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OT, this is the first time I've heard of Pythonista for iOS. It seems like an amazing app, though I can't find many use cases as interesting as this one and there hasn't been much discussion about in on HN over the years.
a. Why not get piano lessons? If you are more interested in the technical fun of messing with software, this approach makes sense, sure. But if you're interested in sight-reading, it seems a bit wild. Sight-reading involves ear training, chunking patterns, etc etc. b. What does GAS mean?
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The one additional thing I forgot to mention is that random notes as per TFA are almost entirely unrelated to the activity of sight reading but random rhythms are not. I made myself a bunch of flashcards with every conceivable combination of notes and rests adding up to a crotchet/quarter note on each card. Then I would scramble the deck , set the metronome and deal myself out say 4 bars of 4/4. Then sing or tap the…
I'm curious in both of these cases what you are using for feedback. Specifically in the rhythm case, how do you know if you nailed it or just played some other rhythm than was shown by your cards? Did you also generate the sound? In the case of playing a random piece of music, if you don't know it, again, how do you know how well you've done? I've been contemplating a similar thing with my repertoire playing, choosin…
And then yes I was ok when I started to really focus on reading but I was very serious about getting good in general so was practicing a bunch of scales, arpeggios, learning other people’s lines, etc. on bass (and guitar) when you play a lot of scales you develop a lot of mechanical memory so you have like a plan in your mind of the entire fingerboard and you can decide where best to shift position etc. I used to come up with studies for myself to practice what to do if I wss in an awkward spot (eq starting low with the tonic on my little finger etc). That stuff ends up helping your reading a lot because you can get yourself our of any kind of jam generally.
> I was not learning to name the key signatures It was mentioned the person was trying to memorize all these with anki or something. There's actually no need. You only need to memorize 2 key signatures and the rest follow a pattern. C major has 0 sharps/flats F major has 1 flat Every sharp key is a half step up from the last sharp shown. G major has 1 sharp F#. G is a half step up from F#. In A major the last sharp i…