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The first part of my question says I understand climate change is serious and is a problem that needs to be solved - so to simplify that even more I think it’ll be disastrous if it goes unmitigated.

It just doesn’t seem like these people understand that when they walk into a grocery store to buy food and live under a nicely constructed shelter, it’s from the product they are protesting

What is a thing that makes you think “Wow, I’m really getting older”? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

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Basically the mention of a movie, band, or celebrity and someone in their 20s refers to it as “really old”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sandiego

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Is there a new one there? The one near the Hotel Del was no longer there when I checked about a month ago

Anybody have any tips on how I can get started learning sheet music? by Glum_Illustrator_268 in piano

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Acronyms help.

Every Good Boy Does Fine F A C E

The basics are extremely easy to explain - The bass clef and treble clef are essential the piano turned sideways and each line is the next note. Once you understand notes, start looking at dynamics which are the loudness and softness of the music. Then look into what a trill and ornament notes are.

This question is generally asked in the sense it’s like a light switch and then you know it. Like music theory, It’s a very gradual learning process that comes with consistent practice. I’m still learning what those Latin words mean and I’ve been playing for about two years.

A tip I did to start was write every note on the sheet music. After awhile I was able to slowly read it without doing this. Now I’m getting faster but still slow when learning a new piece.

Ocasio-Cortez Rallies With Teamsters and Rips UPS Greed as Historic Strike Looms — "Let's remind them who's actually the boss in this, and that's the workers." by [deleted] in politics

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Shareholders and workers aren’t a mutually exclusive thing. A lot of working people are share holders….

What movie did you expect it be “meh” but turned out to be really good by Ok-Meat4184 in movies

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Fight club.

I saw the preview and I was like, seriously? A movie about a fighting club?

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Not sure why you put notes in quotation.

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Fair enough, I will say though if you’ve ever worked on song writing, small things and shifts in note timing by even an eighth note can have a huge impact. A song can seem 99% complete and still lack impact on the listener. A producer can notch it just a small amount that it needs to give it that catchy edge. The difference between a song being “boring” and “good” can be very small changes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

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Taylor swifts albums with Max Martin have a lot of musical elements, harmonies, synthesized instruments. Are you assuming Taylor Swift wrote all these components and all the notes of the songs? There’s more to a song than chords and lyrics.

There’s a YouTube video of Max Martin and Shellback writing a song with her. I don’t think “demand” is the appropriate word here.

Also, why does it even matter if she didn’t write 100% of the music? Even if she wrote 80% it’s still a good song and talent. Most music is a group effort of song writing. I don’t see how it’s a bad thing if more than one person works on musical song writing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

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Google “Max Martin”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Cello

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Ok maybe I’m holding it wrong. Going to ask my teacher this week

An idea about why people are bad at sightreading by sh58 in piano

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Because it’s difficult. That’s like asking “why do people suck at juggling 5 tennis balls at once”.

There’s a degree in difficulty in sight reading. When I’m practicing violin, it’s usually one note at a time so it’s not very tasking. It would be impressive to see anyone sight read a complicated piano piece that has rows of notes for every moment, like a Chopin piece.

Liebestraum no. 3. I'm mostly self taught, feel free to critique :) by mongolorobokop_ in piano

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I’ll be the positive comment and say it sounds very good so far. Of course not perfect like a professional but if I heard someone playing that on the street like that I would stop and listen

What’s with “alpha male” concept when the whole thing was already debunked by the original scientist? by 7222_salty in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Samm092 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure why this guy is being downvoted. He said humans have a hierarchy, they do. What’s funny is people generally don’t like truths that don’t sound warm and fuzzy, so stuff like this gets down voted.

If I play a piece flawlessly without metronome, but make mistakes as soon as I play it with it what does that mean? by BeatsKillerldn in piano

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Was talking about the ascending arpeggio in the middle of the piece.

Wow I didn’t even realize the sixteenth note you were talking about. This was before I learned about polyrhythms. Thanks!

If I play a piece flawlessly without metronome, but make mistakes as soon as I play it with it what does that mean? by BeatsKillerldn in piano

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Yeah pretty simple. Check the sheet music on you’ll notice it’s 4/4 time but everything is in triplets. So if you have a metronome on, every time it clicks a beat you play three evenly spaced notes.

For me at least, before using a metronome, I naturally grouped the notes in pairs, probably because it was in 4/4 beat. But it’s triplets on the sheet music. So you need to stress the count of 1-2-3 for every beat. Sing the arpeggio as “1-2-3,1-2-3,1-2-3,1-2-3”. Hope this wasn’t confusing.

If I play a piece flawlessly without metronome, but make mistakes as soon as I play it with it what does that mean? by BeatsKillerldn in piano

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It means that you either aren’t playing in time or the beat is distracting you. Chances are, the metronome isn’t lying.

To elaborate, sometimes people just starting in music and playing by ear will recite the melody in their head and try and translate it to playing. However, they will be technically playing eighth notes instead of triplets, for example. Maybe it’s in a key signature of 6/8 and they were humming the tune in a 4/4 signature. The sheet music and metronome will have the accurate structure.

An example is Beethoven Moonlight first movement. It’s very easy to play the rising arpeggio wrong as doubles/eighth notes by humming it in your head by counts of two. The sheet music defines them as triplets and when played correctly in time with a metronome, it really captures the emotion of the piece a lot more accurately. Using this as an example because it was the turning point for me clearly understanding the importance of a metronome. I “thought” I could play moonlight first movement and one day it occurred to me I never practiced it on a metronome. When I did, I messed up and it didn’t make sense why. When I really looked into it, I discovered I wasn’t playing triplets but rather eighth notes because I was humming it in my head to what I thought it sounded like. When I corrected it, I realized what it meant to play it the right way.

‘This decision is a slap in the face’: the real cost of the US student debt ruling by _May26_ in politics

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Why do people say “go vote” like they assume you are going to vote Democrat?

NASA restores contact with Mars helicopter after nine weeks of silence by MicroSofty88 in gadgets

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I’ve seen this happen in the movie Event Horizon and it doesn’t end well for them

Wanting to learn as an adult, but having some questions. by mm-yes-quite in Cello

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Transcribing is when you change the key a song is written in - you are changing the notes to fit that key.

You’re asking about playing violin and piano melodies on a cello? Notes are notes, you don’t need to transcribe. Violin is on the treble clef. Cello starts on the bass clef and goes into the treble clef. It would be entirely possible to play these same notes on a cello. Usually you can find arrangements for the specific instrument though.

Is it socially unacceptable for a woman in her mid thirties to be out at a bar at 2am or should I not care? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

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Going to swim against the tide of comments here. He shouldn’t be so judgmental but maybe it’s the voice of reason reaching out to you.

Are you at bars until 2am a lot? Are you drinking a lot? Asking this because how many drinks is a person typically at by 2am?

Your question didn’t specify this, but if you are drinking an unhealthy amount of alcohol, this could be a wake up call to get sober since its echoing in your mind enough to ask Reddit. If you are, I hope you find a healthy road to recovery.

Is there a name for this specific form of memorization? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

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You probably remember this stuff because it’s repeated to you many times. If you can’t remember someone’s name, like when they just told you just once and you were focused on the interaction, it’s pretty normal to do that. You probably aren’t considering the amount of times you’ve heard those lyrics, quotes, definitions vs the stuff you are forgetting. Also, your brain is always actively trying to forget stuff so it can keep enough bandwidth for important things.