People fail to realise that I am almost always off in my own world. I do not ignore you intentionally, I just don't realise that the world my body is in wants my attention. Be gentle with my wandering brain, because it will overreact to your offence.
It's kinda been a brute force process for me. I still don't get every rhythm or pitch right, and I've been playing the piano for at least 14 years (unless you count what I did at 2 years old with no lessons as "playing piano", in which case 16). I also play guitar, but the process is similar.
As you do more playing, you'll find your brain automatically places notes correctly (I no longer have to think almost at all about notes within one ledger line of the main stave for either clef) which will help with playing rhythm, which should also be getting better with playing. You can also train rhythm specifically with exercises. This can be as simple as ignoring the pitch of a note and just playing/clapping rhythms, or you can use exercises you find online.
I did grades, and the progression of these can be very helpful. Not only does the gradual increase in the difficulty of pieces give a nice guided progression, but the exam board I use now, Trinity, has exercises at the back of each book, of which you must learn some (i think one from each category), and one category is rhythm. For my grade six, for example, one of them was all about 3:2 (three against two) polyrhythms, look them up to figure them out, or you can ask and I'll try to explain.
Overall, keep trying to have fun. Play things you enjoy, play things you think are weird or might be a good challenge, improvise, whatever. Just play stuff, it'll get easier.
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU READ MUSIC NOTES??? HOW????
Keep the flame going for those we have lost to suicide.
Was at christmas dinner and my aunt is talking about some French celebrity I don't know about because I don't live here and just says "I was fine with her until she turned out muslim" and i genuinely was unable to speak for several minutes because it came completely out of nowhere. Just silently sat like
and my whole family just kept talking like nothing happened wtf.
gone
I want to play a game with you all.
You have to make a new word by changing only one letter of the last word.
Dirt
Bog Leaving time folks
FUCK. honestly just FUCK. We missed a very important day yesterday.
ironic right wing shit will erode your mind without fail. I don't touch that shit
curious to hear y'all's suggestions for the worst possible pasta shape
(Assume that "pasta" needs to be made of sheets or strands of dough with enough surface area relative to thickness so that they can be cooked.)
No-one:
My 2am suicidal thoughts: Give up, Wah-ha!
From now on, all of my intrusive thoughts will be voiced by Waluigi.
I am a human I swear / 18 / Pan / Any pronouns / I do not post much
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