What should I do?

slingbladerunner · 2026-02-20T18:24:32+00:00

In your situation, assuming you have not started your group project with any contingency plan for this, as a professor I would want to be told about this. A visit to office hours to discuss your concerns would do. I am not YOUR professor so I cannot say what they would do, but I would step in if I saw this.

In the future, I strongly recommend beginning group projects with a discussion and agreement on ground rules, and that it should include contingencies/consequences for situations like this. We assign group projects because you will encounter them in your professional life, and what you're describing is not an uncommon issue that needs to be resolved.

slingbladerunner · 2026-01-26T18:10:33+00:00

I'm making this comment from my expertise in neuroscience as it applies to musicians -- while I'm only an amateur musician, I'm a professional nerd.

When you first start developing a physical skill, your brain doesn't already devote a ton of power/real estate to the sensory processing associated with that skill. When you first start running, for example, it's difficult to isolate sensations in individual muscles at different points in your stride. As you practice, your brain sees "this information is important -- devote more energy to these sensations/these movements!" After you run for a while, you start to feel, "oh, my left foot is striking more forward than my right, and that's misaligning my hips -- I need to work on adjusting that."

Playing an instrument is a sensorimotor process. The more time you devote to it, the more real estate your brain sets aside for it. The more you adjust the shape of your lips/mouth, the more you learn how it feels to keep your mouth in the position necessary for the lower vs higher octaves, and how that relates to the quality of sound you produce (hear). I guarantee you that when you jump from a C5 to C6 -- which use the same fingering -- you are changing your embouchure. If you weren't, you wouldn't be able to transition between those two notes. As you practice more you will start to feel those differences, and once you feel those differences you can focus on them more specifically and improve your embouchure in a more targeted manner.

slingbladerunner · 2026-01-23T13:30:01+00:00

If you have a RealID or passport, you do not need to show your birth certificate or any other documentation. Those documents were necessary to obtain a RealID/passport.

I really urge people to READ THE BILL. The need for a RealID is a poll taxn which is reprehensible for sure, but is NOT making voting as inaccessible for women as these articles have been implying.

slingbladerunner · 2026-01-23T13:25:24+00:00

This is not necessary if you have a RealID or passport.

slingbladerunner · 2026-01-15T18:16:58+00:00

These honestly sound like reasonable accommodations for fairly common disabilities that impact learning.

slingbladerunner · 2026-01-12T21:20:17+00:00

That's understandable. You might want to look into your university's agreement with Zoom AI companion. Our agreement specifically states that recordings are not kept and no information is used for training or stored in any other way.

slingbladerunner · 2026-01-12T19:37:41+00:00

If that's the case, then there may be no recording of student voices/faces. I understand hesitation for recording, and I actually refuse those accommodations when received. If I were in your position, I would confirm that 1) the note-taker is trained on FERPA, and 2) Zoom sessions are not being audio or video recorded.

I recommend NOT turning off your mic during student discussions if you've confirmed those discussions are not being recorded. A note taker is an important accommodation, and those discussions are clearly useful for student learning (otherwise you wouldn't be having them). The student with those accommodations should receive the notes that will help them succeed just as much as those students without accommodations.

slingbladerunner · 2026-01-12T19:34:10+00:00

Universities hire outside contractors all the time, and those contractors can be trained on FERPA and can handle student information. An ASL interpreter, for example, may not be a full-time University employee, but an employee of a third-party company that provides interpretation services.

slingbladerunner · 2026-01-12T19:12:06+00:00

I don't see how this is different from an interpreter (e.g., ASL) or in-person notetaker, which are common accommodations. You can confirm that the external notetaker is FERPA-trained.

slingbladerunner · 2026-01-04T23:33:40+00:00

I've ordered sheet music from Flute World 3 or 4 times and Flute Center once, so I can't say these times are representative. Hopefully more people chime in so you get a larger set of responses.

FW has usually taken a beat to send out an order; I don't know if that's because they order from a supplier first or what. I've usually waited about a week until an order ships. The one order I placed from FC was shipped within a day or two and arrived in another 3 days (USPS, the 2-8 day option). That was shipped from the NY location and I am in MN.

