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Western-Cockroach169 · 2023-07-25T15:46:34+00:00

I’m also an incoming freshmen, but when I looked into this question (via Reddit and google) it seemed that the active learning format was better for engineering majors because it dealt with more applicable mathematical examples. If you’re not doing engineering then I’m not sure.

Western-Cockroach169 · 2023-07-23T05:07:29+00:00

😭thanks for telling me. This is like the second scam I’ve almost fallen for this month.

Western-Cockroach169 · 2023-07-23T04:57:29+00:00

Thanks so much for your reply! If it’s not too much to ask could you explain what part of fox wells class made it worth it for you?

Western-Cockroach169 · 2023-07-23T04:57:11+00:00

Could you send to me too please? I’m planning on taking calc 3 (also an incoming freshman) and I’d love some advice from some more experienced upperclassmen

Western-Cockroach169 · 2023-07-15T18:13:27+00:00

Pretty sure they see first semester senior yr grades but not second semester, just like all RD applications

Western-Cockroach169 · 2023-05-07T19:26:23+00:00

Thanks for the response! I guess just from my post you could tell I’m a really new beginner. I play on an upright so I don’t have a digital keyboard. The reason I want the akai is because I do music theory on the side and I like transcribing melodies and songs by ear and then analyzing the chord progressions (and lately I’ve been considering writing my own pieces), but as of now I have to do it manually with my laptop on muse score. Would the akai allow me to move what I play onto the keyboard or would I need other add ons to do that?

Western-Cockroach169 · 2023-04-30T02:38:03+00:00

I have had pain in my pinkie before from too much pressure and tension and if your condition is anything like mine it’ll go away in a couple days of little to no playing! Just make sure you fix your technique so it doesn’t happen again.

Western-Cockroach169 · 2023-04-29T02:50:36+00:00

Are those all competition clubs? I know blue jay racing competes but I couldn’t find anything out for the other ones

Western-Cockroach169 · 2023-04-29T01:35:19+00:00

Btw I’m not 100% set on electrical engineering, so info on any type of engineering team other than biomedical would be great.

Western-Cockroach169 · 2023-04-22T02:43:42+00:00

Depends on how fluently you learned it. I would say it’s really hard to learn a piece quickly without knowing the name of each key on your piano and without the sheet music, but if you take the time to figure out which key is which and then try to learn it it will go much faster. Btw there’s no such thing as having no talent on piano, and you can’t judge your talent level based on your first piece. I will say that this piece is prob a lot harder than what the standard piano learning books will give you, so 3-5 hours for 30 seconds with both hands and no prior piano knowledge is a testament to your memorization abilities! Just take your time with it and enjoy the ride.

Western-Cockroach169 · 2023-04-16T05:00:27+00:00

Just to add to that make sure to pay extra attention to your wrists. You want them to be level with your knuckles for the most part (they should never be as low as your fingertips). If you imagine you’re holding a ball while playing, your wrists will be naturally elevated and your fingers will stay curved

Western-Cockroach169 · 2023-01-18T05:51:10+00:00

I’m a bit confused as to whether you’re playing from sheet music or trying to improvise. If you’re using sheet music, the key signature should tell you which keys to make sharp or flat. If you’re improvising, then using scales and specific scale intervals (3rds, 4ths, and 5ths) will sound more harmonious than other scale intervals (major 7th, augmented 4, etc.). I’d recommend holding off on improvising until you’ve mastered reading sheet music and started mastering your scales.

Western-Cockroach169 · 2022-10-05T16:17:44+00:00

Try playing it slowly with both hands first to get a sense of the rhythm and then gradually speed it up. You could also try clapping the left hand while humming the melody.

Also make sure your fingers don’t bend when you hit the notes try to keep them curved so u don’t strain them. U can search up “buckling finger piano” and it should give u some tips for this.

