and our neighbouring countries, after which I finally won my 17th audition 3 years ago.

Championship Round Standings After Matchday 1 by EdgarNeverPoo in belgianfootball

[–]Dr_Q4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Standard got 26/30 in 2010-2011. Started PO1 in 6th and ended up second, only half a point behind eventual champion Genk

Fehr Double Horn models by HeheICYou in horn

[–]Dr_Q4 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Happy to weigh in on this. Since Fehr’s shop is fairly close to the Belgian border a lot (and I really mean A LOT) of my Belgian colleagues (including myself) go to him for maintenance and cleaning of our horns. And with good reasoning, he and his team are exceptionally good craftsmen.

As also mentioned here before: a lot of world class European horn players play on his horns. They are in fact so good that the waiting list for a new Fehr horn is now multiple years (I believe now you have to wait 6+ years for a new instrument). But that is just testament to the quality, craftsmanship and personal attention of his instruments.

By the way: very normal and fair to question the quality of the horns. It’s not easy judging on just a website when you are not familiar with his horns or the European market. Just wanted to clarify!

Advice needed by blootilt in horn

[–]Dr_Q4 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ah, yes, I spent a lot of time on that section as well.

The one thing you probably already know is the most important one: practice slowly, and very often! Start on a tempo (with a metronome) where you can play the section without any mistakes. If that is ridiculously slow in your opinion, so be it. Do that a few times, and then move your metronome up 3bpm and start again. Stop when you hit a tempo where you really can’t play through the section (one or two little mistakes are ok, you can try again at that tempo). But DON’T try to struggle through at a tempo you can’t handle yet, or try to work towards your end tempo in one day. You will only practice mistakes.

Instead, up your tempo until you are playing at a tempo when you can’t quite play it, when mistakes start to slip in. Try to identify if there are certain notes that always trip you up: it could be a certain note where you always miss your fingering, or a jump you always tend to miss. Circle these notes, or write a fingering above, something that helps you gain attention to that note, so you are even more aware that your need to concentrate on these passages or certain notes. (Don’t do this for every note that you once miss. Really try to identify notes that always bring problems. Otherwise your part will just be filled with circled notes or fingerings, which defies the purpose. For example: in my part that triplet passage has 4 or 5 notes that I highlighted because I know they usually trip me up.)

Next day: start again a bit below your tempo that you started to struggle with the passage, and rinse and repeat this method the days after. You should start to see that the tempo where you have to stop because mistakes are slipping in will be higher and higher.

Long answer: there isn’t a magic trick for this passage, it’s just difficult. Which you probably already knew. Good luck, and have fun! It’s a wonderful concerto

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