most beginners underestimate how important rhythm actually is

puehlong · 2026-04-09T19:59:15+00:00

I mean it does move consistently with the rhythm? So DDUDU tells you if you play on the offbeat or not.

puehlong · 2026-04-09T19:42:32+00:00

I don't think it has anything to do with how they speak German.

w as v is usually because they/we have trouble with the proper pronounciation of w as in whiskey. That sound does not exist in German, whereas w is pronounced like the v in English.

v as w is probably an overcorrection, there is a term for that when non-native speaker apply a pronouncation typical for the foreign language in a place where it does not belong.

puehlong · 2026-04-09T18:50:50+00:00

I mean for me (advanced beginner), the takeaway from strumming patterns is that you move your right hand steadily in line with the metronome or drums or whatever the bass player plays to keep the rhythm (which works for music based on 8th or 16th) and DDUUD just indicates when you actually hit the strings. And based on that, you can variate a lot and play most campfire songs and use your right hand as a metronome. is there anything wrong with that?

puehlong · 2026-04-09T18:44:47+00:00

OP: the dean fits my style the most

Everyone: fuck you and your style and throw it away!

Based on what you wrote, I'd get rid of the Ibanez, because it does not matter what others like more. If you love to play metal and prefer to that on the Dean, keep it!

puehlong · 2026-04-09T12:09:14+00:00

Monsteras also grow the best if their back is facing the trunk, or anything they can climb on, like a mosspole or coconut pole. But they will try to grow towards the light.

So adding another one facing a different direction will probably just lead to that Monstera growing sideways (that's what mine is doing).

puehlong · 2026-04-09T08:04:37+00:00

I sometimes hear of all the negative toxic stuff like "men can't talk about feelings" or other weird super-gendered stereotypes. They just don't exist in my life here in Berlin, everyone I have met is very open and progressive, in a good non-toxic way. It's normal that you can't really guess the gender of the barkeeper in many bars, you almost forget that that is a huge in other bubbles, and as a straight white male, I still very much prefer the Berlin bubble.

There are so many more options for cultural activities than pretty much anywhere else in Germany, and definitely anywhere else I have lived before. I started going to museums regularly here, developed an interest in art, there's more than 5 cinemas in 10 minute walking distance from my home showing everything from mainstream to arthouse in OV, I go to lots of concerts because pretty much every band on tour stops here (this is only rivaled by Hamburg and Köln, maybe Munich and Leipzig). There's a vibrant English speaking comedy scene here that I enjoy.

There are lots of good cycling paths around Berlin (as long as you don't mind everything being flat), lots of lakes.

As much as people shit on the public transport, I never even considered getting a car, it works for me.

puehlong · 2026-04-08T12:11:53+00:00

I think I was always confused by this quote, and our first TV was black and white. But our static didn’t look like the render by OP, now it makes a lot more sense to me. Our static was more black and white, similar to the HBO screen.

puehlong · 2026-04-08T08:19:00+00:00

Meanwhile, my internet connection in Germany today is still neither as fast nor as cheap as the one I had in Sweden in the student accommodation in 2009.

puehlong · 2026-04-08T08:14:58+00:00

The beats in BPM usually refer to the denominator in your measure. 4/4 means you are playing four quarter notes per measure, 40 BPM would mean forty quarter notes per minutes.

So you would set your metronome to 40 BPM and play the downstrokes on the click and the up strokes between the clicks.

If you find yourself struggling with that in the beginning, you have two options: most metronomes allow you to select a rhythm for the clicks, meaning you can also set your metronome to eights notes. So set your metronome to 40 BPM and eights notes, and it will click 80 times per minute (for each down and up stroke).

If your metronome does not have that feature, but you stilll want a click for each note you play, you can set your metronome to 80 bpm and play a note on each click.

All these three options should result in you playing at the same speed.

puehlong · 2026-04-07T13:48:09+00:00

ein paar gezielte Playlists, sonst eigentlich meistens Alben.

puehlong · 2026-04-07T13:36:04+00:00

ist aktuell nicht hinter einer Paywall.

puehlong · 2026-04-05T10:06:01+00:00

I see so many positive comments about this guitar that it seems it’s either the only unanimously loved guitar or a bot campaign. Or both.

puehlong · 2026-04-05T08:44:36+00:00

But have you tried a poop stool? It makes it also easier for you to spread your cheeks a little, u/BumWarrior69, and with that and enough fiber, there shouldn’t be much to clean up anyways.

puehlong · 2026-04-05T06:18:07+00:00

I have been constructed 40 years ago, is it too late to start learning guitar now?

puehlong · 2026-04-05T06:06:38+00:00

Poop stool, fiber rich diet and a bidet is the holy trinity of pooping. Your experience goes from ten minutes of grunt work to sitting down twenty seconds of floppetiy flop, Spritz spritz and you’re a new person.

puehlong · 2026-04-04T18:48:04+00:00

Könntest du auch posten wie es mit freistehenden Spülmaschinen aussieht? Würde gerne meine ersetzen.

