Leanne
@violaleanne.bsky.social
Violist, knitter, writer, general odd-duck-about-town. AuDHD. Read anything, always have a couple of cats, and if it's about dragons, otters or hedgehogs, I'm interested. Probably really a dragon anyway, given the size of this book collection... (she/her)
I think everybody hates moving house, but especially people with lots of books. Which is why I refuse to do it until I'm forced to (or finally buy my own house, but ehhh not looking super likely right now...). Good luck!
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I think everybody hates moving house, but especially people with lots of books. Which is why I refuse to do it until I'm forced to (or finally buy my own house, but ehhh not looking super likely right now...). Good luck!
Redefine common anagrams, most ridiculous answer wins, based on volume of laughter produced by the other players upon hearing it?
November 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Redefine common anagrams, most ridiculous answer wins, based on volume of laughter produced by the other players upon hearing it?
I thought I had an appt on the 4th, so I planned for it, made sure I was awake on time, and a little voice in my head said "hey, how come no reminder text?" Double-checked. It's on 4 Nov all right - of 2026. 😝
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I thought I had an appt on the 4th, so I planned for it, made sure I was awake on time, and a little voice in my head said "hey, how come no reminder text?" Double-checked. It's on 4 Nov all right - of 2026. 😝
It bloody sucks. We talk about the US having a prison problem but y'know, it extends even further than incarceration...
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It bloody sucks. We talk about the US having a prison problem but y'know, it extends even further than incarceration...
...yes I have EDS too. *REALLY BIG SIGH*
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
...yes I have EDS too. *REALLY BIG SIGH*
but she doesn't speak Italian. I at least speak enough to get by on directions, menus and bargaining with street vendors. 😜 My main goal was Scotland though. *sigh* Bestie with an in-demand epidemiologist husband managed it in 6 months. But no IRN BRU for me... 2/2
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
but she doesn't speak Italian. I at least speak enough to get by on directions, menus and bargaining with street vendors. 😜 My main goal was Scotland though. *sigh* Bestie with an in-demand epidemiologist husband managed it in 6 months. But no IRN BRU for me... 2/2
I tried to emigrate for 10 years before giving up. Turns out most countries don't want a single freelance borderline-disabled AuDHD female musician dropping in. Even if four great-grandparents came from there. (Lookin' at you, Italy.) Ironically, my mother with four *grandparents* could qualify 1/2
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I tried to emigrate for 10 years before giving up. Turns out most countries don't want a single freelance borderline-disabled AuDHD female musician dropping in. Even if four great-grandparents came from there. (Lookin' at you, Italy.) Ironically, my mother with four *grandparents* could qualify 1/2
Took me a sec, but...
a man in a green shirt is surrounded by a bunch of stuffed animals
Alt: Tribble-valanche!
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November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Took me a sec, but...
Sure do! 😂😂😂 Fun little thing. Second quest is still hard though...
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Sure do! 😂😂😂 Fun little thing. Second quest is still hard though...
I tried to explain Tetley to someone and seriously failed. People just need to meet her, I think.
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I tried to explain Tetley to someone and seriously failed. People just need to meet her, I think.
Different skills for different styles. Man, the original thread topic waaaaaaay up there was about reading and how screwed up the way (word) reading is taught in many schools is. We certainly went far afield... so I suppose I won't infodump about music theory here. 😂
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Different skills for different styles. Man, the original thread topic waaaaaaay up there was about reading and how screwed up the way (word) reading is taught in many schools is. We certainly went far afield... so I suppose I won't infodump about music theory here. 😂
If you're not dead, it's not too late!
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
If you're not dead, it's not too late!
