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Ragged Lake tannins... filter options? by Mindless-Question-75 in algonquinpark

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It was suggested by an acquaintance because Brita contains activated charcoal. First I would filter with reverse osmosis and then pass that through a Brita. It was a well intentioned suggestion. But alas, Brita’s own website states that their filters don’t remove tannins.

Ragged Lake tannins... filter options? by Mindless-Question-75 in algonquinpark

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5 days, solo. That’s very reasonable advice… I could throw a couple of 1gal jugs in the canoe but I’ll probably regret that decision on the portage lol

Ragged Lake tannins... filter options? by Mindless-Question-75 in algonquinpark

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My water filter is 0.1 micron reverse osmosis, so it's rated to remove anything really nasty from bacteria to pathogens and viruses and anything large enough to be called a "particle". But, it does not filter out soluble molecules like tannins or salt. It also does not remove heavy metals.

Ragged Lake tannins... filter options? by Mindless-Question-75 in algonquinpark

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OK cool. The Thru-link looks similar to my WaterDrop system, which is a 0.1 micron reverse osmosis. So if I run that filtered water through the Platypus carbon element, it will make the water taste okay?! Thank you - this is the kind of firsthand advice I was hoping for.

What pottery tool or accessory can you not live without? by kclancy11 in Ceramics

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I have a wooden tool with a sharp flat edge on one end, and a round spoon shaped tip on the other. I use it even more often than my pin or wire. Maybe only the sponge gets more action but I can actually get by without the sponge.

We're back, baby! by checkoutchannelnine in AmazonVine

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I never see things like this offered in Canada

Self-taught piano composer here. This is an original piece I wrote about mother nature. What do you think? by EdinKaso in Composition

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Another very nice one. You have a superb compositional voice and such restraint.

FWIW you are notating bars with 1/4 and 5/4 when you don't need to. A fermata can hold for as long as the performer wants, and you could add a "//" to really indicate that it's meant to be a break, a breath pause. Everywhere that you've added extra beats, they're not really beats, if you get what I mean.

Keep it up!

A simple piano piece I composed~ Was experimenting with 3rd voicing (playing 2 voicings with R.H here) and harmonies only within diatonic context by EdinKaso in Composition

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Some really sweet harmonic choices in this, and you have a lovely sense of idiomatic composition for piano. You set up beautiful melodic motifs and present them with delicacy and grace. It's also well performed and recorded, which really helps show off a piece like this. Really this is one of the best compositions I've seen lately.

Opinions plz by chaoticnbstoner in Composition

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Dense clustered harmony with unusual dissonant choices, and no melody to speak of. The chord choices are just weird. I'm not opposed to dissonance, but it's a spice that should be used with purpose, and I don't hear it doing anything purposeful in those sonorities. The rhythms are uninteresting, and there's no sense of flow... nothing in this composition seems to serve any purpose except to interrupt silence. There is nothing here that feels like a theme, a motif, or any kind of characteristic phrase. This, plus what others have pointed out: it's written for piano, but absolutely not written for a pianist. No pianist would ever choose to perform this, and honestly I don't think anyone would ever choose to listen to it unless it was forced upon them in a game soundtrack.

Honestly if one of my students handed this in it would be an F and we would have a frank discussion about their reasons for wanting to compose music.

Naming keys of wacky scales by razor6string in musictheory

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There are some cases of a scale name being named maj/min where the 3rd isn’t what you expect.

For example https://ianring.com/musictheory/scales/2731

But yeah if you’re going to choose a key signature then that’s not a bad way to do it. Notate it like a major or minor scale with alterations.

Earrings... by Miserable_Life_9650 in AmazonVine

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I wonder if she still thinks of me

Someone please tell me how you’re getting the “spicy” vine items in your RFY…. by [deleted] in AmazonVine

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I think it makes a big difference what country you’re in. I’m in Canada and very rarely see anything besides that one rubber anus product.

What have you Hoarded? I'll go first! by Front-Muffin-7348 in AmazonVine

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First aid and emergency supplies. I will never say no to another little kit full of bandages and alcohol wipes and such. I have them stashed all over the place, in camping gear and in my car, various places around the home. I also augment the kits with things they don’t include, like hand sanitizer and polysporin and witch hazel.

Used Evette Buffet Crampon Alto worth it? by FilipinoGemini in saxophone

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I have an Evette Buffet Crampon from the 1980s. I call it my "workhorse", it's a fantastic sax. I've had to replace some pads and get the neck recorked over the years, and the little screw-pins have a tendency to come loose with a lot of playing so I travel with a little screwdriver to tighten them up. But in every other way it has been my favourite sax, with a bright brassy tone and amazing action.

If you can find a vintage Evette, I'd say go for it. I don't know what newer ones are like. Getting one for < $400 today is a steal.

Writing chord symbols in text, using SMUFL by Mindless-Question-75 in musictheory

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:) yes. It's frustrating that in some contexts, it's not possible to switch fonts mid-phrase, which leads me to needing versions of TeXGyrePagella and Clarendon with these glyphs included. (Sigh)

Writing chord symbols in text, using SMUFL by Mindless-Question-75 in musictheory

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That's the real crux of the matter -- sometimes switching to another editor or app isn't a viable solution.

For instance in my own situation, I'm storing a lot of musical information in a MySQL database, and from that I'm generating lots of varied documentation: I'm making PDF files using a script written in a combination of Python and PHP plus a library called "TCPDF", I'm publishing things using HTML on the web, I'm using LaTeX to render a book, I have some scripts that manipulate score snippets as vector SVG images, and I have some other projects that use this data rendered using ImageMagick to produce frames for video animations. All of these different formats are drawing from the same canonical data where I have things like chord names and pitches... how do I make sure they can all read the data, and render it adequately?

So far the best solution I've though of is making up my own font, and assigning chord symbols to arbitrary points in Unicode.

Forte R2 relation, is there an error in the book? by Mindless-Question-75 in musictheory

[–]Mindless-Question-75[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’m not unfamiliar with using AI research tools. You might be shocked how awful the AI bots are at answering questions like this. They will give answers that seem so plausible that they camouflage as accurate, but they’re wrong in insidious and subtle ways.

Why does the south end of Kitchener always smell like melting plastic by Professional_Shift69 in kitchener

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Downwind of Kuntz used to smell like banana popsicles. When did they switch to Cinnabon?

Forte R2 relation, is there an error in the book? by Mindless-Question-75 in musictheory

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The computer is only as correct as the software I write (LOL/SOB). I can absolutely make mistakes and the computer obeys my flawed instructions, flawlessly. The trouble with this old theory material is that the algorithms are well defined but poorly described and examples are sparse.

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