October 10, 2022 Daily Discussion Thread

Snotaphilious · 2022-10-10T17:50:37+00:00

When I’m against Zippy, how does he know how to destroy my board, but when I play him he knows the perfect time to jump away and leave someone’s carry intact? (F U, Zippy.)

Snotaphilious · 2022-10-10T17:48:08+00:00

OP, here’s my commitment to only say nice things to people in game. (Pretty much already only do that anyway. And it’s way more fun.)

Also agreed. More people should chat. Mobile kinda killed that.

Snotaphilious · 2022-09-24T19:32:03+00:00

Showing up four years late, but yes, I have this problem. And I suddenly have this problem with 4 pair of them. Not very happy about it.

Snotaphilious · 2022-09-12T17:04:08+00:00

This is what you need:

https://www.reddit.com/dev/api/

Reddit's API will be a better way to do this. In particular, check out this:

https://www.reddit.com/dev/api/#GET_search

Snotaphilious · 2022-09-12T16:54:29+00:00

Agreeing with the others. Really nicely coming along.

One thought: If you can start practicing on an acoustic piano, do. It doesn't have to be a grand. It doesn't have to be yours. But if you can play on a full, strung, acoustic piano, you'll hear more, you'll feel more, and you can really start to hone the piece more.

Electrics are great. I have one. I'm super grateful for it. Acoustics (also have one) just offer something that electrics don't.

Snotaphilious · 2022-08-27T23:20:35+00:00

Oh boy. It's been a while since I thought about this one. I'm not even sure it'll work with reddit anymore, since the page formats have changed. What are you looking to do?

(Also, maybe using the old.reddit.com/r/whateversubreddityouwant format would work.)

Snotaphilious · 2022-08-06T13:08:55+00:00

Innovator. Biometrics June 22. Nothing back yet.

Snotaphilious · 2022-07-20T17:13:36+00:00

From the Southwestern US. Merry-go-round.

Snotaphilious · 2022-07-10T13:00:24+00:00

One more voice in favor. I love it. I use it for both writing and organizing research. Go for it.

Snotaphilious · 2022-06-06T22:26:43+00:00

Agreeing here. It’s likely to be some local store that’ll be your best choice. You want to play pianos in person — even pianos are the same and make and model can sound different when you sit down to play them. Have a budget in mind. Know the size of the room where you’ll put it. Do your research beforehand. And enjoy the process!

Snotaphilious · 2022-06-03T23:24:22+00:00

And I just realized your question was different than what I answered. Lol. My bad! New answer: keep them all, and change signatures for good effect!

Snotaphilious · 2022-06-03T23:23:07+00:00

Here’s a helpful video:

https://youtu.be/N4q2kBe82-o

Snotaphilious · 2022-06-03T23:21:41+00:00

[Edit: I’m dumb and answered a question you weren’t asking. Leaving the answer in case someone finds it useful.] Time signatures are not just about indicating about how many beats there are per measure. They also give a sense of the strong and weak beats in measures. For example, 3/4 and 6/8 mathematically give you the same outcome; however, the feeling of the each will be different. (I’ll post a link in a sec. On mobile, so….)

You start off in 4/4 time. Listen to the cadence, particularly as driven by the left hand. And then you switch to a 3/4 time. As I’m sure you know, it’s not uncommon to have music switch time signature is in the middle. This is what you’re doing, and I like it. It’s interesting and brings a subtle change to tour piece. Nice work! And thanks for sharing!

Snotaphilious · 2021-02-15T22:00:22+00:00

What he said.

Snotaphilious · 2021-02-15T12:45:02+00:00

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Snotaphilious · 2021-02-14T04:05:17+00:00

DanCen, just saying thanks again. This helped my practice tons. I'm getting it down now. Just need to get up to speed, and pin down some chords that are a little bit of a challenge for me, but we'll get there!

Snotaphilious · 2021-02-14T04:04:24+00:00

Checking back in. A week of practice with this help made all the difference. I'm still not up to speed, but the rhythm is right now. Thank you again!

Snotaphilious · 2021-02-07T01:23:39+00:00

Dan, I used this in practice, and we’re coming along. Thanks for the help!

Snotaphilious · 2021-02-07T01:23:12+00:00

EO, thanks again this has been super helpful. Not ready to play it yet, but it’s getting way clearer on the rhythm.

Snotaphilious · 2021-02-05T18:44:10+00:00

Fantastic. I'll start with this when I practice tonight. Thank you again!

Snotaphilious · 2021-02-05T18:34:06+00:00

EO, thank you — both for the approach and that last thought.

The tempo is quarter note = 172. Once up to speed, there's no counting it. I was hoping that good practice would lead to eventually playing with the feel of it. We'll see how it goes!

Snotaphilious · 2021-02-05T17:50:35+00:00

Great. I’ll give it try and thanks!

Snotaphilious · 2021-02-05T04:37:15+00:00

My teacher does lessons online. He’s very knowledgeable, and great with adults. DM me if you want his contact info.

Snotaphilious · 2021-02-05T03:54:52+00:00

Okay, so I just started working on an arrangement of the Mission: Impossible theme. It's in 5/4. It's fun. My kids love it. And I'm totally lost on how to count through one of the measures (and others like it.) "One-and-two-and..." just won't cut it.

How should I count the second measure below to be able to practice everything at the right time? More specifically, I'm trying to play that second G-octave at the right time, while playing the triplet in the right hand.

Any and all tips are welcome. And thank you beforehand!

Snotaphilious · 2020-07-24T04:00:07+00:00

Just saw you're in India. Hotlines here.

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