Fundamentals of Piano Practice: Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. 66. This example was selected because (1) everyone likes this composition, (2) without good learning methods it can seem impossible to learn, (3) the exhilaration of suddenly being able to play it is unmatched, (4) the challenges of the piece are ideal for illustration purposes, and (5) this is the kind of piece that you will be working on all your life in order to do "incredible things" with it, so you might as well start now!
Most students who have difficulty do so because they can't get started and the initial hurdle produces a mental block that makes them doubt their ability to play this piece. There is no better demonstration of the efficacy of the methods of this book than demonstrating how to learn this composition. However, because this piece is reasonably difficult, you should read section III before learning it. You will need about 2 yrs of piano lessons before you can start learning this piece.
We start by reviewing the preliminary work with HS practice and mental play. The Ocean Cleanup - Boyan Slat. How to play Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu C# Minor: analysis, tips, masterclasses Opus 66. Tiny Off-Grid Cabin in Maine is Completely Self-Sustaining. A project 30 years in the making, this tiny off-grid retreat on a coastal island in Maine is almost entirely self-sufficient. Designed and built by Alex Porter for her father, the project features a shed roof and is wrapped in a distinctive blue-grey corrugated skin.
Dwell recently profiled the home, which is the only solar-powered retreat on the isolated island – its sustainable power source actually makes life a lot more leisurely, as the family does not need to schlep in fuel to run a noisy generator. They didn’t give anything up, as they have all the conveniences of a regular home — but with a view you don’t get in an everyday residence. The house is situated on a tiny sleeve of rock tucked close to the water. The sturdy steel cladding was chosen for a good reason: the northern squall can be relentless. The cabin has a series of rolling storm panels that ward off the elements. Photos by Eirick Johnson. How to Memorize a Shuffled Deck of Cards in Less Than 60 Seconds (Plus: $10,000 Challenge)
(Photo credit: Jystyn ) To become a Grand Master of Memory–fewer than 100 in the world can claim that title–you need to satisfy each of the following in competitions approved by the World Memory Sport Council: • Memorize the order of 10 decks of cards in 60 minutes. • Memorize 1,000 random digits in 60 minutes. • Memorize the order of one deck of cards in less than two minutes. Ed Cooke first hit this trifecta when he was 23.
He later came to international attention when he coached journalist Joshua Foer from ground zero to U.S. Memory Champion in one year, a feat chronicled by Foer in the best-seller Moonwalking with Einstein . Ed has memorized a shuffled deck of cards in competition in 43 seconds. I asked him if he’d open the kimono and explain his method, and he very graciously agreed. It takes around four hours to get comfortable with Ed’s best-of-breed system. (Im)practically speaking, it’s just freaking amazingly cool. Step One: Learning the Cards The Suits (think: personalities):
Twitch. 10 ways technology will change travel by 2020. 13 future car technologies for your road trip in 2020. Pretty soon, we won’t be able to call it “driving” anymore. COMPARING THE AUTO INDUSTRY to the computer industry is like comparing two different generations of technology. We’ve got super-fast smartphones and iPods streaming Rhapsody in our pockets, but satellite radio and clunky GPS devices attached to our dashboards. Automakers are aware they’re a little behind the times, and by 2020, many are promising dashboard and safety systems as sophisticated as iPads — maybe even more so. 1. Wifi Obvious, but vital; most of the technologies on this list would be fairly useless if the car wasn’t a rolling hotspot.
Ford has introduced this in some models with their Sync system, and Toyota is working with Intel on developing one of their own. 2. I take it back — this is the most vital technological advancement in automobiles. Voice recognition is still making its way from novelty to necessary, even in the smartphone world, as it’s proven a difficult technology to master. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Fighting the good fight: Can our world be saved? So maybe the apocalypse is upon us. Or maybe things are getting better. Who knows? Photo: DavidCiriaco Questions, debates, and arguments tend to flow non-stop from our media about such loving and easy topics as the war in Afghanistan, global warming, and Tiger Wood’s affair(s). I’ve felt particularly pulled from end of the spectrum to the other over the past couple of days. One of Matador’s writers, Nick Rowlands, passed along an interesting, albeit extraordinarily we’re-going-straight-down-the-tubage, debate between George Monbiot, author of several investigative travel books and a weekly column for the Guardian, and Paul Kingsnorth, director of the Dark Mountain Project.
In the letter exchange, well worth reading by the way, Kingsnorth takes the “shits already hit the fan, let’s get on with this apocalypse now and start over” approach. Monbiot, while identifying with the fact that we are in a precarious situation, believes that we have to go on fighting the good fight. Whew, intense. British Scientist Promises Invisibility Cloak in Two Years. Soon enough, you might be able to hide yourself instantaneously from that annoying neighbor with the flick of a cloak.
Photo: Source Alright, kids: the future is just about here. A British scientist was recently awarded £100,000 by the Royal Society to develop an invisibility cloak. Yes, really. It seems the good (mad?) Sweet. But it seems this type of project has already been in the works for a while. My question is, when will that invisibility cloak get me across the globe without having to board a plane? What do you think about the possibility of an invisibility cloak existing in the next two years? Community Connection Interested in the possibility of time travel?