Music majors: do you have to do individual singing in aural skills class?

keepingthecommontone · 7 months

We did. Every class we got 2-3 passages to prepare. Each was about ~4 measures in length.

Not everyone sang each class, however. About half of the students would sing each class and were chosen by the professor. You never knew who he would pick and which excerpt you would have to sing, so it was in your interest to prepare them all.

Each "performance" was graded in his book, and he made sure to call on everyone so that each student had a certain number of "performances" at the end of the term.

We also had to sing using solfege, note names, or scale degrees. But mostly solfege.

o0000o · 8 months

The short answer is yes. Having a teacher will not only help you learn more complex repertoire but also give you the knowledge and technique you need to continue teaching yourself (this is what practicing is about, you apply what the teacher told you). People spend their whole lives dedicated to one instrument, and I would be remiss not to advise you to seek the expertise of a professional. Most likely, you will learn techniques you didn't know existed and correct bad habits you didn't even know you had.

Flynn_lives · 8 months

How do you like that compensator on your PT1911, and if you dont mind me asking-- where did you get it?

Frankfusion · 8 months

You win for hardest laughed at comment ever.

neonoodle · 8 months

And in the end, isn't that all that metas?

FTFY

pianoexperts · 8 months

Other than someone taking a circular saw to a Steinway, what am I looking at?

Depresy · 8 months

upgoat for luls

Depresy · 8 months

ITT: so much butthurt

frankdude2 · 8 months

Actually it was closer to 12,000,000. Only 6,000,000 were Jewish.

trevdak2 · 8 months

Yellow jackets are not bees. Honeybee population is what is in decline, and it's due to food shortage and a disease affecting their population.

SyntaxErr00r · 8 months

Which is your favorite? (Come on, we all have one)

argoneus · 9 months

you mean that's not what your match history is supposed to look like?

aloywad · 9 months

Anyone shot one of these? How do they compare to a standard comp, or the fancy vortex ones?

PS are they legal in jersey?

DownTheHall · 9 months

Interesting. I watched the whole thing so, it must be good.

Spartannia · 10 months

Funny you should say that. There is a whole school of thought which believes the perception of dissonance is learned, not inherently tied to particular intervals. One common citation is the comparison of western music to music from other countries and continents: Asia, Africa, or India for example.

I'm not saying I agree necessarily, but it's very interesting to think about. Is that tritone so unpleasant simply because we're not used to it? Maybe, but if that were the case, wouldn't I be immune to tritones after years of exposure? We may never know!

chopsui · 10 months

The Suzuki method is based on the idea that children learn language by listening, starting even before infancy. Dr. Suzuki believed that the 100% success rate (barring developmental diseases) of children to learn their native tongue suggests that exposing children to music early on would enable them to learn music just as readily.

If you do some reading you'll see that his philosophy enabled children to create music at ages previously thought impossible. The reason I'm telling you this is that the main tenets of Suzuki's teaching are listening and repetition.

Listen to as much music as you can, and try to replicate it on an instrument purely by ear. Just as children learn language through repetition and mimicking, so too can we learn to play music.

Learning chordal and modal theory will help once you are able to play melodies by ear and are looking to improve your ability to harmonize and lay down chords. But first things first, as they say.

frequencity · 10 months

Hmm.. second time today "too many punchlines" have been perpetrated by a female. I think it's time to collect some data.

Swiss_Cheese9797 · 11 months

Would it be safe to fire a gun at a gas station?

sta1ker · 11 months

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David_Crockett · 11 months

a coca cola bottle?

sta1ker · 11 months

There are different degrees of bull barrel, but you'll probably want a heavier-type barrel rather than a gov't or lightweight profile. I don't think they make stainless barrels with the thinner profiles anyway.

I have the Rock River stainless barrel they use in their National Match and Predator Pursuit lines. It's about a pound lighter than their straight-up bull barrel, and based on what I've read and how I've shot, they perform the same.

sta1ker · 11 months

Long range accuracy (500yds) is never black and white. For the best results, go with a longer barrel.

Sure, you could get away with a 16" or 18" barrel, but one of the elements in determining accuracy is velocity. Longer barrels produce higher velocities, which will serve to benefit your long range performance. However, if you asked which is better, a moly 20" or a stainless 18" match grade, the higher quality barrel will outperform a longer but lower grade barrel.

With a 6-24 x 50 optic, that rifle isn't going to be very mobile. What good will a shorter barrel do? Maximize your utility with the extra inches of rifling and the higher fps. Get a 20" just MHO

colinabsolutely · 11 months

I was hoping my comically short reply would be met with "omg it worked" but alas.

Next thing to try: Make sure the bolt catch button is all the way at the top of its slot. Sometimes it gets stuck in the middle if there's no mag in the gun.

colinabsolutely · 11 months

pull the trigger

not joking

eifersucht12a · 11 months

The answer to this question depends entirely on the structure of your guitar part. As spielzebub said, determine where you want the stress in the phrase and beam it accordingly.

I would suggest you try to break it in half first, which will reveal to you the best way to divide it further. Is the part in duple or triple meter (in 4 or 3)? If it is in 4, then determine where the bar of 3 occurs, and break it as such. Possibilities include 4+4+3, 3+4+4, 4+3+4.

If it is in triple meter, does it feel like it is in 6 or 3? Your choices include breaking up the bar in a manner such as 6+5 or 5+6, or if your rhythm feels more like two bars of three with a bar of 5 in the middle, it might be something like 3+5+3.

Good luck.

colinabsolutely

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