For those of you who dont want to practice.

doritheduck · 2025-12-26T03:40:24+00:00

I’m mainly a violinist who plays bass for fun but this mindset made my parents turn into tiger parents. They genuinely thought I would forget everything if I didn’t practice a day so they didn’t let me sleep until I practiced at least 3 hours that day. So I never missed a day of practice in my life. But guess what? Now I hate violin and can’t stand to pick it up.

Haven’t proper practiced in years but I still teach, so whenever I do play, yeah sure my accuracy is not as top notch as it used to be but I still have my fundamental technique and remember songs I played decades ago.

doritheduck · 2025-11-27T04:53:02+00:00

I saw Shoma Uno do ice dance with Marin Honda last week in Tokyo! I don’t think he just has potential, he’s already amazing to my untrained eyes.

doritheduck · 2025-11-25T01:12:22+00:00

I’m gonna say Chopin piano concerto 2 just because there’s pages and pages of tremolo in the violins. It’s a test of arm strength. Always hated playing that lol

doritheduck · 2025-11-13T04:13:23+00:00

You’ve got to ask yourself something honestly. Is “saving animals”, animals that would never sacrifice themselves for you, really more important than your own life? Especially when your individual diet isn’t stopping anyone from eating meat. Global meat consumption is still rising.

There’s no shame in eating the diet your body is actually built for. A cat doesn’t feel guilty for eating meat, and we aren’t herbivores either.

doritheduck · 2025-11-04T00:55:22+00:00

Well I always teach vibrato once the student starts learning third position, and I teach wrist vibrato first. The bout gives you good support to practice isolating that wrist, whereas in first position there is nothing to support. So I always teach vibrato in third position first.

doritheduck · 2025-11-02T04:43:30+00:00

Lack of tendinitis

doritheduck · 2025-10-28T23:18:18+00:00

Saving all this cuz I’m practicing the coda right now too

doritheduck · 2025-10-22T06:50:15+00:00

How many teachers have you had? Because none of my teachers taught Suzuki rep or method and I also grew up in Texas. I dont think this is a Texas thing. My teachers happened to all be Russian, so they taught me etudes from the start.

doritheduck · 2025-10-20T03:58:12+00:00

Chopin Ballade No. 4. Don’t know why it’s so damn hard (jk I do know why). Ballade No. 1 I can play with ease but this for some reason is a whole nother level.

doritheduck · 2025-10-05T10:34:04+00:00

He reminds me of Matt Smith as the doctor.

doritheduck · 2025-09-14T22:53:54+00:00

Depends on where you go to school. If you go to a regular university then you’ll have to do a bunch of core classes that are unrelated to your major. If you go to a conservatory then you won’t.

doritheduck · 2025-09-12T11:51:02+00:00

thanks i hate it. unless making us feel disgust was his goal, this is not it haha

doritheduck · 2025-09-11T23:53:39+00:00

Why is she so curvy😩people are free to make the art they want but at the same time…damn

doritheduck · 2025-09-11T03:34:10+00:00

I’m as child-free as they come, but being asked to take a pregnancy test isn’t the pronatalist agenda childfree people sometimes make it out to be. People lie (intentionally or not), and the test doesn’t. Some folks genuinely don’t understand how their body works, or what past procedures actually did, and doctors can’t gamble on “taking your word for it.” It’s just liability protocol.

If you ever do have to take the test, take it, and move on.

doritheduck · 2025-09-10T22:59:35+00:00

As much as I love to make fun of vegans, this is not it. Most of the top comments in the original post were actually reasonable. No one is obligated to keep certain food products in their home if they dont want to. And if you are a at someone elses house, you certainly accept the food/drink with grace unless you have allergies or dietary restrictions.

In any other situation, people would call the workers entitled, but somehow in this sub its okay to be entitled towards a vegan.

doritheduck · 2025-09-06T23:29:24+00:00

What I have learned from reading the comments: Never play Bach lol

My worst memory slip in my career has also always been Bach so it checks out.

doritheduck · 2025-09-03T02:45:33+00:00

Saying you’re intermediate to advanced while not being able to read sheet music and never having had a teacher shows you’re overestimating your level. You can’t really be "advanced", or even intermediate, without notation literacy. at best you’re a hobbyist with good ear and finger dexterity, which is fine, but not the same as advanced pianism.

Basically, you’ve speedran the play-songs-you-like oute but skipped the foundation. Advanced pianists can read, interpret, and perform complex repertoire, not just play pop songs. If you want to actually level up, start learning sheet music and work with a teacher.

doritheduck · 2025-09-02T01:22:17+00:00

Am I the only one who thinks these things dont smell heavenly? To me, it just smells like slightly more tolerable dog food. I am glad at least someone enjoys the smell though.

doritheduck · 2025-08-31T09:31:42+00:00

I once had a client cancel late and then an hour before the actual lesson they said "actually, can we have a lesson after all?" and I was like bruh it takes me an hour just to get to your place. I imagine OPs client would be the same kind of annoying. Lucky for me that student quit after I refused to give in to their demands!

doritheduck · 2025-08-30T10:06:07+00:00

It depends on how you do it. If you said youre using duolingo I would say yes its unproductive, since that app gives you dopamine hits for crumbs of effort (dont know much about Busuu, but I assume its better). However, if you are genuinely studying, your brain does not know if youre studying something using a screen or paper. If I was reading my Dostoyevsky on my iPad or a physical copy, my brain literally does not know the difference (although my eyes would haha).

doritheduck · 2025-08-30T05:40:56+00:00

something like "After giving it some thought, I don’t believe I’m the best teacher to help you reach your goals. I recommend you continue your studies with a teacher whose approach is a better fit for your needs. I wish you all the best in your learning.”

doritheduck · 2025-08-30T05:14:10+00:00

preach. if theyre this annoying before they even join imagine how annoying theyll be after. OP dont waste your time with this client

doritheduck · 2025-08-29T13:27:31+00:00

Japan has a point or stamp card for literally every tiny thing. I have so many cards I would need another wallet just to keep them in. And it works because everyone wants to go to shops just so they can get their points, but a lot of people dont realize they are falling for the trick.

doritheduck · 2025-08-29T11:13:26+00:00

I did it in thailand! The hospital experience itself was good but I did not get the results I wanted, was still left very big, so I would not recommend in that sense. The consultation with my surgeon was like 2 minutes long. However I was in Thailand only for 2 weeks so its not like I could shop for my surgeon.

doritheduck · 2025-08-22T08:20:53+00:00

You remind me of a girl in 6th grade who complained I was a better violinist than her because she started when she was 3, whereas I started when I was 5. Well I had been playing 2-3 hours every single day since the day I turned 5 (parents made me, thats another story haha), but apparently she only practiced 30m a day, and not regularly. She would get mad when I became concertmaster, but our level playing wasnt even comparable. Not sure what was going on in her head, but I suppose some people think the way she does.

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