Comments for Stephan Wehner http://stephan.sugarmotor.org Blog and Homepage Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:27:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on an email about the HandyDart strike by barb morgan http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/2009/12/an-email-about-the-handydart-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-1611 barb morgan Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:27:20 +0000 http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/?p=321#comment-1611 Thanks,you are a wise and knowlege seeking man.I wish more TransLink took half the time you took for your research. Thanks,you are a wise and knowlege seeking man.I wish more TransLink took half the time you took for your research.

]]> Comment on a sign-up-form lesson by Steve White http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/2009/09/298/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 Steve White Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:47:41 +0000 http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/?p=298#comment-1490 It can be done by a non-speaker of Chinese who knows how to work a Chinese dictionary. This is non-trivial, but a lot easier than learning Chinese. Has to do with learining how to count the strokes in the character, and how to at least distinguish about 40 "radicals". With that, you can get a prononciation which you could look up in an on-line dictionary to get an encoded character. I expect it would take me 20 minutes or so for your two characters. I could show you sometime, if you like. It can be done by a non-speaker of Chinese who knows how to work a Chinese dictionary. This is non-trivial, but a lot easier than learning Chinese. Has to do with learining how to count the strokes in the character, and how to at least distinguish about 40 “radicals”.
With that, you can get a prononciation which you could look up in an on-line dictionary to get an encoded character.
I expect it would take me 20 minutes or so for your two characters.

I could show you sometime, if you like.

]]> Comment on Surface Spherical Harmonics by Geology Links for October 30th, 2009 | The Geology News Blog http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/surface-spherical-harmonics/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 Geology Links for October 30th, 2009 | The Geology News Blog Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:04:46 +0000 http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/?page_id=40#comment-1326 [...] Stephan Wehner: Blog and Homepage » Surface Spherical Harmonics [...] [...] Stephan Wehner: Blog and Homepage » Surface Spherical Harmonics [...]

]]> Comment on slashdot down by Freddy Bowen http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/2009/05/slashdot-down/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Freddy Bowen Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:52:42 +0000 http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/?p=246#comment-752 Guru Meditation is a sweet Commodore Amiga reference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Meditation Guru Meditation is a sweet Commodore Amiga reference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Meditation

]]> Comment on slashdot down by sw http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/2009/05/slashdot-down/comment-page-1/#comment-479 sw Sat, 09 May 2009 05:15:56 +0000 http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/?p=246#comment-479 Hey Per, updated the post to address who is responsible for what. Thanks Stephan Hey Per,

updated the post to address who is responsible for what.

Thanks

Stephan

]]> Comment on slashdot down by Per Buer http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/2009/05/slashdot-down/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Per Buer Fri, 08 May 2009 10:58:24 +0000 http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/?p=246#comment-461 Just to be clear. The message indicates that system _behind_ varnish is down - not Varnish it self. Unless configured to do magic - Varnish will just show what the back end system delivers or a 503 if it can't reach the backend. Just to be clear. The message indicates that system _behind_ varnish is down – not Varnish it self. Unless configured to do magic – Varnish will just show what the back end system delivers or a 503 if it can’t reach the backend.

]]> Comment on how to play the moonlight sonata by AJC http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/2009/03/how-to-play-the-moonlight-sonata/comment-page-1/#comment-170 AJC Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:32:06 +0000 http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/?p=197#comment-170 Hi Stephan It was a pleasure to hear you play and see how far you've developed since the last time I heard you. Wow, you've really done your research. I commend you for your deligence. Your summarization of the main points are excellent and no doubt a good learning tool as well to help you solidy what you learned. I'm pleased to have been able to help. A comment re Horowitz - pianists use "rubato" (accelerando and deccelerando) to add movement, or flow, to a section of music; it is particularly useful in that section of the Moonlight (with the ascending triadic patterns). I mentioned that Gould is known for his liberal use of rubato; I haven't specifically listened to any Horowitz Moonlight recordings but I'm sure he used lots of rubato. Lastly - Others may disagree, I wouldn't call the Moonlight theme polyrythmic. While there is the dotted 8th & 16th note pattern over the triplet, the polyrhymic aspect is relatively small compared to other pieces, particularly as you get into 20th C music. And many pianists are quite loose in their interpretation of this rhythm - the main thing is to find what sounds and feels right to you so that when you play, it will come more naturally. At this stage, I wouldn't worry about nailing the polyrhytm - four 8ths against triplet 8ths - it's one of those tapping your head while rubbing your stomach tricks that can take a lot of time to figure out. (If you feel like it by all means, go for it. I can show you some tricks for getting playing 4's against 3's, etc.). For the time being, just listen to the how the pattern sounds in various recordings - pick one you like, and try to emulate it - just practicing with the right hand some of the time (melody alone and with the octave) until the theme is solid in your hands (i.e., your little finger) and ear, and then add the triplets. Take heart with the pedalling - every one finds it tricky when they first start using the pedal to bring out the melody while maintaining the harmonic background (i.e., that quick up-down movement played just at the moment of or even slightly before the chord change). It's like learning to drive standard - you're paying attention to all kinds of other things and it's hard to figure out & control what your feet are doing at the same time, but it will come. Have fun! Cheers, Andrea. Hi Stephan
It was a pleasure to hear you play and see how far you’ve developed since the last time I heard you. Wow, you’ve really done your research. I commend you for your deligence.

Your summarization of the main points are excellent and no doubt a good learning tool as well to help you solidy what you learned. I’m pleased to have been able to help.

A comment re Horowitz – pianists use “rubato” (accelerando and deccelerando) to add movement, or flow, to a section of music; it is particularly useful in that section of the Moonlight (with the ascending triadic patterns). I mentioned that Gould is known for his liberal use of rubato; I haven’t specifically listened to any Horowitz Moonlight recordings but I’m sure he used lots of rubato.

Lastly – Others may disagree, I wouldn’t call the Moonlight theme polyrythmic. While there is the dotted 8th & 16th note pattern over the triplet, the polyrhymic aspect is relatively small compared to other pieces, particularly as you get into 20th C music. And many pianists are quite loose in their interpretation of this rhythm – the main thing is to find what sounds and feels right to you so that when you play, it will come more naturally.

At this stage, I wouldn’t worry about nailing the polyrhytm – four 8ths against triplet 8ths – it’s one of those tapping your head while rubbing your stomach tricks that can take a lot of time to figure out. (If you feel like it by all means, go for it. I can show you some tricks for getting playing 4’s against 3’s, etc.).

For the time being, just listen to the how the pattern sounds in various recordings – pick one you like, and try to emulate it – just practicing with the right hand some of the time (melody alone and with the octave) until the theme is solid in your hands (i.e., your little finger) and ear, and then add the triplets.

Take heart with the pedalling – every one finds it tricky when they first start using the pedal to bring out the melody while maintaining the harmonic background (i.e., that quick up-down movement played just at the moment of or even slightly before the chord change). It’s like learning to drive standard – you’re paying attention to all kinds of other things and it’s hard to figure out & control what your feet are doing at the same time, but it will come.

Have fun! Cheers, Andrea.

]]> Comment on google broken by StoveTop Overtones http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/2009/01/google-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-54 StoveTop Overtones Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:28:57 +0000 http://stephan.sugarmotor.org/?p=134#comment-54 May be it is time to try something different: clusty? StoveTop May be it is time to try something different: clusty?

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