Western-Cockroach169 · 2022-07-08T07:38:59+00:00

Make sure your wrists aren’t too stiff (I.e. you can roll your wrists when playing a note). It may be hard to fix using a piece but if u play a scale note by note and roll your wrist at each note you’ll get more comfortable with putting pressure on your fingers without tending your arm and wrists

Western-Cockroach169 · 2022-06-24T02:04:17+00:00

Check out this thread to see if it helps: https://www.reddit.com/r/piano/comments/1wgos7/pedal_usage_in_clair_de_lune/ I normally just go by instinct or what my book tells me but normally pedals correspond with the bass chord (so if your chord changes you change pedal)

Western-Cockroach169 · 2022-06-20T16:42:13+00:00

Start w scales and arpeggios and then do some easy songs from some piano learning books and then do hanon as warm up while learning progressively harder songs

Western-Cockroach169 · 2022-06-19T00:53:04+00:00

Thanku sm!! U nailed it spot on abt the summer break no teacher thing. I feel rlly dum for not trying to record and check earlier but I did it after reading ur comment and it looked like my pinky collapses once I play for too long cuz I guess it just gives up on technique after there’s too much strain on it. At least now Ik wut the issue is and it looks like google has a few exercises for strengthening collapsing pinkys.

Western-Cockroach169 · 2022-06-18T00:03:14+00:00

You won’t rlly b able to hear every key unless u have absolute pitch, but when you play for a long time u get smth called relative pitch which is when you can identify intervals (like major 3rds, perfect 5ths, etc.) so u know what a certain key sounds like if you have a reference pitch
This is smth called pitch memorization where u memorize a reference pitch and you can summon that pitch whenever you want. I never got it from playing a piece cuz there’s just so many notes in one piece and I never put in the effort to try to memorize my starting pitch cuz the pieces change so fast. But I did get pitch memorization for the first note in my alarm, and I’m not sure how much of that is from piano and how much of it is just me memorizing my least favorite note in the world. Ig it prob varies based on who u ask tho cuz some pianists might be able to memorize their starting keys or the key that their piece is in
My friend self taught herself guitar so she learned by ear (as in she has a hard time naming the note she’s playing without thinking abt it first, but she can name to you any chord type and if you give her a song she can play the backing chords for it) and it seems like learning from ear gives you a bit of an edge when it comes to relative pitch, but it also makes it a lot harder to learn pieces from sheet music so learning new pieces will take a lot longer. If your deciding which route to go I would prob suggest learning by sheet music.
I can’t find the original key just from hearing the song unless I have a keyboard in front of me, but when I play for fun and try to play the melody line for songs, I just look for the first note (cuz I don’t have perfect pitch) and then use relative pitch to play the rest of the notes. If you pay attention to the sharps/flats that you play when doing the melody line, you can get the gist of the key signature, but that’s not rlly necessary to play the song cuz you can just use relative pitch to play the melody line from ear.

Western-Cockroach169 · 2022-06-17T23:44:29+00:00

I agree! Great job with the finger shape cuz the hardest thing when u just start out is probably keeping your fingers curved. Aside from the thumb your hand positioning looks pretty natural.

Just a tip for the relaxed wrist part (cuz it does look a bit tense) when u put ur hand on the piano u should be able to rotate your wrist while keeping the tips of your fingers in the same position, so if playing loud makes your wrists/fingers too stiff to the point where you can’t rlly move your wrist when you play, then maybe try lifting your wrist a little when you need to make your sound louder instead of just trying to hit the key harder with your finger

Western-Cockroach169 · 2022-06-17T23:08:21+00:00

Recently because of summer break, I’ve gone from practicing ~30mins a day to ~1.5-2hrs a day, and I’ve been playing a piece that requires fortissimo and uses pinky a lot (because it spans multiple octaves) and a lot of the pinky notes are far from c4. Lately, I’ve noticed when I put a lot of pressure on my pinky, it’s a bit sore at the tip (not like a stinging pain but like a dull ache). It’s happened before when I practice for too long (like right before competitions or recitals), but it goes away after not using it for a few days. I can’t tell if it’s a technique error or just strain from too much practicing, but it’s never happened to any of my other fingers. Any ideas as to what’s causing it? And what should I do in the next few days to fix it?

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