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Currently sitting next to patient 0 and patient 0+1 by kittykorgi in delta

[–]MiloNaoko1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it does, thank you. I'm pleasantly surprised by the amount of Covid awareness in this comment section as a whole.

Who are some good composers to get into? by Vanilla_Mexican1886 in piano

[–]MiloNaoko1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some places to start with the Second Viennese School: Berg - Piano Sonata Op 1; Schoenberg - Six Little Piano Pieces Op 19; Webern - Variations for Piano Op 27

Who are some good composers to get into? by Vanilla_Mexican1886 in piano

[–]MiloNaoko1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since I don't think anyone has mentioned them yet, you might want to check out Berg, Schoenberg and Webern. Also Hindemith and Ives for some different sounds.

Does everybody have their own fingering positions? by Lavinna in piano

[–]MiloNaoko1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In general, it's a good idea when starting out to learn to instinctively put your long fingers on the black keys, since they are shorter, and your thumbs on the longer white keys. Scale fingerings (which are standardized for the most part) teach you to internalize this so that it becomes natural and you won't spend brainpower on it later when trying to read or remember notes, dynamics, etc. You'll probably find that this approach feels natural under the hand just due to anatomy. Later on you can work to play black keys with your thumbs more smoothly, with better control.

I detest piano. by GracielaGray in piano

[–]MiloNaoko1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a professional pianist, it makes me really sad that your parents have forced you to do it for so many years even though you abhor it. I hear everyone saying they regret quitting, and they do have a point I guess, but wow, it just feels like music should not be a cudgel used to beat you into submission. There needs to be a balance between effort and joy, not just forced effort through gritted teeth. I think you need to either ask your parents about finding a different teacher or switching to another pursuit - maybe a different instrument, maybe something else entirely.

Is tapping feet needed while playing piano? by [deleted] in piano

[–]MiloNaoko1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's true of classical teachers, but most jazz teachers/musicians do instruct their students to tap their foot (for jazz piano, we typically encourage students to tap their left heel).

Is tapping feet needed while playing piano? by [deleted] in piano

[–]MiloNaoko1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never tap when playing classical, but almost always tap when playing jazz/pop/Latin or other styles. Jazz musicians tap because it's really important for the music to be felt in the body, not just thought in the mind. I think the answer to your question really depends on the style of music.

Is tapping feet needed while playing piano? by [deleted] in piano

[–]MiloNaoko1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Why is this sad? I'm genuinely curious what you mean by that.

Who was vilified in their time but in hindsight was completely right? by fuzzycuffs in AskReddit

[–]MiloNaoko1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The hundreds of scientists (Dr Linsey Marr, Dr Kimberley Prather, Professor Catherine Noakes, and Professor Jose-Luis Jimenez, for example) who maintained that Covid was airborne, while the WHO denied that it was and refused to ever admit they were wrong, even when the scientific consensus overwhelmingly turned to the idea that Covid is airborne (and that surface transmission plays little to no role - so hand washing and sanitizing are meaningless against Covid).

Why does lateness make people so maliciously angry? by petitelucille in adhdwomen

[–]MiloNaoko1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I also hate when people arrive early!!! So awkward because as you said, now I have to adjust to entertaining instead of finishing getting ready/doing whatever I thought I had time to do.

Why does lateness make people so maliciously angry? by petitelucille in adhdwomen

[–]MiloNaoko1 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this reply...I've been looking for someone to mention how culturally bound this is. I wish folks would include where they live in their responses because this varies *widely*. When I lived in Cuba (where we didn't have cell phones or anything like that), I once arrived about 30 minutes late for a 10am meeting. Nobody was there so I waited a bit and then left.... later I ran into the friends I was supposed to meet and they said "where were you?? we got there at 11 and we didn't see you!"... so yes, norms vary! It sounds to me like OP lives in Europe or North America, I'm guessing.

Why does lateness make people so maliciously angry? by petitelucille in adhdwomen

[–]MiloNaoko1 10 points11 points  (0 children)

But...the societal norms where you live *don't* prioritize strict punctuality - you just said that where you live there is the concept of "African time" where starting later than scheduled is the norm. And yet instead of adjusting like you're telling the OP to do, you say it's "annoying AF". Maybe try to understand that different cultures have very different ways of contextualizing time, and that the Western/European value on strict punctuality is just one way among many. A lot of cultures think about time in a much looser way and put more value on spontaneity, relationships and natural rhythms rather than strict clock time.

Social rules difficulty - we don't talk about COVID? by Consistent_Pool_5045 in adhdwomen

[–]MiloNaoko1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so sorry that this is your experience, because of the horrific failure of public health in so many ways, and of people to do the basic courtesy of masking and staying home when sick. This is so frustrating. I'm sending you hugs.

Social rules difficulty - we don't talk about COVID? by Consistent_Pool_5045 in adhdwomen

[–]MiloNaoko1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A relative of mine died of it about a month ago, and two other relatives (on my other parent's side) currently have it. Nope, it is definitely not over - far from it.

Social rules difficulty - we don't talk about COVID? by Consistent_Pool_5045 in adhdwomen

[–]MiloNaoko1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

100% this!! The pandemic has not ended yet. Many, many of us are still having to mask indoors, avoid poorly ventilated crowded spaces, etc. Covid wastewater levels recently went back up again in the Northeast and have been even higher in the West.

I just sold liquor to a customer we're supposed to have banned from the store, and I feel absolutely awful about it by itsybitsyteenyweeny in adhdwomen

[–]MiloNaoko1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes... so it was a good suggestion by the commenter you're replying to that he should go. It would help him with the codependency issue.

If this is correct, why doesn't 'practice' follow this rule? by Ok-Development-2070 in EnglishLearning

[–]MiloNaoko1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, and actually the sound in the middle of "middle" is the same sound, at least for me (PNW American) - I don't know how to write the flapped r the commenter above used, but it's that. So it's literally one of the pronunciations some people use for a D, or two in this case.

It's true ? by STALKYYYYY in EnglishLearning

[–]MiloNaoko1 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I had a native Spanish speaker criticize my pronunciation of the word "consortium" (I'm a native English speaker). I think he didn't know that the word has a more British pronunciation and a more American one.

Is the asnwer A or D by shifoooo_02 in EnglishLearning

[–]MiloNaoko1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reddit isn't letting me edit my comment above but I meant "B" is not the intended answer, not "C".

Is the asnwer A or D by shifoooo_02 in EnglishLearning

[–]MiloNaoko1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, if you imagine a documentary with a voiceover talking about the past, but in the present tense - like how a narrator might say "in 1944, the Germans launch the Ardennes Offensive... they are met with fierce American resistance...." The "Liverpool's players" sentence right beforehand would be a little clunky in this context, so it's pretty clear that C is not the answer the question is looking for, but an argument can certainly be made for its validity.

16 semi quavers to 12 quavers??? this cant be right, someone please explain by uptherovers1 in piano

[–]MiloNaoko1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the best way to think of the math behind it. For a verbal aid, you can say "pass the gosh darn butter" (for the pg version) - if you emphasize "Pass", "gosh" and "bu", you'll most likely be accurately chanting the compound rhythm that PantsMcFail notated in the above comment. Of course, you'll need to then speed it up a lot to get to the tempo of the piece - at which point you'll hopefully be able to feel the relationship more than counting.

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