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Cake day: June 6th, 2023

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  • That’s an interesting piece, and what a tempo. I had forgotten that Bach (CPE anyway, I forget about JS and the others) wrote those really short piano pieces. Seems like they would take quite a bit of skill to play.

    I like the style of the channel you linked. Direct, no fluff, lots of useful info. The kind of thing it’s getting harder and harder to find, unless you already know about it. I watched one of his videos on Für Elise. That’s one of the first songs I remember hearing on the piano, and the first one I tried to play.

    I originally just wanted a cheap-ish keyboard so I could learn the pitches for singing. That’s really what I’d love to learn. But the piano is starting to win me over.


  • What song are you working on? I’d be curious to look for the sheet music on Musescore and try to look for the things you mentioned. It’s one thing to read about it, and another to sit down and try to read/play through it yourself. And then it’s usually easier to hear in other songs too.

    Have you learned about this just from piano lessons, or are there other places (online or otherwise) that you go to learn or get inspiration?



  • I’ve heard that a lot, and I always thought it had to do with lazy talking (not moving your mouth much). I do think that’s part of it, and some people do that more than others.

    But the thing about having a potato in your mouth is it pushes your tongue down and back, into your throat. Which is something you need to say the American “r” and a lot of other sounds, like “w” and the dark L like in “pull.” It’s hard to teach, and very hard to unlearn. It’s part of the characteristic American sound.

    German is basically the opposite. You can see the difference here, with a German speaker talking in an MRI. There’s a lot of space between the back of the tongue and the back wall of the throat. And here’s a picture of someone saying an American “r”. The base of the tongue is all bunched up in the throat.


  • Funny, I was just learning about dominants. I think I get the idea of secondary dominants, but the technical language kind of makes my head spin.

    I used to think I didn’t have a musical bone in me, but it turns out I do. It pretty much got started because a friend showed me his keyboard that felt almost exactly like a real piano. And let me fiddle with his electric guitar. It just sounded so cool.











  • I’m sure people just want to be left be.

    For me, it’s mostly just life happening. Getting sick, working a lot, both at the same time. Plus I tend to sort by subscribed > new, and sometimes I miss stuff. Especially lately cause there are a lot more posts. I’ve been trying to come directly here to see what new stuff you’ve posted.

    And sometimes I just fall down a rabbit hole. Lately, music theory. But I know what it’s like to put effort into something and not get feedback, and it’s just nice here, so I try to comment more than I would other places.




  • Were you pretty sure the price would go down, or did you just roll the dice? I’ve watched prices at the places I’ve lived, and they only ever seem to go up. As in, I’m paying $1600, about to get raised to $1800, and the unit next door is listed for $1900. But one place used RealPage, and I would bet the other one used something like that too.


  • Great Grey Owls might not have the immediate cute factor that some owls do, but I think they look majestic. Just look at this one flying sideways. They have to have great hearing with such a big face. And they have such pretty deep voices.

    The video I linked to just says that the owl spotted a vole about 300 yards away under 1.5 feet of snow. Its wings have serrated edges so it can fly silently. And it has to catch at least 7 small rodents a day to survive.