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Robusto
Robusto
21:30
> "I'm not adverse to having somebody from the Mueller team come and tell the committee what they did and how they did it, as a matter of fact I think that's a really good idea. I'm not so sure Mr. Mueller would be the best person now," Graham said.
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Few unique characters in answer (87): What's the etymology of the word "zilch"? by David K Foat on english.SE
Robusto
Robusto
There's a special place in hell for people who use adverse where averse is warranted.
RegDwigнt
RegDwigнt
@Robusto thank you. That's more than I can ask of anyone. If you need a MIDI with the flute part muted, I can do that at a press of a button.
Now. A more pressing question.
How hard is A flat major on the flute.
I don't know half the fingerings.
Robusto
Robusto
@RegDwigнt Not hard at all.
RegDwigнt
RegDwigнt
Frankly I basically play everything in D major.
@Robusto well that's good news then.
I'm asking because just now someone left a comment on my ex's waltz asking if I can do a flute arrangement.
Robusto
Robusto
21:33
There aren't any scales or arpeggios that are particularly difficult, only certain implementations of them that can be awkward.
RegDwigнt
RegDwigнt
I am thinking of going with the original tonality. That'd be D minor modulating to F minor.
Actually, hang on a sec, lemme show you.
musescore.com/user/27897310/scores/6249536/s/J3UCta
That's a private link. I hope it works.
Robusto
Robusto
Yes, it does.
I have a couple of notes for you. For one, I would want to play it with more rubato than the MIDI allows at this point.
RegDwigнt
RegDwigнt
Well the MIDI allows fuck all. Just listen how half the notes have a different default volume from the rest. And not in any kind of logical way.
And make no mistake, I don't think I'm a fan of the idea in general. I'm just trying to give people whatever they ask for. Forge the iron while it's hot, or whatever that saying is.
Robusto
Robusto
For another, where you have those 3-8th-note pickups you might try putting a grace note on the middle one (which would be the 3rd beat of the measure) to make it more flutelike. It would also move the piece forward more than repeated notes would.
RegDwigнt
RegDwigнt
The original piano piece is very closely scored. For the violin I can maintain that, only adjusting by a third to accomodate its ambitus.
For the flute that doesn't really work. It's sitting an octave higher. So the two planes of tone are very far apart. It's rather disjoint.
Ideally you'd fill that out with some strings and maybe a clarinet. Make it more cohesive.
But hey that's not what they're asking for.
@Robusto that's a very interesting point. I wouldn't have thought of that.
RegDwigнt
RegDwigнt
22:07
Spent a full seven minutes trying to get MuseScore to play one grace note properly. Ugh. Business as usual.
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The lengths you have to go to. Jesus.
RegDwigнt
RegDwigнt
22:26
So anyway. I've updated the score. And then two minutes later the whole site went down by the looks of it.
I've killed MuseScore.
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Robusto
Robusto
23:18
@RegDwigнt Now look what you've done.
Mitch
Mitch
@Robusto 1) also for people who use 'tenant' for 'tenet', but also 2) there's a special place in hell for -just that guy-.
Robusto
Robusto
@Mitch Just which guy?
Mitch
Mitch
@Robusto Oh, OK. I thought it was some thing like the front tire of the guy in back just pops up (and the front guy's back tire might skid a tiny bit).
@Robusto Graham.
Robusto
Robusto
@RegDwigнt OK, good start, but can't you slur the grace notes?
@Mitch As in Lindsey?
Mitch
Mitch
I mean, they should really make reservations for.a whole bunch, each with their own special table, all crowded around the restaurant's bathroom next to the kitchen, except the bathroom is really a truck stop bathroom. But also it's locked.
Robusto
Robusto
23:28
Ah, OK. I get it now.
Mitch
Mitch
@Robusto Exactly. That guy.
Well, there's worse.
But really, that's saying very little nowadays.
Robusto
Robusto
Worse than Graham?
Mitch
Mitch
@M.A.R. Yeah, that sounds intuitively right, and like Rob said, the back tire of the front guy is way more stable.
@Robusto Well yeah.
Name one that is better.
Maybe Romney?
Robusto
Robusto
thinks hard
Mitch
Mitch
They can tie for worst.
Robusto
Robusto
23:31
still thinking
Well, Trump is the absolute worst. We're talking Ninth Circle bad. But his enablers must be arrayed around him on that level.
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