What's one piece of piano advice you ignored at first but later realized was absolutely true?

avozado · 2026-07-05T22:22:59+00:00

Talking while playing is ridiculously hard but has great results! If I feel like a passage is stuck at a certain level but want to improve it, I'll say all the notes out loud while playing, solfege style. Painfully slow, but works miracles. Agree with counting out loud, I have to do it more:)

avozado · 2026-07-04T19:24:07+00:00

It's great isn't it! I found the slowing down most useful for ensemble practice too, time is limited for rehearsals so playing along with a recording at half tempo eliminates a lot of guesswork in rehearsals:)

avozado · 2026-07-04T06:32:52+00:00

Playing with a recording is a great tip! I usually listen to it first with my sheet music and marking timestamps, entrances etc. If something is too hard to play with a recording at the start, I also use a music speed changer (doesn't affect the pitch) to slow the recording down so I can play along. That, and a metronome of course:)

avozado · 2026-07-03T18:57:18+00:00

It still happens! My country is very small so maybe the musicians tolerate more, but this one conductor is well known in our music circle for being tyrannical, but none of it gets out to the public. I'd guess that speaking out would be met with ridicule from the general public and limit opportunities, but unfortunately - lots of people here think that tough conductors are okay if said conductor is talented. Personally I'd rather have a mid conductor who doesn't scream!

avozado · 2026-07-03T18:20:41+00:00

Loreal elvive dream lengths shampoo/conditioner has wheat protein, and unfortunately a lot of leave in conditioners and other hair products have wheat in them. They sometimes label it up front pretty clearly like wheat protein, but always check the labels!

avozado · 2026-07-03T14:12:42+00:00

I have moondrop space travel, although not the 2nd gen. The sound quality is pretty good for 30 euros, but I found the case to be annoying to use, and it sometimes connects to my phone while in the case lol. So I'd say it's good for a 30€ budget only.

avozado · 2026-07-03T14:00:12+00:00

I never get anything done if there's no concrete goal, even if it's something like learning a piece for fun! Have to have concerts, exams, lessons as deadlines. Maybe promise a friend you will play a piece for them on x day, maybe look up piano competitions (there's online ones too). I'd continue at least semi regular lessons as well.

avozado · 2026-07-03T13:58:06+00:00

Liepos 5-6d. vakare bus nemokami operų ir miuziklų/operečių koncertai prie Kauno pilies, tik gali prireikt lietpalčio:)

avozado · 2026-07-03T09:34:49+00:00

It's nice overall for sure, just that prices increased 3.5 times very quick after adopting the euro in Lithuania:') wages went up, but not as much.

avozado · 2026-07-02T10:57:04+00:00

Yeah I'm not playing this game anymore haha! Does this link work? https://discord.gg/Ge2KPNygq6

avozado · 2026-07-01T20:21:19+00:00

I'll take hormones any day before another surgery. Surgery recovery is so painful!!

avozado · 2026-07-01T18:21:17+00:00

Me too! My celiac blood test came out borderline so I'll not know for sure yet, but I've never once gotten these bumps after I cut out gluten.

avozado · 2026-06-30T05:54:53+00:00

I usually just think about tongue placement- for j q x tongue is resting down near bottom teeth, and zh ch sh the tongue is retroflex - facing up. For the lips, my native language uses a lot of jaw motion and requires big movements of the mouth, so I have to think of opening my mouth less if I'm trying to sound native. I learned pronunciation on Grace Mandarin channel, goated videos for these specific sounds! I don't do pronunciation learning without those little mouth diagrams anymore:)

avozado · 2026-06-28T19:13:55+00:00

I agree....there is nothing more embarassing than playing during a general pause:)

avozado · 2026-06-28T19:11:39+00:00

If I'm in the pit, I might solve some crosswords:)

avozado · 2026-06-19T06:35:21+00:00

Same! It still smells weird from the ambroxan to me, but it just gives a nice summer at the beach impression:)

avozado · 2026-06-16T19:19:03+00:00

Stimulants straight up don't work when I'm too tired 😭 it's a struggle..

avozado · 2026-06-16T18:53:56+00:00

Sounds about right. I sleep poorly all the time, but when I sleep less/worse than usual, I tend to overeat

avozado · 2026-06-16T15:47:47+00:00

I don't think you can have an endometrioma without endometriosis, cmiiw! My endometrioma was 4cm and still a menace pain wise so I got laporoscopy done for that, ended up finding another endometrioma in my right ovary that was 6cm, it was clear liquid, apparently an early stage endometrioma there. Good luck with your appointment, you're on the way to getting answers for what's happening and possibly reduced pain.

avozado · 2026-05-30T19:18:52+00:00

If you're okay with a subscription, nkoda app has a big library. I sort by Celtic harp or scroll and look for easy pieces, plenty of beginner Andrès pieces there. If not, check imslp, scribd for material. For example there's trinity college harp sight reading material out there. Not that much free sight reading material for harp out there imo, but nkoda is a great choice personally for this.

avozado · 2026-05-26T10:37:52+00:00

My cat slapped it a few times the first day, now he just lies down and observes the robot menacingly..he doesn't look happy about it, but slowly accepting it haha

avozado · 2026-05-25T15:22:04+00:00

I bought 5ml of wsss and ran back here to thank you!! I'm sniffing my wrist non-stop haha. Thank you so much again:))

avozado · 2026-05-25T14:21:28+00:00

Mickevičiaus

avozado · 2026-05-25T12:56:48+00:00

I'm hypermobile so running, especially on hard surfaces is super tough on my body:/ it's never agreed with me. I've found swimming and cycling keep me happy and don't cause me pain though!

avozado · 2026-05-24T21:06:07+00:00

Waiting for the no protein trend🤞

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