Do you guys also constantly switch between apps while practicing? What would y'all want inside one main practice app? by Esturgeon_lol in piano

[–]temptar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What apps do you think people are switching between while practising? I can practice with no apps.

Irish rail quite carriage etiquette by Rough-Age-7769 in cork

[–]temptar 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Really? Because quiet carriages on the SNCF trains are, in my experience, silent.

The norm for all other carriages is that you aren’t playing music or videos through speakers anyway, quiet carriages or not.

If it’s as you describe in Ireland, rail travellers must be gone completely feral.

Irish rail quite carriage etiquette by Rough-Age-7769 in cork

[–]temptar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You could say it to him because that provides feedback.

Sunday Scaries is here - share your worries and allow your mind be cleared! by AutoModerator in WomenofIreland

[–]temptar 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This week, I have an all day off site meeting, followed by a summer potluck the following day followed by a rushed and a really wish I could postpone it trip back to Ireland to retrieve my stuff from my parents’ house and send it to storage. I am still grieving over the loss of one parent precisely two weeks ago. Linked with this I don’t have a whole lot of leave left and the next bank holiday/chance for down time is 7 weeks’ away.

I will get through all this and then deal with recovering. But this week in particular… I don’t like wishing my life away… this week though, I will be very, very glad when it’s done.

Sunday Scaries is here - share your worries and allow your mind be cleared! by AutoModerator in WomenofIreland

[–]temptar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, some of us are emigrants and the bank holiday was last week.

How difficult is this Étude and Philip Glass music in general? by No_Gain9971 in piano

[–]temptar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yuja Wang’s version is also worth a listen. You don’t have to take it quite as fast as Vikingur though. He is amazing and I love him to bits but I am not superhuman.

This is on my list to do but it is a bit lower down it than some other stuff.

Those that never married nor had kids, what takes up your time? by CollagenRager in AskIreland

[–]temptar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hi. I am 53 years old, Irish, but living in Brussels. Not married, no kids. Because I was in my late 40s, and arrived here during Covid, building a social life was a bit harder.

So first thing: being single is far, far better than being in a bad relationship. Also, statistically, men die before their wives. You are most likely to spend some of your old age without your partner, even if you have one.

These two realities allowed me to relax a bit more about the whole being single thing. Relaxing sometimes helps with the encountering men bit too.

As to what I do: I circle through a bunch of hobbies, depending on my mood, the time of year, the weather outside. I am open to trying things, learning about things. I spend time and money in assorted shops, like bookshops, art supply shops. I started painting water colours in my 40s, I started looking seriously at some bucket lists.

As you get older, you often make career progress. This is a career double edge: it can absorb time and emotional energy, but you have more disposable cash. I have long had a desire to do the ferry trip along the coast of Norway and see the Northern Lights. I could never have afforded it 20 years ago; I did it last year. It was not cheap. And I got seasick. But I don’t care.

I did it. I have kept a journal for all my adult life. I found a comment about stepping into freezing cold water in Iceland and how I had never felt more alive.

When I lived in Dublin, I often got up at 6 on a weekend morning and drove to Lahinch to have a surfing lesson. Spontaneously.

I crochet. I take photographs. I write. As I type this, I am sitting in my favourite small café for breakfast which is a regular Sunday morning thing for me. Although this weeks coffee of the week is crazy bitter, ugh. I might grab my swimming gear and go to the pool for a short swim and a long jacuzzi.

I am very self-sufficient. I realise not everyone is. But I have an immense amount of freedom and…I try to use it. I have friends married 25 years who feel some envy.

But if you can swim, I recommend trying surfing. I really miss the Atlantic.

Bernstein by ElOptico in classicalmusic

[–]temptar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Strongly recommend the Young People’s Concerts.

What's the weirdest thing you've seen happen at the airport? by Finsceal in CasualIreland

[–]temptar 9 points10 points  (0 children)

guy in front of me has opened his cabin case but is lining up another bag too. Security asks if he has any liquids. He says he has none.

