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12-01-15, 09:50 PM
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i was in public school that assigned us instruments from school, then rented one for a year till i decided i wanted to suck at guitar instead. i would concur with the rental
another thing worth noting is that if she already plays an instrument with music written in the treble clef (as most instruments are), the transition to music written in the generally alien alto clef can be difficult (it was for me at least, it took me a while to get used to it)
and more confusing is sometimes the viola even has parts in the treble clef. that was fun.
another thing worth noting is that if she already plays an instrument with music written in the treble clef (as most instruments are), the transition to music written in the generally alien alto clef can be difficult (it was for me at least, it took me a while to get used to it)
and more confusing is sometimes the viola even has parts in the treble clef. that was fun.
She is in the public school orchestra. If I remember correctly, they assign the instrument and it has to stay at the school. She is not able to bring it home to practice.
12-01-15, 10:07 PM
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12-01-15, 10:21 PM
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12-01-15, 10:31 PM
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12-01-15, 10:54 PM
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And since @Mumonkan brought up bass/treble clef music, it suddenly occured to me that I have no idea WHY they had to be different. I used to read both because I would switch between stuff in high school, particularly in jazz band, but why exactly did they require them to be different? What is the point? If it were a score with several parts, couldn't you just label the bars at the front of the piece without having to rearrange where the notes land? Is there some French or Italian guy I should be angry at for starting that convention?
12-01-15, 10:57 PM
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Well, the stupidity is back on. I toyed around with some ideas and it looks like I may have negotiated a trade for a 1993 Specialized Hardrock Ultra. I'll go look at it Saturday.
12-01-15, 11:12 PM
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12-01-15, 11:38 PM
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12-02-15, 12:00 AM
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I'd forgotten exactly which of the Cowboys it was, but I distinctly remembered reading in the autobiography of one of them that he had mixed cocaine with water and secreted it inside a Vicks inhaler that he usually carried onto the field. I looked it up and it was Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson and he vividly describes- in his book "Out of Control"- "taking a couple of major snorts" in front of the 80,000 fans inside the Orange Bowl as well as the "200 million" who were watching on TV. (That was during Super Bowl XIII which the Cowboys lost to the Steelers.) I highly recommend this book for its "inside baseball" look at football and especially the Cowboys. I haven't read his second book "In Control".
12-02-15, 12:04 AM
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12-02-15, 12:29 AM
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Not that it's at all the same thing, but I used to be a decent guitarist. When I decided to buy an electric acoustic, I specifically went to the shop and just played whatever was around 5-600 bucks and was looking for the particular sound I liked. I happened to pick up a Yamaha and it sounded pretty amazing. Only 200 bucks. It's the only good guitar I still have, even though I never touch it.
And since @Mumonkan brought up bass/treble clef music, it suddenly occured to me that I have no idea WHY they had to be different. I used to read both because I would switch between stuff in high school, particularly in jazz band, but why exactly did they require them to be different? What is the point? If it were a score with several parts, couldn't you just label the bars at the front of the piece without having to rearrange where the notes land? Is there some French or Italian guy I should be angry at for starting that convention?
And since @Mumonkan brought up bass/treble clef music, it suddenly occured to me that I have no idea WHY they had to be different. I used to read both because I would switch between stuff in high school, particularly in jazz band, but why exactly did they require them to be different? What is the point? If it were a score with several parts, couldn't you just label the bars at the front of the piece without having to rearrange where the notes land? Is there some French or Italian guy I should be angry at for starting that convention?
Likewise organ, and to some extent the piano. I guess it depends on how many different parts you're trying to squeeze out of the one instrument.
Yamaha had the lock on quality for the price for a long time, and made all their stringed stuff in Japan. I think a lot of the lesser production has been offshored to other places in Asia now. I'm pretty sure some of their better spruce for guitar fronts still comes from old growth trees from here, though. I don't know jack about violas, except I like the sound of a string quartet.
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12-02-15, 01:22 AM
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I used to keep up with the threads on bikepacking.net when the TD was going on. They had a very specific problem with all the added attention and people wanting to leave food, water, etc. along the trail for riders. Basically a strategically placed piece of trail magic. Trail magic is more like "My tire got cut, but I ran across a local guy riding on the trail who gave me his tire" sort of thing, rather than spot watchers camping along the route for their favorite riders and trying to give them stuff.
I hear you on the increased popularity of bikepacking. In general, lots of folks don't understand LNT and really haven't understood it for years. It's kind of a catch 22. You want people to get involved outdoors and see that it's important and that camping and cycling have benefits, but you also want to keep out the morons, which is practically everyone.
I hear you on the increased popularity of bikepacking. In general, lots of folks don't understand LNT and really haven't understood it for years. It's kind of a catch 22. You want people to get involved outdoors and see that it's important and that camping and cycling have benefits, but you also want to keep out the morons, which is practically everyone.
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12-02-15, 02:56 AM
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12-02-15, 06:27 AM
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12-02-15, 06:28 AM
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12-02-15, 06:53 AM
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12-02-15, 07:25 AM
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Im back! Apparently I missed some rain, and clipless pedals?!
12-02-15, 08:30 AM
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Not that it's at all the same thing, but I used to be a decent guitarist. When I decided to buy an electric acoustic, I specifically went to the shop and just played whatever was around 5-600 bucks and was looking for the particular sound I liked. I happened to pick up a Yamaha and it sounded pretty amazing. Only 200 bucks. It's the only good guitar I still have, even though I never touch it.
And since @Mumonkan brought up bass/treble clef music, it suddenly occured to me that I have no idea WHY they had to be different. I used to read both because I would switch between stuff in high school, particularly in jazz band, but why exactly did they require them to be different? What is the point? If it were a score with several parts, couldn't you just label the bars at the front of the piece without having to rearrange where the notes land? Is there some French or Italian guy I should be angry at for starting that convention?
And since @Mumonkan brought up bass/treble clef music, it suddenly occured to me that I have no idea WHY they had to be different. I used to read both because I would switch between stuff in high school, particularly in jazz band, but why exactly did they require them to be different? What is the point? If it were a score with several parts, couldn't you just label the bars at the front of the piece without having to rearrange where the notes land? Is there some French or Italian guy I should be angry at for starting that convention?