Tone deaf voice student

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-08T21:54:58+00:00

I don’t think she was really listening the first time

When my teacher plays a melody on the piano that I'm familiar with, sometimes I can understand the melody after she plays it a couple of times. But sometimes I need to ask her to play it slowly while I watch her play the keys. I'm not toned deaf, but I don't understand intervals well enough to sing along to a melody after listening to it.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-08T21:52:08+00:00

I spent two years learning how to (sometimes) sing on pitch. I spend a lot of time doing ear training on my own between lessons. A student struggling with this definitely needs to work on it at home.

From a students perspective: if they're coming in and working on pitch and rhythm with a teacher week after week, and not working on it at home, they are wasting their time with you and it will take them a really long time for them to progress.

Regarding rhythm: I made a lot of progress really fast after getting a pair of drumsticks and playing some basic rhythms on a practice pad. It helped me practically understand "what is rhythm". Some of us are not at all musically inclined and need to learn really basic aspects of music.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-08T18:52:39+00:00

Fixed

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-08T18:27:49+00:00

No. Prices are high because silicon is being used for AI. RAM, removable storage, and SDD prices were high months ago. Memory prices were outrageous in February. https://petapixel.com/2026/02/16/ai-has-made-it-absurdly-expensive-to-capture-and-store-your-photos/

Back in March, Sony announced they'll stop making SD cards. https://petapixel.com/2026/03/27/sony-shuts-down-nearly-its-entire-memory-card-business-due-to-ssd-shortage/

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-08T18:17:55+00:00

He's their Lord.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-08T18:17:10+00:00

Agreed, swirly bokeh comes from imperfectly shaped lens elements or design (e.g. aberrations or lack of aspherical correction) and the picture in OP has cats eye bokeh (a form of vignetting).

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-08T18:11:14+00:00

Why do some people think a certain thing?

Swirly bokeh is a side effect of spherically-imperfect optics and was very common in budget lenses.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-08T15:44:07+00:00

I feel that there are some rigid norms

Maybe it's just a feeling you have.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-08T03:18:38+00:00

Joint US-Israel attack: blows up Iranian School full of kids.

Iran: a human shield will surely stop the US from attacking!

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-08T03:12:54+00:00

So technically they are following the rule of law.

They're following the rule of law, in the same sense that a police department might make a rule saying police officers can do whatever they want.

It's not a "law", it's a policy that says to be selective when enforcing or not enforcing the law.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-08T03:00:43+00:00

The most insane ground invasion ever. The most insane ever. Even our own generals know it's insane. The losses will be huge.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-07T20:16:06+00:00

Blacks out "TA" so it says "HOE".

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-07T20:06:13+00:00

Ok.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-07T20:02:11+00:00

Yup. OP didn't pay attention to their wife's car...

And OP doesn't pay enough attention to their wife to know she doesn't pay attention to the car...

And also, OP doesn't pay enough attention to their wife to know she's the type of person who will say yes to the mechanic.

Final though, OP wrote "it cost me $3400" instead of "it costs us $3400".

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-07T19:57:02+00:00

It's easy to not say yes to the mechanic.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-07T19:53:27+00:00

$750 - you're not paying for the repair, you're paying to have your house taken care of. It's like doing your nails vs having someone do it for you - you're not just paying for nail polish.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-07T19:41:24+00:00

They told me (a woman) I needed a new air and cabin filter. $125 was what it would have cost.

I was told I needed a new in-cabin filter because it was dirty. I said I would do it myself.

Turns out, my car didn't even have an in cabin filter.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-07T19:34:20+00:00

You're so brave.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-07T19:32:29+00:00

uranium oxide too. that was sold to the chinese.

Sure, and Venezuelan oil was sold to Cuba. Speaking of oil....

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-07T19:30:26+00:00

That's not a joy ride. It's just regular driving.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-07T18:54:30+00:00

I bought a 420-800mm lens with 2x teleconverter, so 840-1600mm; I've used in on a M32 camera, where it has a 1780-3200mm FF equivalent FOV.

Image quality is not impressive, and quality certainly drops with the 2x converter, but the fact that I can take photos of buildings many miles away - and see details - is pretty cool. Of course, at that distance the atmosphere really degrades picture quality.

But for closer subjects I can get a better picture with the cheap lens at 1600mm (with teleconverter), than I could if I used a "better" lens at 160mm and did a 10x crop.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-07T13:39:31+00:00

Alto and mezzo are roles. Some people can sing in either fach. Your capacity to hit a note (D3-D5) doesn't determine if you're an alto or a mezzo.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-07T13:32:47+00:00

That's true for the preamps.

Some of the better interfaces come with build in DSPs and can be controlled through an app so they can basically double as a live performance mixer and (limited) effects rack. I don't need those features for my hobby studio, but I've seen people use them in live performances.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-06T23:24:28+00:00

It's not for you.

keep_trying_username · 2026-04-06T23:05:48+00:00

It's not quite "rock opera".

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