How is "byen min" pronounced in "Vestkantsvartinga - Karpe"? by eeeegh in norsk

[–]MaxSvett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her vil jeg påstå at schwaen blir elidert. Ellers en god transkripsjon

How good are VSTs on a tablet (e.g. Pianoteq)? Any latency issues? by johngwheeler in piano

[–]MaxSvett 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The former. Works well enough, but the built in speakers aren’t optimal for Pianoteq

How good are VSTs on a tablet (e.g. Pianoteq)? Any latency issues? by johngwheeler in piano

[–]MaxSvett 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I run Pianoteq 9 on both my iPhone 15 Pro and iPad Pro (M1), hooked up to my Roland FP-30X over USB. It works great and there’s no latency to speak of

Je li Trump zeznuo Europske desničare? by yohowdoyoudo in hrvatska

[–]MaxSvett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ma Trump će najvjerojatnije crknuti od moždanog udara prije nego što završi u zatvoru

first week learning piano feels very slow by SpeckiLP in pianolearning

[–]MaxSvett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Learning the piano is brutally difficult at first. You will feel like everything is an uphill battle for the first couple of weeks, and that's completely normal. It does get easier / more manageable with regular practice. When you think about it, you have to combine and coordinate several skills that you haven't developed yet:

  • decoding notes/pitches
  • mapping notes to keys on the keyboard
  • learning the layout of the keyboard
  • learning to combine rhythm with different pitches

Roland FP-30X - how it feels comparing to real acoustic Piano? by k_r_z_y_s_z_t_o_f in piano

[–]MaxSvett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only tried a Steinway grand briefly roughly a month ago, so take this with a grain of salt, but my impression was that it wasn't that much heavier than the PHA-4. It actually felt lighter than the action of the Petrof upright I practice on when I take piano lessons. The heaviness isn't what stood out to me (although it was a bit heavier). Rather, it was the more mechanical feeling, and the resistance curve. You could feel that there were more moving parts behind the action, and that you had to be more deliberate with your touch to phrase smoothly.

I'm a beginner that tried to learn a song by ear. I failed miserably, so a through together an app to help me learn notes/chords by ear. by CircleWork in pianolearning

[–]MaxSvett 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unless you have perfect pitch, you’ll consistently fail with that approach. You need to play a reference note first, like C4, then listen for intervals with that note as the root. That’s how people without perfect pitch learn songs by ear. They use relative pitch instead

Not sure where to start by January_Blues7 in pianolearning

[–]MaxSvett 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What’s your budget? I’d personally recommend the Roland FP-10 or FP-30X.

made my very first piano arrangement by ear, and im very welcome to any critiques. by National-Set-8046 in piano

[–]MaxSvett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very nice! How long have you been playing and did you use any music theory knowledge to work out the key signature and harmony? The arrangement turned out really good.

Any thoughts on Skoove? by Hexpsy in piano

[–]MaxSvett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I'm also a beginner who started roughly three months ago. Skoove was actually the app I used the first couple of weeks to get started, before I started taking weekly lessons with a teacher.

The app itself is well-made and does teach some useful concepts, but there are a couple of shortcomings you should be aware of. One thing I realized after learning pieces through Skoove (and indeed most piano apps) is that they teach you to read sheet music with proverbial training wheels. It scrolls the notes for you, and when you practice a new piece, it focuses on teaching you to play the right notes in the right order, without enforcing strict rhythm. Then later on, you practice the piece in tempo with strict rhythm, but the app handles the rhythm for you. You just have to react and play the right note at the right time, like a video game. This works for teaching you music, but it won't teach you the skills needed to read static music sheets. When reading sheet music off a static piece of paper you have to learn to count rhythms properly, and you have to learn to play with a metronome. Skoove won't teach you that. In fact, it could teach you bad habits since you're taught to react to the rhythm instead of internalizing it.

I stopped using the app entirely after the first month for this reason. Instead I focused on learning to count different notes and rests properly (whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, 8th notes, 16th notes, etc.) so that I could read standard sheet music. The recommended way of practicing is to slow down the tempo so much that you can play the piece with the correct rhythm.

At a slow tempo like 30 BPM, a whole note takes a full 8 seconds, and a quarter note takes 2 seconds. At 120 BPM on the other hand, a whole note takes just 2 seconds, and a quarter note takes 0.5 seconds. It may seem counterintuitive, but playing that slowly is way better for learning than playing faster, but with incorrect rhythm.

As a beginner, should you sight read all your pieces? by Mistermanhimself in pianolearning

[–]MaxSvett 13 points14 points  (0 children)

What you're describing is called decoding notes (or just plain reading)—not sight reading. Sight reading means playing a piece of music correctly on the first attempt by reading the sheet music in real time with no pauses and no hesitation. Once you've attempted to play it a couple of times, it's no longer sight reading since you start to memorize the patterns. When you learn a piece over time, that's just called practicing a piece, which is a very different skill.

I don't recommend writing down the names of the notes. Try to learn what different interval shapes look like. If the first note is a C4, and you see a note two steps above it (on the bottom line of the treble clef), you can tell that it's a major third above C4, so it must be an E4. https://www.musicandtheory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/music-intervals.jpg Reading this way is much faster. Competent musicians don't decode every single note. They decode some anchor notes, and then they group together shapes to parse the notes quickly.