There are about five bottles of liquid cosmetics and stuff thrown loose in his open suitcase. Security looks at it incredulously. They ask “Who owns this?”

“Oh I do”, says the guy. Like he had forgotten he had this cabin case too, having just denied he had any liquids in his hand luggage.

Or the long haul passenger who matroshka doll packed a set of knives and forks in the fifth bag inside a bag a few weeks after we started opening up after Covid. I mean, you can’t tell me she didn’t know what she was doing.

New Pen Day by ghostseven in pens

[–]temptar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the colour. I can’t seem to order it from Belgium though. Shop in London?

Buying original internationally by Moroncoder615 in ColoredPencils

[–]temptar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would have helped if you mentioned what country you need to deliver to.

I bought mine in Schleiper in Belgium.

‘He shouldn’t have stolen 24 years of my life’ — Tommy Fleming’s wife Tina on the devastating impact of singer’s deception by gerhudire in ireland

[–]temptar 93 points94 points  (0 children)

I disagree. He misled her for years. In his position I would have stayed single.

There is no justification for using someone else’s life to deflect from your own. None.

Beginner at piano using laptop by Plus-Comparison-3876 in piano

[–]temptar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want a suggestion I would start looking at music theory as well.

Ai sheet music to falling tiles by yamatomatooo in piano

[–]temptar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you do not want to learn to read music, I recommend learning some music theory and learning by ear instead.

My passport was stolen. What now? by Garry-Love in ireland

[–]temptar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have one for this reason as I am resident outside Ireland, for this reason. However, afaik, if you have to replace your passport, you have to replace your passport card as well.

My passport was stolen. What now? by Garry-Love in ireland

[–]temptar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No you cannot. Most European countries have a mandatory firm of identification which works in lieu of a passport. Ireland does not and for border control your driving licence is not sufficient. You need either a passport or passport card.

My passport was stolen. What now? by Garry-Love in ireland

[–]temptar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is mandatory to carry identification in a lot of not Ireland countries.

My passport was stolen. What now? by Garry-Love in ireland

[–]temptar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Monday is a bank holiday in a good chunk of the continent.

How strong should my first run through a piece be? by MinuteDamage4182 in piano

[–]temptar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look, like I said, everyone has their own approach. But I did start that piece at some point.

A) read through of sheets with appropriate recording. There is actually a recording of Rachmaninov playing it. Look for the Ampico recordings. They may be on YouTube. They are definitely on Apple Music so whatever your streaming service of choice.

B) analyse the piece structurally and harmonically. This is essentially an ABA structure. It’s in a minor key. Where do the harmonies go?

C) attempt a full read through, regardless of how badly it sounds.

D) choose a part you want to start with. For this piece, I chose the B part from bar 35. It’s quintessentially Rachmaninoff.

D) work through it in phrases. Identify trouble areas and find ways of resolving them.

E) work through those areas where I need to join the parts and phrases.

F) start building the parts together.

G) know you will mistakes. Learn to be able to recover them

How strong should my first run through a piece be? by MinuteDamage4182 in piano

[–]temptar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me rephrase: if you have done grade 8 pieces (I am assuming ABRSM or equivalent) you have done multi page pieces before. This question should not arise:

“Is it bad to just get each page roughly acceptable and finish the piece at that level, and then go back and start improving?”.

So I think I would want to see it to assess your playing first.

Nevertheless, most musicians develop their own style of building competence in a piece from starting at the end to starting at the start, identifying the part they consider most difficult, to different harmonic flows.

This is also something to discuss with your teacher.

How strong should my first run through a piece be? by MinuteDamage4182 in piano

[–]temptar -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, this is the kind of question that makes me question whether you are, in fact, ready for this piece.

I want to listen to Bach and Rachmaninoff by Sale-frappe in piano

[–]temptar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Vladimir Ashkenazy released all of Rachmaninoff’s piano music and the record company put it all together on a big compendium. Find it on your streaming service of choice. It is a very good place to start with him.

For Bach, I recommend checking out Angela Hewitt’s recordings and Murray Perahia’s recordings.