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(comment) Very happy to read this good news!

@Majokdit 1 year ago

(comment) This is good to see! Thank you for sharing the details of this horrendous accident. btw, Your last film (Hate in School) was awesome! Get well soon, so that you can see to your various startups, and...

@Majokdit 1 year ago

(comment) Engaging story. Make it a movie script someday (while we still have electricity...)

@Majokdit 1 year ago

(comment) "If faith is enough then half of the world should be successful in each of their dealings today." Then when you fail, they either blame YOU for your supposed "lack" of faith, or say that it wasn't G...

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@Majokdit · 1 year ago

Writing Music on a Grand Staff, for Piano, Other Keyboards and Pipe Organ

This is a beginning tutorial for the music notation software called MuseScore 3 [ download here ], which is useful for writing and printing songs and music parts for various instruments, in score fo...

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(comment) Very clear. Thank you for sharing!

@Majokdit 1 year ago

@Majokdit · 1 year ago

Cantus Firmus, Part 4: Modal Jazz, and Early Music

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(comment) Future step is we'll see you combining hobbies: Opening your own football-themed restaurant in vicinity of football terrain. (!) Always enjoy reading your articles!

@Majokdit 1 year ago

@Majokdit · 1 year ago

The Counterpoint "Game" - Part 3

CANTUS FIRMUS: PART 3 - Link to Part 4 Balance, Melodic Tension, Repetition, Beginnings and Endings: This is a continuation of the two previous essays [see link one and link two ], and an ongo...

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(comment) Someone (I don't recall who) said that 'worry kills more people than work, because most people would rather worry than work'. Real world skills, whether physical or mental expertise, are all of valu...

@Majokdit 1 year ago

(comment) More and more I find myself wanting to avoid living in a large city, for various reasons. Cities may become too dangerous to live in, eventually. But even in a city, it's healthy to have as much con...

@Majokdit 1 year ago

@Majokdit · 1 year ago

The Counterpoint "Game" - Part 2

Tempo, Direction, Conjunct vs. Disjunct, Skips and Leaps - Variety! The following material is the second pictorial essay which, like the first essay , has been repurposed from and largely based on...

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(comment) Much appreciation for reading my essay!

@Majokdit 1 year ago

(comment) Thank you very much for reading my essay!

@Majokdit 1 year ago

@Majokdit · 1 year ago

The "Game" of Counterpoint: A Tutorial on CANTUS FIRMUS

The following material is repurposed and largely extracted from a scripted slide show I researched, wrote and presented in video form, approximately five years ago. A comprehension of how to create a...

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(comment) Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts of kindness. Real artists are naturally interested in supporting themselves, but generally not to the detriment of their art, in which they are seeking...

@Majokdit 2 years ago

(comment) Facts! Travel is one activity that is almost always more educational than any classroom experience. Thank you very much for sharing your encouraging thoughts, in spite of the all-too-common thwarte...

@Majokdit 2 years ago

@Majokdit · 2 years ago

Modal Moods: Dorian Mode

Back in the 1950s the British musicologist Deryck Cooke wrote a book about musical expression and communication, in which he presented many fascinating details about how music functions as a universa...

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(comment) I absolutely agree that is best to not be in a hurry to "just write another article" and to take regular rest breaks, from the writing process (as well as to avoid staring at computer screens all da...

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@Majokdit · 2 years ago

Modal Music Explained

“DO RE MI FA SOL LA TI DO” (sung ascending) “DO TI LA SOL FA MI RE DO“ (sung descending) In much music, the “DO” note is placed at the top and bottom of the seven-note scale from which are derived...

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(comment) Another lovely article, hitting on the real intent and purpose of cryptocurrency: freedom. Yes, an asset class it is, useful for investment and trading. But the medium of exchange aspect is what cou...

@Majokdit 2 years ago

@Majokdit · 2 years ago

"It's an Amazing Psychological Phenomenon"

If you've ever enjoyed watching and laughing at the 1980s films "The Gods Must Be Crazy" (I and II), set mostly in the South African country of Botswana, you may recognize the quote in the title. The...

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(comment) "told him about crypto blogging and he turned it down immediately." That about sums it up. Most short cuts are in reality dead ends. People who are desperate to "live large" without earning that sta...

@Majokdit 2 years ago

(comment) Excellent write up on the virtues of owning cryptocurrency. Volatility is a common objection, so we take that into account by never investing in cryptocurrency what we can't afford to lose short ter...

@Majokdit 2 years ago

(comment) and their own exposure to it as well!

@Majokdit 2 years ago

(comment) Mainstream media encourages this - that is, government-regulated broadcast TV, YouTube, some video games, and so-called "popular" music, etc. It's all only "popular" because that same media is paid...

@Majokdit 2 years ago

(comment) The happy-go-lucky, cheerfully casual, spur-of-the-moment man, with no practical, long term plan.

@Majokdit 2 years ago

(comment) I came here from your recent "sequel" article. Nice to read their backstory here, Max! Liking that you are trying to avoid the chemicals; more and more I believe that a lot of modern ailments are ca...

@Majokdit 2 years ago

(comment) I've enjoyed following your farming progress, Max, and this article is an excellent installment. Liking how you were blessed by rescuing animals that had been slated for slaughtering. I'm reminded o...

@Majokdit 2 years ago

(comment) Teaching men to fish is of course the long-term solution, which also includes savings/investing (cryptocurrencies!). But there are other times - call them big and small "emergencies" - when actually...

@Majokdit 2 years ago