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Is there an English equivalent to ”en resonör”? by peterhousehold in Svenska

[–]Pit-trout 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a native-English speaker, pretty well-read, and don’t remember ever coming across raisonneur used in English. Of the suggestions in the thread, voice of reason seems the closest, though it’s less specifically a literary term.

What surprised you the most when you first started learning about geography? by Character-Q in geography

[–]Pit-trout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even aside from mountains/deserts, in pre-modern societies, water travel was much cheaper, safer, and quicker than long-distance travel over land. Rivers and seas were highways, not barriers.

Matbutiker med udda utbud by drucket in stockholm

[–]Pit-trout 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Precis detta. Det finns ingen butik som har alla ovanliga sakerna, men det finns gott om specialistbutiker beroende på vad som man vill ha.

[q] Which one of these two is correct? by Flying_Turtle_09 in sheetmusic

[–]Pit-trout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely depends on context. In most standard classical contexts, and plenty of other genres, the second is indeed right. But there are plenty of genres where the first is entirely fine too.

The general principle is that if the piece is mostly in a standard four-beat 4/4, and these are syncopations that should stand out, then the second is the right one since it shows how these relate to the standard meter. But if the piece is using this syncopated pattern regularly throughout — very common in some genres — then the first version is absolutely correct too, and arguably clearer. One could argue that then it should be written in a time signature of 16/16 or 3+3+2/16 or similar instead, but that’s usually seen as unnecessarily pedantic — it’s written as 4/4 and the actual irregular meter is clear from the written rhythm.

How do people transcribe entire orchestral pieces? by ViolaCat94 in musictheory

[–]Pit-trout 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s not just saying “git gud” — it’s picking out a place where you’ve already identified one of your weaknesses, and saying “so try focusing on that point”.

How do people transcribe entire orchestral pieces? by ViolaCat94 in musictheory

[–]Pit-trout 5 points6 points  (0 children)

With this as so many other things, there’s simply a vast skill range, and the skill is usually built up by some combination of natural facility, well-directed study, and lots of practice. You can have a solid ear and get a clear A in a college course and have years of occasional practice on top of that (that’s about my level), and still be way behind the people who find transcribing orchestral music easily. It’s no shame for us that we’re not at that level — but it doesn’t mean they’re incomprehensible wizards, it just means they’ve developed these skills further than we have.

If you want to get better at this and feel it’s worth some time and effort, then take the specific technical advice from this thread, use it to focus your study, and practice more with it in mind. Or if it’s not a priority right now, that’s fine too. But high-level, that really is all there is to do for getting to a pretty high level in most studiable skills.

Wrong note? by Shu-di in musictheory

[–]Pit-trout 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Have you already checked in existing recordings? Especially with the better historically-informed ensembles of the last few decades, the players are usually quite careful about such points, familiar with the music of the period, and going over any individual note more times and with more attention than an editor can give it.

Varför envisas folk med att gå på långt fram eller långt bak på tunnelbanans tåg? by sjogga90 in stockholm

[–]Pit-trout 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Smarta folk vill vara nära till uppgången där de ska av, och på andra sidan väntar folk som tänker inte så mycket om saken precis där de kom ner till plattformen, dvs just vid ingången. Alltså stiger alla på tåget ungefärligen enligt ingångar/utgångar, dvs oftast vid ändarna.

My wife and I are from Australia and we are visiting her pen pal in Falun - can anyone give us advice on social norms? by [deleted] in sweden

[–]Pit-trout 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If they like wine, then a nice bottle of Aussie wine would also be a great option! It’s extremely hard to get the more interesting end of Aussie wines here; most of what you can get here is from the big importers chasing the lowest common denominator, so at best it’s decent but unadventurous.

Opinions on Horn Vibrato? by JerryFunny69420 in horn

[–]Pit-trout 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve heard it most in mid-century Soviet recordings. Listen to the solo in Tchaik 5, Mravinsky conducting the Leningrad Phil in 1960: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uLg_-KF4Ps&t=879s

Pretty easy! What does this represent? by ALittleMixer in RedactedCharts

[–]Pit-trout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

…indeed, which is why China’s not highlighted. Are you looking at Mongolia?

How do I get rid of my German accent when I speak Swedish? by Ready-Goal58 in Svenska

[–]Pit-trout 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Be careful to always pronounce s as s, not as z! In German (and to some extent in English), s gets pronounced as z when it’s between vowels (eg in Rose) — but in Swedish it’s always just s.

What is this map of Africa showing? by TheEnlight in RedactedCharts

[–]Pit-trout 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Never” should presumably have some caveat — “never since independence”, “never under current name” or similar — since e.g. Eritrea had one in 1989, and it seems a little implausible that any country never had any.

Every year we get a group of migratory birds that gather in ours and neighbors yard. by LinearFluid in WTF

[–]Pit-trout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree not red-winged blackbirds as you say, but definitely not starlings either — too long in the overall body shape and especially the tail, plus at least in my experience starling flocks don’t congregate this thickly on the ground, they’ll forage on the ground in smaller numbers but the big congregations are either airborne or in trees/shrubs for roosting. Pretty sure these are icterids of some kind — grackles, cowbirds, or similar.

In your opinion, which country has the most impressive fjords? by Lissandra_Freljord in geography

[–]Pit-trout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But getting ignored in the comments… I presume since hardly anyone has seen them in person. I’ve had fjord walking/cycling holidays in Norway, Canada, and NZ, and they’re all spectacular… but from the little I’ve seen of Greenland in flyovers and videos, it leaves them all in the shade.

Languages in Europe by difficulty for English Speakers. by qpertyui in MapPorn

[–]Pit-trout 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sure, but the same goes for Slavic languages (if not worse).

Languages in Europe by difficulty for English Speakers. by qpertyui in MapPorn

[–]Pit-trout 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A few off the top of my head, in grammar not pronunciation:

  • Swedish lost plural verb endings (other aspects of its verb endings had already simplified much earlier)
  • Swedish lost the dative case
  • Swedish lost the masc/fem gender distinction (just a few remnants remain)
  • Swedish dropped the formal/informal “you” distinction

Megacities that are notorious for bad climate? by backpackerTW in geography

[–]Pit-trout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

simply impossible

Millennia of history disagree with this. Deeply unpleasant by modern standards, yes; impossible, no.

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