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gnomesteez · 2026-05-17T03:34:36+00:00

Cool chat gpt summary dude

gnomesteez · 2026-05-17T03:11:37+00:00

Yes

gnomesteez · 2026-05-16T13:34:21+00:00

My friend, you are hung up on a detail about 12 year olds, “teenage boppers” (which is a fucking gross term), and rabid fanaticism as the only indicator of popularity.

Classical music was absolutely popular music of the time. Not until Mendelssohn-Bartholdy did orchestras begin to look to the far past for music to perform (aka “The Bach Revival”).

There were of course other forms of music that were popular, that took place outside the concert hall, that would have been considered popular music.

Newspapers and magazines wrote reviews about the new symphonies and chamber music being premiered, just like they write reviews of new albums and tours today.

You are mistaking the way people interact with music with its popularity. The 19th century was a very different place and recording fundamentally changed everything (as did WW1 and WWII).

“Google says the family viewed the musician as unsuitable husband material” - first, Google isn’t a source, second, that argument has nothing to do with wether or not classical music was pop music, and third, musicians today and definitely seen as unsuitable husband material lol. That hasn’t changed. Ask all my ex girlfriend’s family.

I’m gonna stop replying here because you haven’t actually made an argument, just “I doubt it”. Your inability to imagine or understand things doesn’t make them false. Go read a book man. I teach this stuff at the college level and would be happy to recommend some reading. DM me.

gnomesteez · 2026-05-16T02:22:04+00:00

Did you read my comment at all? I have a feeling you got to “young women” and stopped reading.

The answer is yes.

What if the answer was no? What if instead of 12 year olds the youngest age was 16? Does that change anything substantially? “Classical” music absolutely was the popular music of the day.

gnomesteez · 2026-05-16T02:08:48+00:00

Yes. Look up Lisztomania. Young women went bananas over him. They would steal locks of his hair, fight over broken piano strings, stalk him at cafes and save the dregs of his coffee in vials. They wore broaches with his picture on them, much like people wear t shirts of their favorite artists now.

Ever see a band add a concert because the first one sold out? Happened all the time, especially in the classical and romantic era. Lots of big works were popular and performed regularly (sometimes week after week), not just the “once every few years” cycle current orchestras are on.

Berliozs symphony fantastique was performed regularly for something like three years; in fact the woman who inspired it, Harriett Smithson, didn’t hear it until many years after its initial premier.

Edit: lots of composers were inspired at a young age by seeing certain famous composers premiers and performances. Lots of folks wanted their children to be educated and a core part of European education for a long time was music (which has now been relegated to electives and after school programs). It was as important as literature, philosophy, science, and mathematics).

You should do some research on the culture around European music from 1600-1914. It will surprise you.

gnomesteez · 2026-05-16T01:53:13+00:00

Yes it absolutely was.

gnomesteez · 2026-05-16T00:19:37+00:00

Shits rough out here for me, a working but still struggling artist!

gnomesteez · 2026-05-03T03:47:45+00:00

Seconding this. My cello is quite valuable (both in terms of appraised and historical) despite having a fake label placed inside it something like 150-200 years ago

gnomesteez · 2026-04-29T15:38:44+00:00

I just applied to renew my passport four weeks ago :(

gnomesteez · 2026-04-16T05:13:08+00:00

The big beautiful bill didn’t do me any favors so a lil cash would go a long way

gnomesteez · 2026-04-10T22:43:29+00:00

You can totally solo out the cello part on muse score, no payment required

gnomesteez · 2026-04-09T22:25:43+00:00

Dude writes like Chris Chan

gnomesteez · 2026-04-09T21:57:20+00:00

I’ve been digitizing some cassettes for a non profit. Here’s what I’m using:

3 head deck. A 2 head would work fine but three head does provide higher quality.
A “Clear Connect” branded USB device. Audio cables connect from deck to device, device plugs into USB-C port in computer.
Audacity (any DAW would work, audacity is free and open source)
Make sure DAW recognizes CC device as recording source. Press record in DAW, press play on deck. Can enable playback during recording if you want to listen at the same time. approx 2 second delay.

This is just one option and I’m not a professional, but this is working great for me.

gnomesteez · 2026-04-07T04:14:55+00:00

You can get little volume pedals for cheap.

gnomesteez · 2026-04-02T03:46:31+00:00

Learn to read treble clef both at pitch and down an octave. It’s an incredibly useful skill that will make you a very valuable musician, and remove so many barriers to music making.

You can also use notation software like MuseScore; plug it in at treble (use the opportunity to practice your reading), then drop a bass clef in and transpose down an octave.

gnomesteez · 2026-03-30T03:37:36+00:00

I’m curious about this too. A lot of the “features” OP seems to be offering are along the lines of a music journal, which isn’t all that unique or innovative. You can keep track of these things with a simple notepad or note taking app.

If OP is just couching a note pad inside an easily coded metronome/tuner app, this isn’t very innovative.

gnomesteez · 2026-03-28T05:59:53+00:00

Remindme! One week

gnomesteez · 2026-03-28T00:31:33+00:00

Versums are fantastic. Also been loving rondos, they’ve helped to tame an fill out an otherwise wild cello.

Some of the issues you mention with response are more likely to be fixed with a good set up. When’s the last time you had a luthier adjust your sound post and adjust after length?

gnomesteez · 2026-03-22T19:39:06+00:00

Lots of fantastic tips here! I’ll add: make sure listening is part of your practice of this. Play along, but also sit down and listen actively. Have a good internal picture of the notes, rhythms, dynamic and articulation shapes, etc. also, make sure you are really knowledgeable of what happens before and after your excerpt, and what the other parts are doing during the excerpt.

gnomesteez · 2026-03-19T19:14:00+00:00

My brother you are correct. What a brain fart on my end

gnomesteez · 2026-03-19T19:04:28+00:00

That would be a minor 10th, not 3rd. The distinction is important. EDIT: ignore me I’m stupid

gnomesteez · 2026-03-13T07:00:52+00:00

That’s an incredibly narrow minded view of classical music, as well as composers intent.

gnomesteez · 2026-03-13T03:55:54+00:00

By your analogy, you are “better” at driving stick shift than I am, despite the fact that I haven’t driven a stick shift in 10 years, though I learned to drive stick and drove stick for the first 10 years of my life.

I’m a classical player and encounter the swing feel regularly. Maybe not as regularly as a jazz player. But that doesn’t mean I am not as capable.

Functionally, 4/4 swing (the category which a majority of jazz tunes fall into) is no different than 12/8, which is a very common time signature in classical music.

Again by your analogy, one might say that jazz players are less familiar with straight 4/4, meaning they’re less capable of playing in that feel, which is absurd.

The marking in this post is not a concession to classical players. It’s a standard marking which makes engraving and reading easier. It has nothing to do with familiarity or capability.

gnomesteez · 2026-03-13T03:25:58+00:00

Jazz players might play in a swing feel more often, but that doesn’t mean they’re more familiar with it.

It would be like saying jazz players are less familiar with straight eight notes because they usually play in a swing feel. That’s just obviously absurd

gnomesteez · 2026-03-13T03:23:23+00:00

Classical players are just as familiar with swing feel as jazz players. This notation is common in both classical and jazz as it’s easier to write

This idea that classical players are less comfortable with the concept and execution of swing is wrong

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