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In general, it'd probably help to have specific goals. Make a list of the stuff you want to learn and come up with a time frame for learning it, being as specific as you can in all of it. Do you take private lessons? If so, ask your teacher this question. Also, don't listen to anything you...

I completely agree with this. However, I think if we're going to think about these ideas, we might as well go as deep as possible. And the math isn't that hard at all. If, for example, you wanted to know just how close the first node of the sixth partial is to an in tune B-flat on the G...

This is interesting stuff. You can calculate the exact value of those two question marks, as well as all of the other values to their exact accuracy, using frequency ratios based on vibrating string length and the fact that a half step in equal temperament is an increase in frequency by a...

Let's hear what you sound like. I want to know how accurate "accurate" is for you.

How long have you been playing for?

I know the piece. I'd definitely recommend against transposing it.

Owen Lee made a similar post a year or two ago about the school that he teaches at, and they shut him down. I don't know exactly what the rules are, but I hope they let you keep this up. If I were 10 years younger I'd be applying to SUNY Stony Brook..

TL;DR: According to a report from some group I've never heard of, American orchestras now make more money from donations than from ticket sales. Also, there have been a lot of strikes and lockouts.

ROTC guy from Animal House!

What should I do with my life, Matt Holt?

I'm pretty sure Andy is assistant principal and is not leaving.