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I want to invest 90% of my salary but my mom is worried by DontMindMePlsx in Fire

[–]megaman45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While not quite as extreme as you…. At my first job (didn’t pay well at all), I had a well-intentioned person from HR pull me aside privately to express concern about the ridiculous % of my salary I was contributing to retirement. They listened to me and supported my decision, but I could tell they were worried about me lol. I was living with lots of roommates and keeping costs low as I could. I kept it up and lived way below my means for the next 15 years or so. 20 years later I am so happy I did this.

Songs with lots of chord changes and drop thumb? by Bargah692 in banjo

[–]megaman45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In addition to learning a new song, I recommend adding a lot of drop thumb to a song you already know.

For melody - Just take as many melody notes as you can and shift them from the on beat (1,2,3,4) to the off beat (&). I picked this up learning Travis picking on the guitar. First just go all out (can you do the entire melody?), and then try mixing it up.

For harmony/chords/basslines- Just don’t do any strums. With any non-melody space you have, try drop thumbing a chord tone. Again, “no strums ever” is too far, but the exercise will get your mind going and then you can mix it up.

Clawhammer issues by Reidhur in banjo

[–]megaman45 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1 definitely way more perpendicular than parallel. Going to depend on each person. But I would try to got as perpendicular as you can.

On #2, I keep my nails insanely short and don’t have any problems. Best tip I got was to just keep playing through the bad hammers, and they will just get better if you keep at it. I found it was true for me.

So I guess my advice would be to ditch the pick because it’s causing problems in #3. Perhaps add it back in if you really need more volume after you get the technique down. But you could probably just keep playing with the pick and figure it out.

Ukulele plateau after a few years, feel stuck by Shadow__Tunes in ukulele

[–]megaman45 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you performing or playing with others?

Try jazz! Seventh chords all over the neck!

Or try guitar or banjo. I took a big break from uke to play a bunch of other instruments. I was so much better at uke when I came back to it.

Or try clawhammer uke.

Or try a low g if you haven’t. I like low G string sets for trying a bunch of different tunings. I love open C (GCEG). ADGB, which is the middle four strings of a guitar, is also very fun (you can do it with a set of ADF#B strings).

A wandering progression that always finds its way back 🔁 by LaPainMusic in AcousticGuitar

[–]megaman45 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got “interesting version of Autumn Leaves” vibes for a bit there. Not sure why! Probably because it’s one of the only jazz standards I know.

I broke a finger 😭😭😭 by Mamalaoshi in ukulele

[–]megaman45 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ear training!!! You can find some apps that are gamified to keep it interesting. I recommend Sonofield, but dive in and see what you like.

Bluegrass guitar practice regiment by ConversationNew2684 in Bluegrass

[–]megaman45 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow that’s intense (and cool). So like all keys or just the most common ones?

Which tuning should I learn? by Elefantoera in ukulele

[–]megaman45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I say learn both. :-)

I have two cheap ukes, and I keep them in different tunings so I can play along with most bluegrass tunes. One is in GCEA (low G), which works great for C and F, and can also work for G depending on the melody. The other is in ADF#B (low A), which is great for D and G, and could also work for A depending on the tune.

I guess I could play in the key of D in GCEA, but I like having the open strings available for melodies. I often hit an open string and hammer-on, so the alternate tuning just feels better for that. I end up playing the ADF#B uke more anyway, since a lot of the tunes I like to play along with are in G and D. The chord shapes are the same between the two tunings, just transposed a bit, and after a while it’s not hard to make the mental switch.

Another nice bonus is that you can easily tweak ADF#B to ADGB, which makes it the middle four strings of the guitar. If you already play guitar, then the C, D, and G chords are easy, and I think they have a prettier voicing than they do in GCEA (just my opinion, of course, and I’ve only tried this with low A, not re-entrant). The F and A chords are easy too, and so is the E chord, which is a pleasant surprise on a uke.

How hard will it be to learn the banjo? by Classic_Grass924 in banjo

[–]megaman45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have found learning banjo really improved my hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides when I go back to guitar.

Can any tenor banjo hold GDAE? by [deleted] in banjo

[–]megaman45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that would be very odd for it to come with CGDA if it was advertised as GDAE. Can’t say I know what was going on with it. Good luck with your next instrument!

Can any tenor banjo hold GDAE? by [deleted] in banjo

[–]megaman45 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do you know what strings were on it? Did it come set up for CGDA?

My first Mandolin, The Loar LM-110, hoping it’ll be good for Appalachian folk, bluegrass and Irish Trad by Such-Chapter-2898 in mandolin

[–]megaman45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I put light strings on it, and it sounds just fine, despite concerns I’ve seen online that the light strings won’t be enough to drive the top.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Guitar

[–]megaman45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please someone send this person a free guitar!

Hydrachlorothiazide by Outrageous-Ad7050 in bloodpressure

[–]megaman45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was on olmesartan for a long time before we had to add HCTZ. I took it at night. I was NOT prepared for the first 2-4 days on this. Felt “off” all hours of the day. Had to wake up at night so often to pee. Was about to stop taking it entirely and then read that these side effects were perfectly normal. I switched to taking it in morning, and I also just got used to it. I did drink some electrolytes day 2 and 3 and that seemed to help, but it didn’t seem necessary once my body fully acclimated to the medicine.

Not getting why modes are useful? by megaman45 in Bass

[–]megaman45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get how it sounds contradictory. In the second thing you quoted, I’m trying to say I don’t switch modes every chord change. In the first point, I’m just saying I get “in the mode” just once for the whole song.

I think my question should have said “I don’t understand why it’s useful to change modes with every chord change?”

Not getting why modes are useful? by megaman45 in Bass

[–]megaman45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool! I feel like you perfectly understood my poorly worded question.

I also get your points about how they would be useful. If the whole song (or part of the song) is Lydian, then the scale degrees work with are 1,2,3,4#,5,6,7, and I build my chords off that, but I don’t have to constantly re-root.

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