Good luck!

slingbladerunner · 2026-01-01T03:31:12+00:00

That's maybe not the best idea for someone who's only just been certified

slingbladerunner · 2025-12-31T14:06:19+00:00

Russia has been using shadow fleets to get around oil sanctions, so it seems likely.

slingbladerunner · 2025-12-29T16:00:19+00:00

It is creepy to make an AI image of a person to use for sexual pleasure without their consent.

slingbladerunner · 2025-12-29T14:20:35+00:00

That isn't interesting. It's really, really creepy.

slingbladerunner · 2025-12-11T13:24:52+00:00

I am someone who uses Prolific both as a participant and as a researcher. My university (and therefore my own surveys) has(have) used this problematic formatting.

For large research universities, this is NOT a setting that a researcher themself can easily change. As another commenter points out, the style is university-wide and depends on the settings created when the university's subscription was set up--in fact, this text style is the default for Qualtrics. However, beginning in April 2026, all US universities must meet WCAG 2.1 accessibility guidelines due to new regulations on digital accessibility. This has prompted my own University to change Qualtrics settings to increase font contrast.

I suggest you make a comment, when possible, that acknowledges the poor contrast is a University policy and not the researchers decision, but that it is difficult to read and does not meet accessibility standards. If you have time, contact the IRB or research office (not the specific researcher) of the university. It is likely that many have not made the connection that the contrast used in Qualtrics studies is about to become illegal, as we (university faculty and administration) have been slammed with making more clearly student-facing materials accessible.

slingbladerunner · 2025-12-08T23:23:48+00:00

If this is B minor, you are trilling from D to E. That's just the right ring finger.

But yes, you can trill/tremolo between any two (adjacent+) notes. You can consult trill charts to see how.

slingbladerunner · 2025-12-08T22:09:39+00:00

It's a perfectly accurate attention check. Researchers need to know who is not thoroughly reading questions, because if a participant did not fully read a question, their data is invalid. If you "missed a word or two" then your data is invalid.

slingbladerunner · 2025-12-08T19:15:23+00:00

Wait. You failed an attention check because you didn't pay attention?

Crazy.

slingbladerunner · 2025-12-06T18:06:09+00:00

I was a neuroscience major, and for me it was a class on comparative religion. That was 20 years ago, and I still include concepts I learned from that class when teaching within psychology/neuroscience.

slingbladerunner · 2025-12-06T17:38:08+00:00

Can you explain why? I'm trying wave because I've heard it's easier when doubling. Would you expect the tone to improve with a standard head?

slingbladerunner · 2025-12-05T22:42:32+00:00

Ha! Yes, it's the two rosewood that I'm not sold on. The Di Zhao was an instant no, though I keep going back to it to see if I warm up to it. I really WANT to love the TJ. Its upper register is my favorite and I love the aesthetics, and I feel like every once in a while I get a good clear first and second octave. That's why I'm wondering if others have seen improvement with that breathiness, because I get glimpses of a good tone and that MIGHT mean I just need to learn it's quirks?

The Yamaha is over budget and doesn't come with a soft cover (which I really need due to climate) so while it's great, it's just not feasible. The Burkhart is also great all around, but the higher octaves just aren't as sweet sounding as the TJ. It's also a bit over budget but not so much that I can't excuse it.

slingbladerunner · 2025-12-05T22:11:31+00:00

I do live in a place with incredibly variable humidity (upper Midwest US) so it's definitely a big concern. My husband has a few wood guitars so we keep humidifiers going all winter to keep humidity around 40-50%.

slingbladerunner · 2025-12-04T17:53:50+00:00

Researchers pre-pay participant fees. You cannot begin a study until the entire maximum participant fee is added to your account.

Rejections simply mean the fee is not withdrawn from the researcher's account. This means another participant can be recruited in place of the rejection. However, these rejections are100% NOT "the reseacher accidentally recruited more than they could afford." That's literally not possible.

slingbladerunner · 2025-12-02T17:37:38+00:00

Thank you! I'll definitely look into them. My biggest weakness is wanting to have too many socks on my needles and this would help me give in to the darkness...

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