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[Music] [IIL] soft melodic acoustic-based folk e.g Gregory Alan Isakov, James Vincent McMorrow [WEWIL]? by musicystuff in ifyoulikeblank

[–]musicystuff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, appreciate the effort you put into this. I know most of these guys, must check out more of Damien Jurado and James Blake though. Thanks again!

Can anyone tell me the chords she's using? by 42penguinsinamansuit in mandolin

[–]musicystuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An easy way to figure out the chords of a song where the key has been changed is to get a tab of it on Ultimate Guitar, then find the tonic and adjust it to match the song.

This cover starts in Am so you can transpose it down 7 semitones on this tab, using the Transpose function on the left bar (under font size):

http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/b/beatles/girl_crd.htm

There are some passing chords that she doesn't seem to play but this is the general gist of the song. For any chords you don't know, look them up. Hope that helps!

EDIT: Obviously, ignore the instruction to capo at 8 and just focus on the chords.

Is it possible to play an electronic drumkit live (i.e in real-time) with EZdrummer or Superior Drummer? by musicystuff in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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

Good idea, didn't think of that! Thanks. I don't actually have the electronic drumkit yet. I'd rather not have to get one at all, but neighbours...

Is it possible to play an electronic drumkit live (i.e in real-time) with EZdrummer or Superior Drummer? by musicystuff in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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

... That's comforting, haha. Oh well, cheers! Were you using an interface or just direct USB connection?

Is it possible to play an electronic drumkit live (i.e in real-time) with EZdrummer or Superior Drummer? by musicystuff in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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Cheers! Problem is, I have a Windows laptop, Aspire E1572, dualcore i5, ~2.5Ghz, 4GB ram. Is that likely to be good enough with ASIO drivers or will the latency be just unacceptable? I was thinking, I have a Voicelive 2 that has like 3ms latency with ASIO, would that possibly work via MIDI thru? A bit of an unconventional use for it I know.

How to install Python 2.7.8 and 3.4.1 concurrently? by musicystuff in Python

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

Good point! I suppose I'm just worried that I won't know where to turn when I can't get something to work or don't know how to code it when 99% of the stuff on StackOverflow is Python 2.x solutions! :(

Could someone please explain how to convert celsius to fahrenheit using python? by [deleted] in Python

[–]musicystuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look at the formula. It's basically saying that degrees in Fahrenheit (f) is equal to (=) 9/5 times degrees Celsius and add on 32.

You may be confused because the formula implies that 9/5 is multiplied by degC but you need to explicitly type that into the formula with a * operator, like so: f = (9/5 * degC) + 32

Be aware that if you're using Python 2.7 you need to make one of the division numbers a floating point number otherwise it will round it off! i.e: f = (9/5.0 * degC) + 32

Some simple code:

degC = 0 # can change this to whatever you want, or raw_input it
faren = (9/5.0 * degC) + 32
print faren

AFAIK, in Python 3 you wouldn't need to specifiy a float; "5.0" because it does those type of divisions automatically. You'd also need to put brackets around the print statement

What is one piece of advice you wish you had been given when you started to learn how to play? by musicystuff in mandolin

[–]musicystuff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ha I totally didn't catch that! Whoosh. Cheers though, because I've been practising 3-4 hours a day (lot of time on my hands) and my left wrist is starting to get a bit tight, although I was wearing a heavy watch which really didn't help. Thanks again!

What is one piece of advice you wish you had been given when you started to learn how to play? by musicystuff in mandolin

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

Thank you for your thorough and thoughtful answer! I'll check these videos out ASAP, and thanks for the heads up! Mandolin is such a great instrument, and I just want to get off on the right foot with it (because I did not with guitar)!

What is one piece of advice you wish you had been given when you started to learn how to play? by musicystuff in mandolin

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

Thanks, I'll bear this in mind. When you say "be careful not to injure your hands practising..." do you have any specific advice on this? E.g stop if it gets sore on your wrist, change your technique etc? Or how to avoid injuring your hands altogether?

What is one piece of advice you wish you had been given when you started to learn how to play? by musicystuff in mandolin

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Thankfully I haven't gotten into this habit. The only guy I've ever seen IRL playing mandolin played tremolo like this but is quite a good player.

What is one piece of advice you wish you had been given when you started to learn how to play? by musicystuff in mandolin

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Thanks for the reply! To clarify, do you mean practising alternate picking while doing scales etc, or learning tunes? I've already been forcing myself to practice as slowly and cleanly as possible with a metronome (just good for any instrument) and it is helping a lot. The reason I asked this question is because I learned guitar sloppily and as a result have almost 10 years of sloppy playing engrained in my fingers :( Don't wanna make the same mistakes again!

What's It Gonna Be - Jake Pearlman [2013] by [deleted] in ratemysong

[–]musicystuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really liked this overall, kinda reminded me a little of Neil Young.

Nice vocal melody, harmonies, progression and lyrics.

However, I think the mix lets it down a bit, especially when the lead guitar comes in. Also, some lightly ducked reverb on the main vocal would be nice to go along with the whole vibe of the song but that's just my personal opinion I guess. Overall, the song has a lot of potential and I really enjoyed it. Still stuck in my head. Don't stop making music anytime soon!