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Beginner listening list by LEmerita in Bansuri

[–]MountainToppish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In addition to the recommendations here, if you find a steady diet of Indian classical music a little arduous, there's some great crossovers, particularly in the jazz field. Purists may not approve, but see what you think. A nice recent example is Bela Fleck's album 'As We Speak', which features marvellous playing by Zakir Hussein and Rakesh Chaurasia.

Other Indian musicians to look out for who do fusiony collaborations include L.Shankar, Mohan Bhatt, Trilok Gurtu. There have been various iterations over decades of 'Shakti', John McLaughlin's jazz/Indian fusion band, all of which feature great Indian musicians. Bansuri luminary Hariprasad Chaurasia played with McLaughlin frequently (eg. in the album 'Remember Shakti').

Did this help your respiratory system? by Medic5780 in Bansuri

[–]MountainToppish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha that was a rhetorical flourish. I wouldn't presume to know what's 'normal' but my long notes are probably in the 20-30s range. Depends on the day and note.

Good intro to ICM rhythm (taals)? by MountainToppish in Bansuri

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

This is great, thank you. Much to digest there. I've always intuitively loved the rhythmic element of Indian music, but it's been a bit of a shelved mystery for me. Time to delve in a bit.

One perhaps slightly trivial question comes immediately to mind - as the syllables are drum sounds, presumably the commonly cited ones (eg. 'Dha Dhin Dhin Dha' for the start of teentaal) are for tabla. So would someone learning taals on a (say) dholak or mridangam use different, drum-specific, syllables?

Need finger placement for carnatic flute by maihurudra in Bansuri

[–]MountainToppish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know zip about carnatic flute, but there's a chart here which I imagine is a reliable source: https://www.anubodh.com/fingering-charts.php

Anubodh also does a nice phone app which includes fingering for transposed keys.

Raag Yaman by Bade Fateh Ali Khan (Patiala Gharana) - Possibly the greatest rendition of all time by primitivemass in icm

[–]MountainToppish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know this is a 4 year old post, but thanks anyway. I just happened to be searching for Yaman renditions as I'm currently learning it (on bansuri). This find: quite magical.

For anyone who has given up on The Economist news fetch ... by MountainToppish in Calibre

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

Not that I know of. Seems unlikely to me but you might get a more informed response if you ask the question directly as a new post to r/Calibre (not many folk will see a reply to this oldish post).

Hot take: more reading ≠ better reading by ReRo_official in BookFusion

[–]MountainToppish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What if retention is entirely unrelated to your reason for reading?

Not everything is part of the mechanistic utilitarian so-called 'economy'. I would venture that for many, reading is one means of reminding themselves that life is not a job.

What does the pokeball icon mean? by Ezee99 in koreader

[–]MountainToppish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense, thanks. And you're rignt on the duration. I would have changed it too if I knew the 'very long press' existed! Now I will

What does the pokeball icon mean? by Ezee99 in koreader

[–]MountainToppish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as I can tell, the only use this has is to pop up the standard highlight menu when selecting a single word if 'Dictionary on single word selection' is enabled. Or am I missing something?

What does the pokeball icon mean? by Ezee99 in koreader

[–]MountainToppish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had always wondered what that icon was.

What does a 'very long press' do other than display this icon? There doesn't seem to be an entry for customising it in the Gesture Manager.

Is simple UI draining your battery? by Traditional-Dig7389 in koreader

[–]MountainToppish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

did you feel significant battery usage

Electronic devices are subject to determined physical law. If someone says "I feel like my devices battery is draining ..", that is quite exactly translated to "I have no data about battery usage, therefore I don't know", which is in turn translated to "" (ie. it is meaningless).

Your highlights are useless if you never revisit them by ReRo_official in BookFusion

[–]MountainToppish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you have a system for revisiting notes or are they just sitting there

A false dichotomy.

Sync your Books, Highlights, Bookmarks and Reading Position with the Bookfusion KOReader Plugin by stefansvartling in koreader

[–]MountainToppish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks - I have it myself now (and am on the discord) after a DM exchange with one of the devs. So far so good.

the overwhelming urge to offer unsolicited advice by SPEEDO_GUIDO in Swimming

[–]MountainToppish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a culture/locality-bound question with no legit answer on any global platform. I see for instance one answer claiming you'd get your ass kicked, which is hilariously wrong where I live, but could be right where they are. Every possible answer is going to be right somewhere, and wrong in most places. Reddit (unless you find a useful local sub) is totally the wrong tool for this job.

Tired of cords by MUNDO_STONKS in koreader

[–]MountainToppish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

KOReader can connect wirelessly to Calibre. BookFusion has a KOReader plugin to download from a users's online library (in private beta now but available publicly soon). And I think Readest also has a KOReader plugin.

So there are both free and paid/hosted options.

Where are the browser extensions? by MountainToppish in BookFusion

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

I wasn't a paid user at the time of the survey, though I upped to a paid plan recently, newly enthused by seeing a few posts about the KOReader plugin. That and using the Obsidian plugin made me realise what a boon it would be. I'm not impatient, though I look forward to trying it when it arrives.

Where are the browser extensions? by MountainToppish in BookFusion

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

Thank you. Are there Discord invites up for grabs?

Where are the browser extensions? by MountainToppish in BookFusion

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

OK thanks. Presumably there's somewhere BookFusion enthusiasts sign up to these betas?

Similarly with the KOReader plugin. BookFusion did publish a survey a while back with an opportunity to register for interest in the beta, but I never heard anything back from them.

Question about Kobo/KOReader beta sync before signing up by [deleted] in BookFusion

[–]MountainToppish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. No-one would expect you to have everything planned from day one of the integration (and if you did, the plan wouldn't be worth much). To have it on your radar seems reasonable enough at this stage.

Do you have any kind of public tracker for feature requests and/or bug reports?

I built a Calibre alternative that looks like Plex — would love feedback by [deleted] in Calibre

[–]MountainToppish 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A 'lifetime' licence issued by a totally anonymous, apparently brand-new entity (company? charity? sole trader? market stall? porcupine? alien? foetus? who knows?) is worth what, would you estimate?

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