I functioned for six years before correcting that (and as you can probably tell from my handle and photo, I'm a professional musician today). I sometimes daydream about having had proper instruction from the get-go instead of the mish-mash I got... *sigh* 4/4
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I functioned for six years before correcting that (and as you can probably tell from my handle and photo, I'm a professional musician today). I sometimes daydream about having had proper instruction from the get-go instead of the mish-mash I got... *sigh* 4/4
and strings just AREN'T. And yes, reading by interval is totally valid, and an important sight-reading skill for sure. I definitely didn't know my note names properly until I started correcting my reading deficiencies (was taught strings and fingers only at first - GAH) and I have no idea how 3/4
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
and strings just AREN'T. And yes, reading by interval is totally valid, and an important sight-reading skill for sure. I definitely didn't know my note names properly until I started correcting my reading deficiencies (was taught strings and fingers only at first - GAH) and I have no idea how 3/4
on viola. Granted only 2 or 3 would be likely candidates in most passages, but the others do exist. I have an adult student who's professional level on clarinet and she sometimes gets very frustrated with sight-reading on viola because clarinet is nearly a 1:1 correlation from note to fingering 2/4
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
on viola. Granted only 2 or 3 would be likely candidates in most passages, but the others do exist. I have an adult student who's professional level on clarinet and she sometimes gets very frustrated with sight-reading on viola because clarinet is nearly a 1:1 correlation from note to fingering 2/4
Yeah, tablature is a different kind of notation, but it's still notation and I know it works better than standard for some things. The note repetition thing is big too - to play A440 on a piano, you press that key and... that's it, that's the only option. There are *14* ways to play that note 1/4
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Yeah, tablature is a different kind of notation, but it's still notation and I know it works better than standard for some things. The note repetition thing is big too - to play A440 on a piano, you press that key and... that's it, that's the only option. There are *14* ways to play that note 1/4
(We're still close. It was a wake-up call I desperately needed.) Please note (pun intended) that I'm not knocking people who play by ear - that's a fabulous skill and not at all easy, it's just a DIFFERENT skill. In my opinion you need both abilities as a professional. 4/4
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
(We're still close. It was a wake-up call I desperately needed.) Please note (pun intended) that I'm not knocking people who play by ear - that's a fabulous skill and not at all easy, it's just a DIFFERENT skill. In my opinion you need both abilities as a professional. 4/4
I am actually going to have to do this properly because all the cheats are broken now. Don't even get me started on key signatures and rhythm, PHEW. I was told at age 16 by someone I adored and respected "You really can't count your way out of a paper bag" and oof. Got right on that problem. 3/4
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I am actually going to have to do this properly because all the cheats are broken now. Don't even get me started on key signatures and rhythm, PHEW. I was told at age 16 by someone I adored and respected "You really can't count your way out of a paper bag" and oof. Got right on that problem. 3/4
and were things like "open strings are on spaces" and "odd fingers lines, even fingers spaces" which completely breaks down as soon as you have to play in 2nd/4th/6th etc. positions, and of course cello open strings are on lines and the finger patterns are different and my brain went ohhhhh crap 2/4
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
and were things like "open strings are on spaces" and "odd fingers lines, even fingers spaces" which completely breaks down as soon as you have to play in 2nd/4th/6th etc. positions, and of course cello open strings are on lines and the finger patterns are different and my brain went ohhhhh crap 2/4
Well, NOW I just look at it and know what it is, the same way I do with words. The cheats I'm referring to relate specifically to bowed strings (especially violin, because by the time I added cello and viola I'd figured out the problem - honestly adding cello is what *highlighted* the problem) 1/4
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Well, NOW I just look at it and know what it is, the same way I do with words. The cheats I'm referring to relate specifically to bowed strings (especially violin, because by the time I added cello and viola I'd figured out the problem - honestly adding cello is what *highlighted* the problem) 1/4
a 4, then it's a quarter note (this is where the fractions DO come in, because a quarter is 1/4 as a fraction). Exceptions for compound meter but I'm not gonna get into that because even my AuDHD ass *sometimes* knows when over-clarification makes things murkier. 😜 3/3
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
a 4, then it's a quarter note (this is where the fractions DO come in, because a quarter is 1/4 as a fraction). Exceptions for compound meter but I'm not gonna get into that because even my AuDHD ass *sometimes* knows when over-clarification makes things murkier. 😜 3/3
just listening to something, whether it's written in 3/8, 3/4 or 3/2 is pretty darn irrelevant. It's just "in three". The top number tells you how many beats are in each unit, called a measure or bar, of the written music. The bottom number tells you what kind of note that beat is - so if it's 2/3
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
just listening to something, whether it's written in 3/8, 3/4 or 3/2 is pretty darn irrelevant. It's just "in three". The top number tells you how many beats are in each unit, called a measure or bar, of the written music. The bottom number tells you what kind of note that beat is - so if it's 2/3
I know that it can be really hard to unlearn something you've gotten into your head (see previous thread... 🤪) but a time signature is not a fraction, despite looking like one. 3/4 and 6/8 time feel completely different. The top and bottom are pretty independent of each other. And if you're 1/3
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I know that it can be really hard to unlearn something you've gotten into your head (see previous thread... 🤪) but a time signature is not a fraction, despite looking like one. 3/4 and 6/8 time feel completely different. The top and bottom are pretty independent of each other. And if you're 1/3