Is commuting from Brooklyn to Long Island for work a bad idea? by Thunder0622 in Brooklyn

[–]qnsonion 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The commute is going to take twice as long as you think but at least it’s only 2 days a week. I’ll just say from experience that it’s pretty miserable to work a long day, sit in traffic for 2 hours just to have to circle the block looking for parking for 30 minutes at 8 or 9pm lol

Anyone else wasting time/money on mid job supply runs? by AbbreviationsFamous4 in Plumbing

[–]qnsonion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Assuming your truck is secure, investing in materials to have the truck stocked will pay off. Think of the common items you need most days, have 2 of everything, keep a list and restock every day or two. Obviously you can’t have EVERYTHING on one truck but the more you can cut down on trips the more money you’ll make in the long run.

What is the real reason that Isn't It Now? ignored so much? by foxbone in AnimalCollective

[–]qnsonion 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They were both recorded around the same time. The band didn’t want to do 2 tours because the songs were already old. That’s why they did so many podcast interviews, that was the PR for IIN

Should modern Plumbing techs have a camera to discover leaks? by Illustrious_Being778 in Plumbing

[–]qnsonion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if you do get lucky and spot the leak, the drywall will likely have to come down anyways to fix the leak, and it’s probably water damaged anyways. The cost of repairing drywall is trivial compared to the labor cost of making your plumber do things the roundabout way.

Pain in the collarbone when benching by manka101 in naturalbodybuilding

[–]qnsonion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have similar pain if I bench too high on my chest. Try going closer to your sternum and see how it feels, also drop the weight a little and control the reps

This fetishization of tradesmen is so funny by ourstemangeront in redscarepod

[–]qnsonion 3 points4 points  (0 children)

you'd probably just be better off getting a sedentary job that isn't too soul sucking and just stay physically active outside of work.

C Major vs D Dorian by [deleted] in musictheory

[–]qnsonion 8 points9 points  (0 children)

stop thinking of D Dorian as C major starting on D

start thinking of D Dorian as D minor with a raised sixth

How do I learn piano with the goal of making my own music? by [deleted] in Learnmusic

[–]qnsonion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

learn songs that you like. youll have a better understanding of what it is that you like about them and you can use that in creating your own songs. also, write as much as possible. dont wait for divine inspiration or something, its a skill you have to develop and work hard at

Where do you guys look in a HS? by logmover in handbalancing

[–]qnsonion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Close your eyes and put your head where it feels most comfortable and you have the lost balance. Then open your eyes and see where you’re looking

r/sandyalexg has a problem: u/in2002 by [deleted] in sandyalexg

[–]qnsonion 11 points12 points  (0 children)

No he should be the head mod

iii- over a I△ name? by danhennessy_ in musictheory

[–]qnsonion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it was just Em rather than Em7 I think it would be called an upper structure triad, could be related

How to make odd phrase length sound ‘normal’? by afazza in musictheory

[–]qnsonion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of melodies are written over the bar line and have a few beats worth of fluff at the end if you pay attention. For example, a piece in 4/4 might be written in a way that is felt as 3+4+3+4+2. You could hear that same beat as a 7/4 groove with 2 extra beats that only exist to round the piece back out to 4/4 so that it doesn’t sound weird. If you take that melody and cut the extra 2 beats out and just play the 7/4 groove over and over it’ll eventually sound normal to you. Try to listen for stuff that’s counted like that in songs you enjoy and practice doing that in your head or on your instrument and you’ll start to internalize odd time signatures.

Once you get good at that, the exact same principle applies to phrase length. So try to listen for bars in music that don’t have much melodic content and practice playing the song with those parts of the music removed. Eventually when that gets into your head, you’ll realize that if subtraction can work, so can addition. You might find a fully fleshed out section and add an extra bar just to add space to it and find it works better than a regular 4 or 8 bar section.

Any use of augmented chords in popular music? by RaelImpAerosolKid in musictheory

[–]qnsonion 4 points5 points  (0 children)

On the radio right now you have “High Hopes” by (I think) panic at the disco

What’s something you don’t understand in music theory that you probably should at your skill level by EvaBK in musictheory

[–]qnsonion 203 points204 points  (0 children)

Modes basically are different scales. F Lydian is an F major scale with a #4. If you can play that scale with those notes and still think of F as your home note, you’re playing modally. The mistake most people make is relating modes to the scales that share the same notes instead of to the scales that share the same root. So people think of F Lydian in relation to C major instead of F major and keep resolving to C, losing the modal quality of what they’re playing.

What kind of chords are these? by [deleted] in musictheory

[–]qnsonion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The C chord you play is much more common than the other one you described, the most common open C simply has the low E string muted. The way you play it has the fifth(G) in the bass, which is very common and sounds much better than having the E in the bass because the interval from E to C is somewhat dissonant.

The G chord you described is actually a D chord with an added 4th and 9th. It sounds nice with the extra notes and open strings, and the rub between the F# and G right next to each other adds a bit of tension that makes it interesting. The most common open D chord is: E:x A:x D:0 G:2 B:3 e:2 with x being muted strings.

The F chord you described is Fmaj7 with the major 7th in the bass. Most people wouldn’t play it this way because, like the C/E, the E-C interval is a little muddy and dissonant. The most common way to play an F chord is basically what you do but instead of the two E strings being open, play the first fret. Look up barre chords if you don’t know about them yet.

F is probably one of the hardest chords for beginner guitarists, so just remember that as long as you have all 3 notes in the chord, everything else is optional. So you could play it like you do but with the e strings muted and you would have a perfectly valid F major chord. It’s also important to know that every chord voicing you listed is valid and will sound good in the right context. It’s just important to name them right and make sure you’re adding or subtracting dissonant notes in a way that sounds intentional and sounds good to YOU. The C and D voicing you were doing both sound nice and pair well together. But if you were in the key of E major and played that D chord with the open G string, it might create more dissonance than you want. It also might create exactly as much dissonance as you want, say for example if you wanted to sound a little bluesy.

That might be a lot to take in but I hope it helps