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Git GitHub: a primer, Chapter 1. I’ve decided to start a series of tutorials on using git and GitHub in the hope it will help a complete newcomer to the topic, and also further my own understanding. Git is a very powerful tool and I myself only know how to use a small subset of its capabilities, but even as I write this tutorial I’m learning cool new things about it! What is version control? Consider the following scenario. You write some code. It works. You write some code. It works. Which is a sort of ...
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Mathemusings: notes vs. tones, digits vs. numbers
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Monday, 16 December 2013. Notes vs. tones, digits vs. numbers. There is a little linguistic problem that I've been puzzling over quite a lot recently. It concerns what can probably be best described, in abstract terms, as differentiation between quantity. In binary this is pretty easy, as there are only 2 possible values. However, if I said 'a byte has 8 digits', and you didn't have the assumed knowledge about binary, it could be misunderstood to mean a byte has 8 values. It seems that most often digit.
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Mathemusings: Piano technique in the works of J.S. Bach
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Tuesday, 26 August 2014. Piano technique in the works of J.S. Bach. I've been thinking about this for a while and finally decided it was worth writing about. Since an enourmous amount of work is required to get a piece to performance standard anyway, this shouldn't be a problem. However, I've discovered that for me, at least, there are some issues with memorising pieces in which I can't rely on fingering defaults. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Student pianist/composer, alto, metalhead, cat person, ...
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Mathemusings: November 2013
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Friday, 29 November 2013. The CHORD of resignation. Before you read any further, please be aware that none of this post will make sense unless you've read this first. The minor 7th chord consists of a stack of alternating major and minor thirds: min 3rd, maj 3rd, min 3rd, maj 3rd. It's always been my favorite chord, and at the time of writing the post linked above I was even vaguely aware that there was some connection between this chord and the chord progression. If we were still in B flat minor (which ...
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Mathemusings: December 2013
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Monday, 16 December 2013. Notes vs. tones, digits vs. numbers. There is a little linguistic problem that I've been puzzling over quite a lot recently. It concerns what can probably be best described, in abstract terms, as differentiation between quantity. In binary this is pretty easy, as there are only 2 possible values. However, if I said 'a byte has 8 digits', and you didn't have the assumed knowledge about binary, it could be misunderstood to mean a byte has 8 values. It seems that most often digit.
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Mathemusings: Lazy piano technique
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Saturday, 22 February 2014. While practising the piano recently, I observed something in my technique which I'd never really paid much attention to before, although I know it's always been there. It struck me as interesting enough to blog about, although it may bore you to death. Contrast this with what I'm going to call "free" technique (you might as well call it "lazy" technique). This is how I usually play something I know well from memory. It involves absolutely no conscious thought, allowing...Once ...
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Mathemusings: February 2013
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Sunday, 17 February 2013. Concert review: Alexander Gavrylyuk 16/2/13. Last Saturday I went to a recital by Alexander Gavrylyuk at the Melbourne Recital Centre. It's the third time I've seen him perform, which is testimony to my high opinion of his playing. I remember that the first time I heard him, I came away with the impression that he was a perfect. His interpretation was not quite to my taste, since I like my Bach Glenn-Gould style: dry and 'crunchy', without any pedal, and hard-edged rather than p...
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Mathemusings: May 2013
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Thursday, 30 May 2013. A follow-up on the Chord Progression of Resignation. A couple of months ago I wrote this blog post. About how harmonic structure relates to the emotional impact of music. It was something I'd been considering for a long time, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to discuss something so personal; I don't like talking about the emotional aspect of music, preferring to let it speak for itself (as, in my opinion, it should.). When I was in the process of writing my previous blog post, I actua...
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