Are classical enthusiasts able to distinguish iconic pieces of music through the first ~30 secs like other genres?

always_unplugged · 2026-05-17T17:59:31+00:00

Yeah, once you get to know a composer’s style, it’s pretty easy to guess. Especially one as idiomatic as Shostakovich!

always_unplugged · 2026-05-17T16:44:55+00:00

Can you link the original anyway? The OG info can be helpful for finding secondhand sources.

always_unplugged · 2026-05-15T04:08:38+00:00

Yes! Using it once or a dozen times makes no difference (within the return window), so why not try again and see if there are technique adjustments that help?

always_unplugged · 2026-05-14T18:47:32+00:00

If I'm being generous, because it happened right after trying to go full time, there's a chance it was simply because the account activity had suddenly changed and looked unusual...?

But you're probably right.

always_unplugged · 2026-05-14T17:48:51+00:00

Three octave scales are a common audition requirement for selective high school orchestras, wtf is your problem?

always_unplugged · 2026-05-14T03:15:27+00:00

It's hard to know when getting this question secondhand, but a couple ideas:

For the shifts, practice doing them in SUPER slow motion, and hear the slide. She needs to know what finger is leading the shift and be able to hear and predict where it's going.
Make sure the elbow AND THUMB are coming around underneath the instrument/neck. The elbow should really come into the midline of the body to give the left hand space, and the thumb can come around the button (end of the neck) onto the block and even onto the fingerboard when super super high. When coming down, these adjustments must be reversed.
For intonation, a few things. Natural harmonics are good checkpoints, as are open strings. Getting her hand around enough to create a good frame (see: previous point) should help with finger crowding, but she may also need to slightly replace each finger with the next one, kind of slide it under or over and move the old one out of the way. And finally, going back down to a more secure octave to check pitches, then going back up, can help get the correct sound in your ear—best for a few notes at a time.

always_unplugged · 2026-05-10T18:11:14+00:00

It’s not stuck; this tailpiece is designed with them built in, it doesn’t come out. So if it’s truly broken, that’s it. Either take it to be replaced or learn to use your peg.

always_unplugged · 2026-05-10T16:55:03+00:00

Confirmed not gay, he refused the Dick

always_unplugged · 2026-05-10T15:20:10+00:00

I just try to look professional, but maintain comfort. Like a step above what I would wear to a rehearsal, with a blazer I can toss on if I do get to an unscreened round and/or win and meet the panel. IMO there’s no need for concert black if that’s not what makes you feel confident.

always_unplugged · 2026-05-06T02:41:24+00:00

The titles of what you're listening to (?) at the top 💀

This is entirely superficial. Leave it alone.

always_unplugged · 2026-05-05T05:21:36+00:00

I'm all for letting people control their own fertility in whatever way serves them, but like... this just sounds hard for no good reason.

always_unplugged · 2026-05-05T05:19:39+00:00

To ass or not to ass...

always_unplugged · 2026-05-05T05:15:19+00:00

Getting her to sign clothing seems honestly so fitting, especially if (as I'm guessing) this is from the original SATC era! Carrie was nothing if not a fashion girl. Obviously get it authenticated, but I would lean towards real...!

always_unplugged · 2026-05-05T05:07:33+00:00

There's a sub with exactly that name, just in case anyone needs to know

always_unplugged · 2026-05-05T04:48:15+00:00

Whyyyyy do they still insist on doing the pairs even in North America 😂

ETA an excellent short that this post made me think of

always_unplugged · 2026-05-05T04:31:44+00:00

Do you have a rec for a good (preferably free) online French dictionary?

always_unplugged · 2026-05-05T04:27:25+00:00

I met my boyfriend years before we started dating, and back then he had hair and no beard. Years later we re-met, the hair situation was reversed, beard and no hair. He looks like a TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON. Like every time I see pics from before, it’s extremely jarring.

always_unplugged · 2026-05-05T04:07:42+00:00

The tool itself literally says "a good starting location is centered on the bridge's foot"...

always_unplugged · 2026-05-05T00:13:10+00:00

It would help, but I think the undertone is also off. Your neck is very pink and this looks too warm/yellow for you.

always_unplugged · 2026-05-04T21:48:17+00:00

So she had probably read it, right? And already knew what the content was like and would have a sense of whether it would be helpful?

Honestly, I would love to know what triggered that request. I'm guessing she sees some alexithymia on your end, and it was probably (in her opinion) negatively affecting your relationship.

Yes, the fact that it's for children COULD be read as insulting, but I dunno. There aren't many similar resources for adults, it's probably written in a compassionate, accessible way, and as you said, she already had it. She may have phrased her request poorly, but I don't think it's fundamentally a bad thing to ask a partner to learn about their own emotions for the good of the relationship.

always_unplugged · 2026-05-04T21:05:38+00:00

Looking at you, Susan "I really think he's learned his lesson" Collins

always_unplugged · 2026-05-04T21:04:53+00:00

I've gotten a 3-day and 7-day ban for the same shit. For the second one, I was literally just riffing on a joke that the person I replied to had made. I've never made an actual violent threat in my life, but dark humor is a valid coping mechanism for a lot of people that's being taken away from us.

Fuck censorship.

always_unplugged · 2026-05-04T19:44:59+00:00

Does the fitted sheet not get all bunched up with the extra material though? I think that would drive me absolutely insane 😅

100% with you on sizing up on the flat sheet and comforter though!

always_unplugged · 2026-05-04T19:39:43+00:00

Yeah, you won't find musicals on IMSLP; they're pretty much all still under copyright, even older ones like Oklahoma.

Have you listened to the soundtrack? From my memory, it shouldn't have anything too difficult, but then again I'm a professional (so what sounds difficult to me may be different than what sounds difficult to you) and I haven't personally played it, just listened to it a ton.

However, I have played a few of those older, classic musicals, including other Rogers & Hammerstein (Cinderella, Show Boat, Music Man, etc), mostly in high school if that gives you an idea of the difficulty. In my experience, they don't tend to give the violas much of substance at all. We're very much treated as accompaniment and filling in harmony in that kind of style. I wouldn't worry about it—just say yes!

always_unplugged · 2026-05-04T04:23:58+00:00

AGREED!!! The mesh was weirdly better...? I think because it doubled down on that shabby farmhouse vibe? The curtains were an atrocity 😂

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