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the piano is a percussion instrument …so why not use it to make the rhythm backing track?🧐 Factoids #1 although (obviously) the instrument uses strings to produce the 88 tuned notes (on most pianos), in orchestral scores the piano is grouped with the percussion section because the keys are struck, it provides rhythmic emphasis, and it cannot sustain or swell a note like a bowed string instrument #2 some pianists have developed this feature of the piano, using the wooden case, fittings and mechanisms to create percussion effects during performance. Hungarian composer /maestro Peter Bence shows how he does this in his arrangement +recording of Michael Jackson’s ‘Human Nature’, using ‘looping & layering’ of the recorded percussion sounds in the mixer desk to create the rhythm backing track to his keyboard performance

🤣😂classic way to restart the ‘border wars’

oh you do, Krista everyone has an accent even if it’s just ‘posh’

rife across the UK I like the variety of accents, but many Scots defeat me (‘Double Dutch’ my grandma would scornfully declare ) the only thing that matters is diction - spoken English is incomprehensible without clearly enunciated consonants my ‘gaydar’ is constantly scanning people and flagging up ‘Gay!!’ according to the excellence (or not) of their diction and elocution

I’m not an author but I have thought about how I would use AI tools if I were, and that’s in the structure / planning of the story eg opening scene introducing the MC (or not), main story arc, engaging sub-plots, cast and so on We know that even “the greats” (composers too) have sometimes hit the proverbial brick wall and abandoned works because the structure was wrong and they couldn’t figure out how to fix it, or perhaps set it aside hoping future inspiration might find that elusive fix It’s how writers chose to use these AI tools that opens up the potential for them to inspire genuine creativity, not just to churn out derivative content based on soulless algorithms

looks like what my gran used to call “cough medicine”

UK ‘leaders’ v busy rolling out more +more requirements - guess EU too

mostly it’s tea, quite strong, in a mug (at least 3 mugs each morning ) - what we call ‘builder’s tea’ (cos that’s how builders like it ) here’s some builders hard at work, drinking tea https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/hr-skills-news/construction-workers-spend-130-hours-a-year-on-tea-breaks/35827/

that’s not enough I used simple words - love, honesty, openness, communication - but their meanings are anything but simple unless both you and your partner have complete, mutual certainty about these then you shouldn’t But… never underestimate the power of desire That’s why these words are so important

if this is based on your mutual love for each other, and honesty, and openness and full communication with each other on everything you think and do, then why not?

Sir David Attenborough 100 years old on Friday 8 May 🎂 🎉 🥂🍾 still making TV shows

cancel the sub

UK schools are now banning kids using phones in schools - takes some of the heat /rage /hissy fits /rolling-around-on-the-floor-and-screaming off the dads…

light mode on everything (iPad iPhone laptop) - I simply adjust the contrast at night …and grope around for the claw hammer 🔨 when evil devices switch to dark mode without my permission

sadly, Noah only stuck around for a year - last seen 7 years ago

Rat Rules #1 Just because you can’t see them doesn’t mean they’re not there… #2 Do NOT do what she did… #3 Screams are permitted

Van cats these are not ‘Top Cat’ feral cats that live in old rusty vans and bins and terrorise the neighbourhood they are a naturally evolved breed of domestic cat found around Lake Van in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, with mostly white fur and often different coloured eyes, that enjoy swimming and love their owners (unlike all other cats )

UK younger gen - slut seems to be more ‘gender neutral’, especially in the queer communities, even ‘reclaimed’ as other derogatory words have been (eg ‘queer’ itself) can’t speak for US - totally different language

I think this is a warning - don’t provoke Krista

first thing kids learn - how to lie

sorry to disappoint, but parents always embarrass their kids - it’s in the Rulebook, you know, the one that’s not been written

I guess that’s been a dynamic within families back to the dawn of humankind (also in the animal world) I have no kids so can only comment from observations of all those I’ve encountered and my own childhood experience (which included freedoms that probably wouldn’t/couldn’t happen now) families are the most important social unit in a healthy society but there is no Rulebook for parenting, no universal ‘recipe for success’ your questions are thoughtful and interesting and show your awareness and understanding and desire to learn which I think are key attributes in successful parenting (along with unconditional love, nurturing, support, patience and many others) together with who YOU are as a human being maybe you should write about your experience as a parent

Hmm looks delicious! *licks lips* a favourite dish in Adana, Turkey - maybe everywhere…

we are so lucky that spiders are small…

🎶 “In The Navy!” 🎶 - so what really goes on? 🧐