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This is the best description I’ve heard for this method, I always thought it was bullshit because I never heard a description that actually explained how to do this other than “tap your head 20 times”.

I have anxiety-induced hissing, which sounds/feels different from sound-induced tinnitus (which I have also experience). Sound-based tinnitus actually sounds like you’re “hearing” something in your ears, whilst the hissing I have feels like it’s “inside my head”, if that makes sense. But this technique still helps!!

mieaouy

Here’s a visual I found because I couldn’t understand the instructions well

sushinfood

My ringing just went away for the first time in years. What is this blissful quiet.

fuks

not to be dramatic but i would die for this cat

boowoomuu

UNMUTE THIS, I BEG YOU

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sugarcoatednightshade

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Der Rosenkavalier, 1925

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composerinprogress

Software I use

For scoring: Dorico

for mixing: Logic

for Mastering: Sample libraries by orchestral tools and spitfire audio

peelingmandarins

if only classical music wasn’t 15 minutes long for each piece and didn’t have titles like piano concerto no. 2 in E minor op. 27 V : aglio olio peperoncino waluigi

zagreus

Beethoven after the debut of Große Fuge, Opus 133

zagreus

if it makes just one lonely weird person in their basement do a sensible chuckle, then it will have been worth it

smileyface1001

You know what, that is a very fair point

classical-crap

Have you taken AP Music Theory? I'm considering self studying it, since my high school doesn't offer it and I was wondering about prerequisites and course load. Thanks!

I haven’t taken it but from my understanding it’s sort of the equivalent of first year college music theory.

if you’re self studying it, there’s no set course load, and the only prerequisite is the ability to read sheet music and maybe some experience on piano would be helpful. learn at your own pace, but I would recommend making an attempt at studying daily.

some good self-study resources:

look through some of the basic lessons on musictheory.net and do the exercises for identifying intervals and chords (both the ear training and note reading exercises).

buy a textbook called tonal harmony by kostka (any edition is fine, you could probably find an early edition for cheap. I would try to find one that’s unmarked). read one chapter at a time and do the exercises in the book and do more research online for anything you don’t understand.

watch music theory videos on youtube. adam neely, nahre sol, 12tone, and 8 bit music theory are all good ones to watch to familiarize yourself with music theory and hopefully making the learning process more fun than just reading from a textbook.

you may be able to find other helpful resources, but these are the top three I used to learn theory.

firelord-frowny

A thing you learn from being a classically trained violinist:

When something isn’t working, in order to fix it you have to actually change something about how you’re doing it. I remember once when my professor had taken me and a bunch of other violin students to have our instruments serviced at a high-end shop, she picked up a magazine and turned to an article with an interview with the violinist James Ehnes. He said, to summarize, that one of the biggest mistakes a player can make when practicing is to keep making the same mistake without actually making a conscious decision about what you’re going to do differently on your next attempt. And honestly??? That’s life-changing advice.

You also have to bear in mind that you might have to try something dozens of different Wrong Ways before you find the right way.

In the case of violin playing, everything we do can be broken down into its smallest parts. For instance, the bow generates sound when drawn across the strings. Several different factors determine what sort of tone quality you’re going to achieve: bow pressure, bow speed, how much bow hair is touching the string, and where on the string the bow is coming in contact. So if you’re trying to create a certain tone quality, those are the things you need to think about. Should I use more bow pressure, or less? Faster bow speed, or slower? Should I play closer to the bridge or closer to the fingerboard? You try different combinations of all those elements until you find what you’re looking for.

So if something in your life that you keep trying at but just can’t seem to get right, break it down into its tiniest steps, and then see what you can change, and then change it.

vaticanomenon

Covid19 Entertainment Masterpost

The Met Opera is releasing a full recording per day.

Feature film archive

Open library

MS-DOS Games

The Live Music Archive

Ephemeral VHS collection

Berlin philarmonic

Museums

Peaches the Mouse by @my-darling-boy

450 Ivy League courses

Natasha and Pierre, King Lear with Anthony Hopkins and Much Ado About Nothing with Tennant

Learn Ancient Languages

suck-too-hard-on-your-jaskier

Oh this is nice.

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And livestreams from the Monterey Bay aquarium!!!

With ten live cams to choose from, you can experience the wonder of the ocean no matter where you are. Be delighted by the antics of our sea

nicollekidman

Carmen, La Bohème, and La Traviata are all slated for next week.

YES

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WATCH: We humans aren’t the only ones who like to dance to the soothing sounds of the violin. Pairi Daiza zoo in Belgium invited violinists to rehearse in front of these elephants.