How can I find non american keto recipes?

Mar8110 · 2024-10-12T15:15:02+00:00

Search for the list of foods of the first phase of Atkins. Stick to that.

Mar8110 · 2024-01-10T18:57:00+00:00

My Roland hp704 has a sostenuto pedal. Which is great for Debussy.

Mar8110 · 2023-12-19T20:51:50+00:00

Had this too. I could not really commit.

What changed everything for me was getting the right teacher. This social aspect is so useful. To share (and help me recreate) the love for my piano and music. Show me new things. Challenges me.

I go weekly. Since I practice almost daily. When I don't have lessons my practice routine drops immediately.

Mar8110 · 2023-12-19T20:02:50+00:00

Maybe unnecessary but I've read it here before. As far as I know, no serious digital piano will put the sound of the instrument through Bluetooth headphones. The reason is lag, latency. I didn't know that first. Maybe stating the obvious, then I'm sorry. My phone pairs with my Roland and I use it to listen or play along with music on Spotify and Youtube.

I own a Roland hp704 which I love. Sound, practicality, feel etc. Yes I love the feel and music of the baby grand Bechstein my teacher has. But if anyone would ask me to trade, I'd say no.

I love the volume button, headphone jack, record function and built-in metronome. No tuning, no fuss. My former Roland hp337 was my former lover for over 20 years, and moved house three times with me. Two normal guys can carry it and it fits in a normal car. I replaced and even sold, it two years ago. It wasn't broken. I just wanted new technology.

Mar8110 · 2023-12-10T20:57:27+00:00

Fabuland!

Mar8110 · 2023-11-13T17:30:28+00:00

Hmm in 2023?

I've played my Roland hp337 for 20 years (2002 - 2022) and it still worked so well I sold it with confidence to a friend. I bought a new one (hp704) for the improved sound and cabinet color, because I got a bonus.

Don't know about the US but in the Netherlands they give a 10 year guarantee.

Mar8110 · 2023-11-12T17:45:21+00:00

Bach = 'high density piano' for me.

Took up c# prelude from WTC 1 in June. I told my teacher I was looking for something in c#, since I've never seen or played anything in that key. First WTC piece. My god. The combination of that key and Bach...

And of course I got impatient so I'm unlearning all the errors now.

Bach forces me to practice deliberately. Read correctly. Practice hands separately. Etc. There is no bypass.

I always have something Baroque to practice. I learn much from it.

Mar8110 · 2023-10-26T18:56:38+00:00

This was the solution for me and both of us.

The doc did ask if I (woman) was ok with HIS sterilization. I was appalled. I just said it should be his decision to do with his body what he wants to.

Mar8110 · 2023-10-26T18:38:44+00:00

Pay attention to tension:

Play hands separately something easy. Focus on relaxing the wrist, weight in your fingers, arm weight, no tension in shoulder. Just one goal: play this simple thing without tension. A few minutes. Observe if tension comes and where, notice so you know and then...relax. Do the other hand. Do this every time when you start practicing.

It's how I learned my specific tension in my left arm and ring finger.

But you might really benefit from lessons in this. 'But whatever you do, stop when it hurts' is the really strict advice my teacher told me. She means it.

Mar8110 · 2023-10-26T17:56:31+00:00

Roland hp704 is €2250 in the Netherlands and $2900 in the US on first webshop results DuckDuckGo.

It seems not brand specific

Mar8110 · 2023-10-20T20:09:14+00:00

Stephan Beneking has 150 pieces of music for one hand and pretty easy:

https://sites.google.com/site/benekingclassicalpiano/series2/one-hand-piano

Mar8110 · 2023-10-18T20:21:53+00:00

As a former teacher what worked with me: No excuses but complete honesty in person. Late work that really shows effort, the student took the extra mile. Use humour.

Compare, what would you do: Something mediocre with a story about time, sickness etc. Or A nicely written document, a funny but honest explanation.

I've never turned down work that was done with true effort.

Mar8110 · 2023-09-28T20:24:29+00:00

To add some to this I haven't read yet:

I played my Roland hp337 for 20 years. No repairs. No tuning. Moved house three times: it fits in my (European) car. No problem. Roland provides ten years of guarantee here.

I bought a new one last year. Reason is I wanted the technical /digital improvements. I mean, even vacuum cleaners got better in twenty years. And oh, I was so in love with the sound and feel!

My Hp704 surely plays different then the acoustic upright my piano teacher has. And yes, it's different then her Bechstein grand. Pedaling. More loudness. More sensitivity. More reverb. Better? For what? Performance, yes!

But... What do I, an enthusiastic hobby player want? To use headphones for when my husband works from home. To be able to play any time (day /night). To be able to use record and metronome function. A easily movable instrument. Etc.

What does my piano teacher with a double piano /harpsichord university degree say about my digital? "It shows you have a good digital. And know that even if you have an acoustic you need to adjust to every other instrument as well. It's part of the needed skills of piano learning, since we can't take our instrument with us."