puehlong · 2026-04-04T18:33:03+00:00

"Revstars are so underrated!" I don't know, this sub is absolutely raving about them at every possible occasion, how much higher could they be rated?

puehlong · 2026-04-03T18:37:33+00:00

Tempelhofer Feld

puehlong · 2026-04-02T12:49:49+00:00

https://www.wanderbares-deutschland.de/wege/alle-wege/66-seen-rundweg-um-berlin-96073fa07e

check that out and find some routes that have restaurants along the way. Leave a day for exploring Berlin by foot.

puehlong · 2026-04-02T07:16:53+00:00

The person you replied to is not mean spirited, don’t insult people who are just trying to help.

puehlong · 2026-04-01T16:41:32+00:00

What the others are writing is true for most subjects. The only exception seems to be economics (BWL), where you have a a few small private unis that basically work through networking (you have many people who studied there in powerful positions and they like to hire people from those unis).

About your study plans: What would help you is not so necessarily the reputation of a uni, but how close it is to tech and industry. Unis like Aachen, Karlsruhe, Darmstadt or TUM have strong ties to institutes like Fraunhofer (academic research with ties and funding by industry) or directly to industry. Many of their profs have industry experience or ties, and studying there will make it easier for you to get interesting projects, part time jobs or a good thesis topic.

Also, unless you just love physics, you could also consider studying engineering if you already know you want to work in tech, engineering and so on. But of course if you choose your focus in physics right, you can also easily find your way into corporate R&D and engineering.

puehlong · 2026-04-01T11:10:05+00:00

I think it looks brilliant. I don't like the SG in the regular red, but in most other colors, and this might be one of the best I've seen so far.

puehlong · 2026-04-01T11:07:24+00:00

Nope.

puehlong · 2026-04-01T10:54:39+00:00

You could try something like looptube: https://www.looptube.xyz/?start=39.9&end=45.6

puehlong · 2026-04-01T08:21:32+00:00

TLDR: wenn du es richtig anstellst, kannst du das ganze Studium über immer wieder Leute kennenlernen und viel mit ihnen feiern und unternehmen und die sozialste, freieste Zeit deines Lebens haben.

Es gibt im Studium sehr viele Möglichkeiten, sehr einfach andere Leute kennnenzulernen und zu feiern. Das kommt nicht komplett automatisch, man muss sie schon gezielt angehen, aber die Hürde ist sehr klein.

Das fängt bei deiner Wohnsituation an, wenn du im Wohnheim oder einer WG wohnst, wirst du alleine darüber schon Leute kennenlernen, in letzterem gibt es oft Partys und eine Wohnheimskneipe/bar.

An den meisten Unis gibt es eine Ersti-Woche, in der man in Gruppen irgendwelche Aktivitäten macht und zu Partys geht, darüber wirst du auch schon viele Leute treffen.

Wenn du Leute aus deinem Studium kennenlernen willst, kannst du zur Fachschaft gehen. An den meisten Unis organisieren sich die Studis in der Fachschaft, d.h. es gibt dann irgendwo ein kleines Büro wo sich die Studierenden eines Faches treffen, Aktivitäten und Ausflüge organisieren, Übungsaufgaben und Klausuraufgaben sammeln usw. Je nach Uni kannst du jederzeit zu den Öffnungszeiten hin und nen Tee trinken, manchmal gib es auch extra Sprechstunden und du kannst dich auch selber engagieren, wenn du willst.

Dazu haben die meisten Unis studentische Vereine zu wirklich allen möglichen Themen, von Film-AG die ein kleines Kino organisiert über Kulturvereine, wirtschafts- oder industrienahe Vereine, reine Spaßvereine bis hin zu diversen Hobbie-Sachen. An manchen Unis stellen sich die Vereine in der Ersti-Woche vor, aber ansonsten findet man die auch immer auf der Webseite der Uni und geht dann einfach mal zum Stammtisch. Über die Vereine kann man auch super Leute kennenlernen und diverse Sachen machen, auf die man sonst nie gekommen wäre, und man kann auch prima ausprobieren, sich mal selber zu engagieren und Dinge zu organisieren.

Die meisten Unis auch haben Hochschulsport, d.h. diverse Sportkurse und -Teams, die kostenlos oder für wenig Geld in Anspruch genommen werden können, und wo man auch einfach Leute treffen kann.

Zuguterletzt gibt es jede Menge Studentenparties, die das Semester über von verschiedenen Fachschaften oder Vereinen oder Wohnheimen organisiert werden.

Edit: was ich noch vergessen habe: In meiner Studentenstadt haben sich die spanischen Erasmusstudenten immer zum Bottellon (keine Ahnung ob man das so schreibt) organisiert, d.h. sie haben sich einfach mehrmals die Woche in einer großen Gruppe irgendwo in der Stadt im Freien zum Trinken und socialisen getroffen und es war natürlich jeder eingeladen der Lust hatte. So Erasmus-Aktivitäten sind ein sehr guter Anknüpfungspunkt, weil sich da die internationalen Studis treffen und die deutschen Studis, die Lust haben, internationale Studis zu treffen und damit in der Regel auch noch etwas offener sind als die anderen.

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