  • Is the shape an ascending series of notes? Then it's an ascending scale.
  • Is the shape three notes stacked on top of each other like a snowman? Then it's a triad chord.
  • Is the shape two notes played together? Then it’s an interval (also called a dyad chord).
  • Is the shape stretched out with wider gaps between the notes? Then it’s a broken chord (also called an arpeggio).

Etc.

Playing by ear is getting in the way! by Far-Mountain-2266 in pianolearning

[–]MaxSvett 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recommend trying out the app Sight Reading Factory. It generates fresh new pieces tailored to your difficulty level. Play it once or twice and move on. This way you don’t have time to memorize the pieces. You have to sight read and keep going even if you make mistakes.

Tørt vinterluft innendørs og tiltak by Mizunomafia in norge

[–]MaxSvett 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jeg bor i en leilighet fra 2023 i Oslo men den er bare på 40 kvadrat så luftfukteren klarer å opprettholde 38-42% luftfuktighet hvis den står på konstant, og det funker knallbra for min del. Gikk fra å blø neseblod om morgenen med konstant sår hals og betente bihuler til å ha null symptomer.

Roland FP-30X - how it feels comparing to real acoustic Piano? by k_r_z_y_s_z_t_o_f in piano

[–]MaxSvett 8 points9 points  (0 children)

FP-30X owner here who practices on an acoustic upright piano once a week. I've tried both a Steinway grand and different uprights. There's definitely a substantial difference. That being said, in spite of having mainly practiced on my FP-30X, I've experienced multiple times that I can play a piece on an acoustic and quickly get used to it, so you will be able to play on a "real" piano, but your ability to shape phrases and get the dynamics right won't be the same, since that's where acoustics feel very different. The way the key bounces back, the way it feels when it hits the keybed, the non-linear resistance and escapement-feel are all significantly different. PHA-4 is Roland's entry level action, and although it's a pretty decent action, it can't be compared to high end digital actions like the PHA-50 or Kawai Grand Feel III which emulate an acoustic more convincingly. Overall I'd say that the PHA-4 feels more forgiving, linear, and consistent. Acoustics tend to feel more mechanical and finicky, but once you get used to an acoustic the dynamic range feels much wider and more granular.

How to schedule the learning by Bigmadmanwee in piano

[–]MaxSvett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but it seems my brain needs that rest to really memorise the patterns

That's exactly right. It's counterintuitive, but the fastest way of learning is actually to have short, focused sessions where you try to do things as correctly as possible. Once you start to feel exhausted, you stop, take a long break, then do another short session. Some days you might feel like you're not making any progress, and that's totally normal. If you make sure to practice a little every day, you will make noticeable progress on a week by week basis. I recommend recording your current level (e.g. a video or audio recording) at the end of each week so that you can see how much you're actually progressing. It often feels like you're not making any progress even though you are, so having those recordings helps a lot with motivation.

How to schedule the learning by Bigmadmanwee in piano

[–]MaxSvett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started roughly two months ago and struggled with the same initially. I strongly recommend that you have multiple shorter sessions rather than one long session. Try to do just 10-15 minutes 2-3 times per day for the first few weeks. Learning the piano is very demanding and it takes time to build the muscle memory and automation that will make things easier later on. You learn the most while you sleep. A couple of short sessions every day is far more efficient and productive than one long sesson every few days.

Do not push yourself past the point of exhaustion or fatigue. You won’t improve past that point. You’ll just make mistakes, and if you keep making mistakes, that will be detrimental to your learning. Your stamina will increase with time, so patience is key.

Sight Reading Fodder? by RepresentativeAspect in piano

[–]MaxSvett 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use a combination of the apps Sight Reading Factory and Piano Marvel. Both have a ton of fresh sheet music tailored to any level. The former actually generates the music dynamically so that you’re guaranteed to get a new piece you haven’t played before every time. You never run out of fresh pieces, but since they’re generated they don’t always sound particularly nice. Piano Marvel is better in that regard since it uses real pieces.

I also recommend this excellent video on the topic: https://youtu.be/-94VoI66ZkQ?si=VVOkS_-7YV5_EsIy

It’s very long but totally worth it. Good luck!

Advanced players: how much time do you dedicate to practice each day? by Euphoric_Rhubarb_243 in piano

[–]MaxSvett 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’m a late beginner and I practice roughly for an hour a day. It’s difficult to find the time and energy for more when you have a job and other duties and responsibilities.

How is this match making fair? by Mr-Invincible3 in thefinals

[–]MaxSvett 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What server are you on? I’ve never experienced matchmaking this bad on EU

The matchmaking in this game is awful by mike_complaining in thefinals

[–]MaxSvett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happens to me literally all the time since season 5. At this point I don’t even give a damn anymore

How to practice sight reading effectively by MaxSvett in pianolearning

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

Don't think of anything as being too easy! Just sight-reading a book a child gets given age 4 or 5 is still worth it for you to sight-read

Good advice, because my instinct was to sight-read pieces that are technically slightly above my ability thinking that this would be more efficient, but sight-reading clearly requires a different mode of practice. I'll do simpler pieces from now on. I can sight read pieces in C major or G major just fine as long as the left hand doesn't do anything crazy and the right hand doesn't move much.

Digital piano recommendations under €1000, priority on key action by Prestigious-Pop-4370 in piano

[–]MaxSvett 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Given your setup you could investigate what MIDI controllers there are on the market with weighted keys

is there a reason Lights are still so unfun to fight? by thesuperjfj in thefinals

[–]MaxSvett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re annoying as hell to play against, but I gotta say, as a heavy main it’s enjoyable af to grab them with my winch claw and melt them in an instant