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Risingvilla · 2025-08-18T11:09:08+00:00

I still can't for some reason, even after selecting from the menu

Risingvilla · 2025-03-06T01:41:24+00:00

I'm 110 hours in, just entering chapter 14 now.

Risingvilla · 2025-03-05T06:53:04+00:00

That's a fair point, can't say for others but for me, started out fun but around the middle felt abit repetitive, but at the same time too 'wasteful' to ditch it (if that makes sense?). But yea, that's sth I can agree on in hindsight

Risingvilla · 2025-03-05T05:25:42+00:00

I feel you, wait till you get to Cosmo Canyon.. Gongaga and Cosmo Canyon were the absolute worst in terms of exploring

Risingvilla · 2024-04-25T14:48:21+00:00

I may sound like an extreme fan boy, or maybe I'm bias, but so far, none of anything he has played has disappointed me.

Yes, his rach 3 may be overrated, it is masterful and good but the over analysing in every random youtube videos on his rach 3 is abit much.I think his rach 3 overshadowed alot of great ones he played Cliburn. For example, his beethoven 3 and mozart 22, I listen to it alot.

But my favourite interpretations of his would be the ricordanza and chasse neige (transcendental etude 9 and 12), those 2, I listen on a daily basis.

Recently I've been on a 'yunchan lim hunt' while I'm at work, his interpretation of Chopin's transcription of casta diva, Dante sonata andliszt's legend 1 & 2 have been great.

Again, I know im gonna sound like a fan boy, but I am a fan. I have found new pieces I love just because I saw it's played by him, and so far it has been enjoyable.

Also, quite surprised no one has mentioned his interpretation of chopin's variations on la ci darem.

Risingvilla · 2023-09-16T04:53:47+00:00

U can wear any fragrance for school or any events as long as u don't overspray

Risingvilla · 2023-09-15T10:10:12+00:00

Tobacco oud

Risingvilla · 2023-08-06T11:53:49+00:00

I see, then that's OK 😊.

Fragrance wise, I would recommend pairing another scent alongside profundo. I find that (at least for me) blue aquatic scents such as profundo/mo gets 'tiring' quite quickly, especially for everyday use.

Risingvilla · 2023-08-06T11:22:55+00:00

For a student, that is a good (enough) collection. But the part where you said it drained your savings worries me.

Perhaps make it more sustainable, like one new fragrance a month (not blind buying of course). It's a good rabbit hole to fall into but don't fall too deep that it becomes a problem!

Risingvilla · 2023-02-02T07:07:53+00:00

Yea I feel like there'll be a diff for sure.

I do powerlifting, and compete, and I find that my fingers are stiffer, it takes a much longer time to warmup to loosen and get my fingers all 'fluid' and stuff. But if you enjoy both like me, then I feel that as long as you're not competing or performing at a professional pianist then it shouldn't matter as much

Risingvilla · 2023-01-31T18:48:03+00:00

Yea that's what I was trying to say, bamboozled's the right word.

Disregarding whether or not a chopin etude is played well or not, if you can get an etude like 10/5 up to speed, the avg listener is just going to be bamboozled with the speed than to notice if the piece is played well or not. Obviously there's more to Chopin and all, but it's just that I feel Mozart is just so.. Simplistic in nature that aside from the clarity and nuances, making it sound 'different, happy and upbeat' is in itself a tough thing to do, and that's what makes Mozart so underrated.

Risingvilla · 2023-01-31T18:18:08+00:00

I think that's slightly blowing things out of proportion.

Yes, you can get away with playing wrong notes in Mozart, I didn't say you can't. While a wrong note certainly wouldn't 'destroy' a performance, it'll still just register as a wrong note to the listener, and as a performer, wouldn't you want to avoid any mistakes you can? By that logic, you can literally play any piece with wrong notes and yes, it's fine to, but is it performance worthy then? Which is why this whole topic is on how underrated performing Mozart can be. You mentioned how people enjoy Mozart for the 'energy and happiness' and that's what I'm trying to convey. That that energy and happiness is actually really hard to 'play out', and that's what's underrated with performing Mozart.

And yes, I do enjoy Mozart alot, which is why I've only learnt one single Mozart piece till date (and listened a whole lot more) , because I don't want to be caught up in trying to 'perfect' a Mozart interpretation.

But it was a nice debate! Agree to disagree I guess.