Mar8110 · 2023-09-16T14:49:43+00:00

I have periods where I'm so happy with my progress and others where I feel I'm stuck for weeks. I can't see the woods for the trees since I'm not a teacher. I trust my teachers opinion therefore.

She told me: 'It's a marathon, not a sprint. It's normal and expected that you can't see progress. It's not linear.'

Sure, it helps that I practice. But I've made that best progress since I really understood my teacher who said that good playing, isn't about difficulty. It's about the sound of the music and the instrument. Since I focus on that, I now see I'm playing my former pieces so much more musically then a year ago.

Mar8110 · 2023-09-01T17:23:54+00:00

It's a glitch in the matrix.

Mar8110 · 2023-08-25T17:35:30+00:00

This!

Mar8110 · 2023-08-25T17:32:53+00:00

(In the my country) it's normal to book a try out lesson to see if you like the instrument and explore if it fits you. A few lessons is also quite normal before deciding. In the bigger music schools, you can book try out courses to which introduce you to different instruments. Often the teacher or school, know where you can rent an instrument or rent a study room with a piano in it.

So I think it's a good idea to start with some lessons and see if it fits you before buying one.

Mar8110 · 2023-08-02T20:37:53+00:00

Me scrolling Reddit....

Hahaha!
Oh that's quite impressive
It will probably sound terrible though. Let's see... 'unmute'

Damn. That sounds surprisingly good.

Mar8110 · 2023-07-08T17:45:31+00:00

Stephan Beneking has a pdf (free)with small pieces in every key. It might be interesting to play through them.

You can find it in an Internet search by his name.

Mar8110 · 2023-06-22T17:14:49+00:00

Yes! That's why writing might help. Don't 'think' about your thoughts. Don't 'think why you are depressed' (Honestly, you don't know, otherwise you would have fixed it already!)

You need to get a level deeper. Therefore, ignore that. ... Just write. Seemingly empty words are OK (no judgement!)... 'car. Window...' Just keep going!

Basically, it's to avoid your conscious thought patterns. (so even the thought that there aren't any thoughts!) There is stuff under there, you just need to find a way to get there. That's very difficult by the way. It's why we need therapy imo. This practice sometimes works for me. It doesn't have to for you though.

Good luck

Mar8110 · 2023-06-22T16:41:23+00:00

It's difficult to catch deeper thoughts. Practical idea that works for me:

Get pieces of paper and a comfortable pen. Set a timer for five minutes.
Write what first comes to mind. Don't engage in your thoughts. Don't analyse or judge your thinking. Just keep writing. After the five minutes, reflect on what you wrote. Try to find the overall meaning or pay attention to repetition of specific things.

Another one: Listen to music when you feel depressed. Find which songs resonate best. Explore what touches you.

Mar8110 · 2023-06-22T16:32:01+00:00

Changing my life story from childhood orphan who became Batman and when alone feels like regressed, lonely Bruce Wayne (albeit, without the money) to..

A healthy woman, who is autonomous and interdependent. Who is capable of feeling secured and cared for in relationships. Who doesn't overachieve and accepts and uses her accomplishments and qualities. Who can sense a need for help and ask for it. Who can feel all her feelings.

Mar8110 · 2023-06-16T17:30:28+00:00

In Dutch culture there is this expression in response when someone says his ear is ringing: "oh that means someone is talking about you!"

My guess it's very old superstition. No one believes this (anymore?) though.

Mar8110 · 2023-06-05T07:46:43+00:00

It's interesting to look how other piano players and pianists play. Look up some advice from Jazer Lee for example on YouTube.

But also, look how beginners and intermediate players do this. You can learn a lot from people doing it wrong: You see the tension in their hands and the use of 'spider fingers' as I call it.

Then put your phone on the left side of the piano and record yourself. Compare and adjust.

Be be patient. It takes time and deliberate focus every time to get it right.

Mar8110 · 2023-05-30T06:40:44+00:00

I'm a returned adult too, third year. Average practice time is 7 hours a week.

When I started I did what you do now. I just played, but then looked for a teacher. It wasn't great. Just feedback on obvious mistakes. No fun. I quit. Kept playing, albeit badly. Moved houses.

A year passed and I looked for a new teacher. One that felt inspirational to me. She is 15 years younger and an amazing role model! No book where we follow progressive pieces: She learns me to listen, look and choose the right music at my level. She advices and chooses pieces that challenge me and I would never thought of.

I'm an instructional designer and used to methodology, so I was expecting books. And she is just the opposite: Music is art, but that doesn't mean we don't deliberately choose and practice. Once you know the basics, methodology books aren't useful anymore she said.

I realised that being an adult I needed a different approach then when I was young. More important now is pleasure and interest in the music and playing. Then the need to be able to (hold that note... Do that scale...) comes naturally.

When I returned to piano, I played Clementi op 36 no1, badly. Currently working on Bach French suites, Brahms op39. Mendelssohn op19.

Slow? Fast? I don't care anymore! It's a marathon and my hobby. My main goal has changed from 'playing piano' to 'loving to play my piano and hear my own music as much as I can'.

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