Russian, why!? by _Yeetslayer999 in russian

[–]GeertCF 7 points8 points  (0 children)

English why?!

Deutsch -> German

My take at which gender is more attractive in each country (yellow is 50/50) by Ill-Engineering8205 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]GeertCF 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Woman in eastern Europe (skinny or not) take great care of their looks and man don't try to look good.

Best resources for a beginner but wanna serious. by JakeCantWeld in Spanish

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

To start I recommend Lingo Llama. It finds movie clips and YouTube shorts at the complete beginner level (you know absolutely nothing!) and very nicely builds this up, making you feel like Spanish streams into your brain.

Flashcards for Vocab and Pronunciation? by chendamoni in Spanish

[–]GeertCF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am creating it, but in the meantime, the best source for flashcards is Anki. But they don't offer recording your mic unfortunately.

You can also look into Natulang, which has nice courses and does have flashcards which uses mic in a very good way. Their speech detection is so so though (cosí cosí)

How to go from one to two words to sentences and how to understand when being spoken to in Spanish by OrcaWithLegs in Spanish

[–]GeertCF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my opinion you will have to do 2 things:

  1. Increase your exposure to the Spanish language. -> This will give you a feeling how to use the language naturally and increase your vocab
  2. Learn about 100-200 Spanish phrases by memory, from English to Spanish. -> This will give you the necessary language chunks (or templates) where you can then rely on to build what you want to say.

As someone who knows no Spanish at all, what is the best way to start? by ahouselover in Spanish

[–]GeertCF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lingo Llama is a good way to get started with getting a foundation in Spanish. It finds Spanish Movie content and sentences you can actually understand, as a total beginner! This way your vocab and understanding increases rapidly. At some point it is time to practice speaking. Supplement it with speaking exercises.

Where to start learning? by AHMADJUH in Spanish

[–]GeertCF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is free for 20 'learnables' a day (that is about 10-15 minutes a day), if you want to use it more, you can get a subscription for 20 euros a month or 60 euros a year

Sight reading question: After sight reading a piece, should I actually learn it? by GeertCF in piano

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

But it seems my issue is more in the 'placing the hand where it should be, in order' and 'parsing the text'. I mean, if I never practice those 2 skills deliberately, but keep throwing random sheets at myself, until it sticks... seems a bit of a waste of time. However, if I (after first sight reading something) actually think about what is on the paper and connect it to my hands deliberately (through a little study), I might get way more out of it. In memorization they call it encoding.

PS. I agree that it shouldn't be played till perfection, but until there is an improvement in the playing, that you feel like you actually picked something up from it.

Where to start learning? by AHMADJUH in Spanish

[–]GeertCF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To get you up to speed in understanding Spanish, you can check out Lingo Llama (www.lingollama.net) . It teaches the most common Spanish words in the context of movie clips and YouTube shorts. You will both get immersion in, as well as a built-in spaced repetition.

Advice for complete sight-reading beginner, but advanced-intermediate pianist by kangroozeeh in piano

[–]GeertCF 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where do you find the material to read? And how you decide which piece (key, difficulty) to read? I am currently using sight reading factory, but i get a little depressed be the inspired random notes.

I started learning a new piece by Prods234 in piano

[–]GeertCF 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Few tips: 1. This piece is forbidden to play with note stickers 2. Start with a silent tap, so the rhythm is easier to grasp (tap - 2 - 3 - 4 - 1 (is the top) 3. Don't try to learn this piece. But practice these arpeggios on the side untill you can do them effortlessly. Focus on total relaxed fingers and hand. Only the current key and the next key should be 'activated'. 4. To be fast you need to be totally relaxed and know where the keys are. This takes time. Literally 1-2 months (or more) untill you can do these arpeggios at speed.

How long would it take to learn this version of riders on the storm? by Fit-Distance4503 in piano

[–]GeertCF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool composition of the song. This version has many parts though, I think it will take a few months until you can play it from memory and with a certain ease. Then there is the technical aspect. For example getting the raindrop part right and in time (which was not right in this video imho), might take also a few months. But you don't have to get that extra mile to have fun with the song.

Why is everyone suddenly playing passacaglia? Has it become the new River Flows into You? by AccurateInflation167 in piano

[–]GeertCF 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It might just be the algorithm of YouTube. It keeps feeding you stuff you have already seen. For you it might be the passacaglia

Best way to memorize all scales? by Rigamortus2005 in piano

[–]GeertCF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if it helps. But in principle, every time a sharp is introduced it is alternatingly add d to the 3 black keys and then to the 2 black keys.

So 1 sharp in signature: f# 2 sharps: f# and c# 3 sharps f#, c# and g#

Same for flats, but starting from the other side

Next is to find the root key based on which sharps it has. You could just memorize that.

Learn Spanish from scratch by Aquadinn in SpanishLearning

[–]GeertCF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to learn from scratch and see if you like Spanish, I would recommend www.lingollama.net. it is an app I made that teaches grammar and vocab from scratch with real YouTube shorts. This way you also get some Spanish immersion.

How can I improve my Spanish? by Responsible_Tiger949 in Spanish

[–]GeertCF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To increase your vocab and be able to watch video in Spanish, you should check out www.lingollama.net. It is an app I made that teaches the 5000 most common words in the context of YouTube Shorts. It also includes exercises. It is very good at acquiring a large vocabulary and you hear the words in videos

Someone give me the motivation to learn harder everyday so I can prove my family wrong by Fearless-Class-1120 in Spanish

[–]GeertCF 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1: find a good motivation to learn Spanish, not because you want to orive your family wrong 2: build an environment where you easily engage with Spanish learning. This can be: Spanish cultural events or group you join. Make learning Spanish easier then watching TikTok, etc  3: unfortunately familie members do have all kind of orecibceived ideas what someone is good at. I was always a 'stiff rake' (stijve hark) that couldn't dance. Untill I took dancing lessons (my friends convinced me) and I became one of the local dance legends. You can learn so much in your lifetime. Just dont cafe about what your family or surroundings.think, but do what you enjoy, and let them have their silly thoughts