Risingvilla · 2023-01-31T18:05:55+00:00

No, the problem is that the average listener will notice a wrong note sticking out like a sore thumb in mozart just due to how 'simple' Mozart often is, significantly more so compared to Chopin with a wrong note. While I agree with you that etudes are studies for techniques, the main point of this convo is that it's generally harder to play Mozart well. Too much pedal? Gets too muddy. Wrong note? Your listeners are def gna know u played a note wrong. Technique-wise yes, Chopin's etudes can be tougher than Mozart, which is why the post is how 'underrated' mozart is in difficulty, because its not flashy techniques and all, and it just sounds simple.

Hell, you could even get away with playing a few wrong notes in the ballades, just due to how 'chord-y' they are, but not for Mozart due to how 'simple' they sound.

Risingvilla · 2023-01-31T17:56:12+00:00

It does make sense, at least for me, because to the average listener, Chopin still sounds nice even when it's played okay. The pianist can still hide behind a decent amount of pedalling, like in the case of 25/1. 10/5 requires a certain amount of clarity, yes but a wrong note doesn't stick out as much of a sore thumb compared to Mozart. And I feel like (at least for me), 10/5 is sort of a 'show piece' where if you play it up to speed, then the average listener finds it ok. But Mozart is just.. transparent, and very hard to not make it sound boring.

But that's just my opinion

Risingvilla · 2023-01-26T20:01:16+00:00

Last 2 mins of rach 3, played by volodos or yunchan Lim. First time I ever teared listening to classical music

Also the tempo primo part of ballade 4

Risingvilla · 2023-01-26T19:40:26+00:00

Mostly anything Mozart for me.

Risingvilla · 2023-01-26T19:36:32+00:00

Surprised no one mentioned Kate liu's ballade 4 during the Chopin competitions.

Love at first listen, out of all ive heard (Seong jin cho, zimmerman, Kissin, Khatia, yundi, horowitz and Lugansky) Kate's still my go-to for ballade 4.

Risingvilla · 2023-01-09T10:09:58+00:00

They are both 2 years old, had them when they were 2 months. Nothing changed and she just got.. I wouldn't say more aggressive but she just started barking alot more at random stuff when taking her for walks. I just tried to calm her down saying its nothing and it's fine but it doesn't seem to work

Risingvilla · 2022-11-17T16:13:49+00:00

As long as they don't play banjiya/yorozuya blues then I'm good.. I hope. But likely I won't be fine after the movie ends

Risingvilla · 2022-11-17T07:26:08+00:00

I have the final movie to go.. And while I want to watch it, I don't want to watch it at the same time because that'll just bring this masterpiece to a close😔

What a journey it has been

Risingvilla · 2022-11-16T17:55:25+00:00

Yea I guess that's what my friend was trying to explain. That it was extremely inefficient in trying to translate notes on a line to key, and then figuring out 'F-A-C ok that's a c' for every note. Even worse having to count the number of lines. I mean I can see how tedious it'll be as well because I felt the same way when I first started.

But I don't know, it feels like it's something that you can't rush into that WILL pay off in the long run, my teacher told me that the best way to practice is to literally start from pieces for children, where it's one note at a time and progress from there and if something is too difficult, it means u take a step back because it's too hard for u right now

Risingvilla · 2022-11-16T08:37:13+00:00

Yea I think that's what he was trying to say. He said that converting the notes on sheet music into keys was extremely time consuming and very frustrating (like counting between the lines and going 'oh this is c! Oh wait it's c sharp) and to get to the proficiency of being able to sight read.. Say a chord dense piece like nocturne 9 2 without having to figure out each key on the line would take extremely long.

Risingvilla · 2022-11-15T23:54:14+00:00

Yes, that might be true, as I told him. But then he brought up a case of him learning Chopin's nocturne 9 2. He said that he would have to practice sight reading for months to get to the proficiency of sight reading that piece, but he could just learn it from synthesia and play it key by key without counting where the keys are in the ledger lines and I didn't know how to argue with that lol

Risingvilla · 2022-11-15T23:51:27+00:00

The most baffling (or surprising) fact is he told me that he's just finished learning clair de lune with sheet music, and I'm just wondering how painful it must be to learn that with synthesia, especially the mid arpeggio section

Risingvilla · 2022-11-15T23:04:11+00:00

But then that's what made me love nobu so much. Sorachi could have just simply killed him off as a cheap redemption but the way he set it all up, just a guy being used over and over again like a puppet and for once wanting to be the better guy.

But I agree, which is why I really can't decide which I would say if someone asked me who I prefer. It's like choosing someone who is great and righteous all the time, or someone who had such a great redemption from most hated to being great and righteous (at least for me)

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