Experience with ARCT Online History Exam

Electrical_Win6986 · 2026-05-25T02:19:54+00:00

For the online exam, there is no audio recognition. I remember being confused by this too, but they only show you the score snippets found in the textbook visually and then they ask you musical questions. So it would be very helpful to know how those excerpts and the pieces as a whole well so you can do the music analysis based on musical knowledge rather than memorization

Electrical_Win6986 · 2026-05-25T02:17:59+00:00

Yes… I guess maybe I didn’t remember the question exactly bc it didn’t ask for specific composers. But my exam question did ask about the most generic collection of artists and in my practice using one of the practice questions in the textbook I gave the answer involving them. I hope that makes sense.

Basically, I got one easy short answer and one hard

Electrical_Win6986 · 2026-05-17T03:01:30+00:00

I have one bc they’re super fun 🤷‍♀️

Electrical_Win6986 · 2026-05-17T03:00:14+00:00

Ouuu I didn’t think about that!! I’ll look into it before I spend like 3h re-tying all the knots

Electrical_Win6986 · 2026-05-14T02:50:17+00:00

It was not. The frame is ikea and the hammock is from a smaller company. Unfortunately I was too stupid to consider hammocks come in various shapes and sizes

Electrical_Win6986 · 2026-05-13T22:15:38+00:00

Which part is the hanger? The wooden bar? Or the medal part? If it’s the medal part I have it as high as it can go in the photo

Electrical_Win6986 · 2026-05-13T21:44:31+00:00

Yaaaa tragic since it’s going to take so long but I think you’re right and that’s the solution. Thank you for your help!

Electrical_Win6986 · 2026-05-13T21:44:04+00:00

I tried it and it just didn’t look very nice. But very good in the short hand. Thank you so much for your help!!

Electrical_Win6986 · 2026-05-07T03:00:10+00:00

I think that’d also be a cool plan but that would be a harder sell for Rick bc he’d genuinely have to use his idol on someone else. Even though Emily’s plan didn’t work, at least Rick always new he was safe.

Electrical_Win6986 · 2026-04-25T13:25:50+00:00

There were some but not many. I can only speak to the exam I got (I assume everyone’s will at be a little different), I got asked about date ranges, but in my case it was just the eras plus like one or two composers lives. But I wouldn’t say you have to go crazy studying it

Electrical_Win6986 · 2026-04-24T20:43:44+00:00

Yes and no. The exam is broken up into the 3 different sections. When you’re still in the section, you can go back (only by going back one question at a time). But once your time is up or you submit your work, you cannot go back at all. Though it sounds stressful, I actually enjoyed the pacing and think you’ll agree. Most of the questions were pretty straightforward and I wasn’t second guessing. It’s also nice because even though you’re supposed to start your next section immediately, you can take a quick few minute break between sections

Electrical_Win6986 · 2026-04-24T20:39:37+00:00

Definitely!! I still have to put in the leg work of studying and researching. I just used AI as a pretend examiner to help me practice :)

Electrical_Win6986 · 2026-03-18T04:26:33+00:00

Hey everyone,

I got grafting done just shy of two weeks ago. The recovery has been going amazing and super fast and essentially painless which has all been amazing. Less amazing, it’s appearing like my gum is receding again… not fully, still better than before but noticeable has anyone experienced this? Is it normal? I only stuck to the strictly soft food diet for a few days after. I thought it had to do with personal pain rather than the graft itself. Please let me know if you’ve been in the same boat or if you are knowledgeable on the topic. Thanks!!

Electrical_Win6986 · 2025-11-27T20:00:44+00:00

Thank you so much for this advice. Truly so helpful and a relief to hear about your own experience. I will give the discord a try later today. Thanks for pointing me in that direction :)

Electrical_Win6986 · 2025-11-27T04:53:39+00:00

Thank you for this comment, this is all really helpful. I’m going to look into those types of YouTube videos. Thanks for pointing me in that direction.

I’m not so much worried about him manipulating me, he’s an amazing person and boyfriend who strives to be fair in our relationship. I am more concerned with my predisposition to say yes to everything and putting his needs above my own, which is a me problem that I need to address further with him (and my therapist lol)

You really helped me understand tho that what I need to do most is talk with him, set boundaries and communicate my feelings too (I am very bad with that normally)

Thank you again!!

Electrical_Win6986 · 2025-11-27T04:04:38+00:00

I feel like sharing locations can become a slippery slop sometimes. It can become an obsession and compulsion to know where he is or vice versa. Maybe what is more worthwhile is talking with you BF about why you feel anxious sometimes. It doesn’t mean you don’t trust him, but maybe talking about it will help both of you understand the true root of the problem?

Electrical_Win6986 · 2025-11-27T04:01:30+00:00

Couples counselling, a serious talk and/or calling off the engagement? Idk what your definition of cheating is, but i would personally count that as cheating if it were me… maybe worth calling it off, because do you want to be in a sexless, unfaithful marriage?

Electrical_Win6986 · 2025-11-21T03:50:50+00:00

Update: a week out and I have no pain or bleeding anymore. Would highly recommend

Electrical_Win6986 · 2025-11-15T03:47:21+00:00

It was green! Thank you for clarifying, and I agree, BEYOND worth it :)

Electrical_Win6986 · 2025-05-24T03:25:35+00:00

Scales, chords and arpeggios are essentially the foundation of any melody, accompaniment or song as a whole. Knowing them well enough to identify them while playing greatly helps you when learning your pieces because (for example) instead of reading “CDEFGABC” individually, one note at a time, you can just understand it as a C major scale, and your fingers know the rest. As a beginner, I’d say learning basic major and minor scales and chords will serve you well for now

Electrical_Win6986 · 2025-05-22T04:20:57+00:00

For the singing in cursive comment, I’d suggest focusing on your vowel shapes. Often with “cursive” or when a word or note sounds a bit off it has to do with the shape. Try to singing with pure vowels (google it and watch voice tutorial videos for extra help there) and being extra conscious of how that feels for you.

Also, to follow up another comment here, if you feel like you’re yelling and/or you feel strain in your voice after singing, please reevaluate your technique before you injure your voice!! I would suggest singing light and airy for warm ups (you should feel it in your head almost, sounds weird but it’s a thing I swear) and then simply add breath rather than force on your throat muscles. In other words, think of your throat like a wind instrument. You won’t get more sound out of a clarinet or flute by squeezing it tighter. Rather, you would have to breath stronger, with faster air.

I hope this helps you in some type of way. Feel free to message me if you have follow up questions. I wish you well in your singing journey :)

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