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  • Help with this rolled chord in Clair de Lune?

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    @Bernard said: I barely notice it if the Db is dropped from the left hand. Think of it as changing the voicing (dropping the LH Db) versus changing the harmony (dropping the Gb). Yes, it makes total sense! I'm looking forward to trying it this evening. The big question is how it feels under my fingers. I will report back! And thank you for this suggestion, now I won't look like an idiot in my lesson tomorrow for not having noticed this!
  • Narrower Piano Keys

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    @Rontuner said: Voiced and regulated as close to the original, so they could quickly be swapped out Yes, I've read that this isn't that difficult to do. I think the only real problem is making and fitting the actual keyboard, well, the only problem is that it's expensive.
  • Word association thread

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  • Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?

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    We're having something of an Indian Summer here. Photo taken at a nearby RSPB reserve [image: 12124.jpg]
  • Can someone who knows Zoom...

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    Well, would that mean "check in" through the Zoom app or just call in, if anyone knows?
  • Written English, Misc.

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    I have always hated “gifted” ever since I first heard it verbed. Like when someone uses it in the “she gifted me this book” sense. For some reason it sounds less personal to me, like the receiver doesn’t actually have a relationship with the gift giver. Separate from that I generally like verbing. It all depends on the noun that gets verbed.
  • Charles Spencer is telling tales out of school

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    You can't grieve someone you never loved in the first place.
  • Whoa! I just found a new avatar.

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    Go into your account(lowest left icon on main page), edit profile, edit profile again, change picture
  • One of the best actresses of my generation

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  • What's your Uber rating?

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    @kluurs said: 4.79 - not sure who I displeased. You never know when you close a door a little too hard. Rachel always does that as a matter of habit. I’ll bet her rating is relatively bad.
  • Thanks a lot, *ssh*le

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    @Mik BTW don't get me wrong, I'm very happy for you that yours was funded. Any studies getting funded in this admin should be celebrated. But there is (was) a vetting process in place. Trump just ignored it, the way he ignores everything and just does what he wants. So I wouldn't call that winnowing.
  • Laughter is the best medicine

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    Link to video
  • Rosecliff Mansion, Newport

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    Newport, RI Chateau-sur-Mer Link to video I've noticed many of these Gilded Age mansions in Newport had dark interiors. I like that. I think it's beautiful and elegant. Darkness is a rare commodity when sunlight is so relentless imho.
  • Art 2nd Thread

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    Speaking of art, I received some more of my late mother's photographs today. So this was the 4th USPS box of 4 with photographs my cousin found after my father passed. It was joyous! My mother passed in 2014 and so much went missing. But today there was something I wanted a lot. It's a black and white photograph of my mother and me by my first Dr who was a photographer. I had this photograph framed for my mother a long time ago. I would have been maybe 4 and she would have been about 23. Man I need to learn to post pictures.
  • Non sequitur Thread

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    I was beginning to wonder what a girl had to do to get arrested.
  • Tech leaders sign agreement

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    What could possibly go wrong?
  • Best way to clean car windshield?

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    Well, that's ironic. I was taught to use vinegar and newspapers, iirc. I think the paper was meant to be abrasive. I still use vinegar. I use it with paper towels.
  • New semester starts soon at the music school

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    @Bernard that sounds like a great approach!!
  • Meta-thread: Word association thread

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    hauteur-> haughty Same root word