[ExI] new neurons

[William Flynn Wallace]

Other than practice the key to playing the piano is how you use your
thumb.  I highly recommend playing scales and that will teach you how to
use it by turning it under.  bill w

On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 5:29 AM Kunvar Thaman via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Because of improved technology, we can now pack tighter more comfortably.
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> Surely, but it may not be better in all cases. I own a kindle but I still
> prefer reading on physical books (except when I'm traveling or short on
> space or a there's a huge price difference).
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> We can use electronic music and tune it to sound like a piano but that is
> not why we play the piano always. For some, it may be about being able to
> move their fingers over the keys, feeling it, being able to enter a flow
> experience, etc.
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> &Kunvar.
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> On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 12:05 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> > *On Behalf Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
>> *Sent:* Sunday, April 12, 2020 10:57 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] new neurons
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>> By keyboard do you mean a Clavinova or similar?  I have the top of the
>> line Yamaha and it sounds like a grand piano (or any other instrument you
>> can think of).  In fact I sold my grand piano when I bought it.
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>> bill w
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>> BillW, my comment isn’t about pianos, but you inspired it with your
>> observation.
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>> When Kurzweil came along we could make a hell of a good sound with those
>> electronic keyboards, which can be weighted to feel just like a grand and
>> sound better in a way: they can be perfectly in tune.  If you really go in
>> for the expensive ones, they can even resonate nearby pitches the way piano
>> strings do.
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>> We know how much room a grand piano takes in a house.  Those electronic
>> keyboards take up only a fraction of that space, never need tuning, and two
>> fellers can easily move one, so they are better in that sense.  Being in an
>> area where floor space is absurdly expensive, I tend to focus on footprint.
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>> How many examples can you think of where modern technology has allowed us
>> to pack more tightly and do so comfortably?  Camera gear used to be
>> suitcases of specialty lenses, now nearly all obsolete, with a camera in
>> your phone the smaller than the eraser on a standard number 2 pencil.  The
>> computer has obviated the filing cabinet for the most part, and
>> bookshelves, both bigfoot obsolete systems now.
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>> Because of improved technology, we can now pack tighter more comfortably.
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>> spike
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