Q. I've been studying music in school and I've recently been focusing on ear training, and I've become quite confident in intervals, melodic dictation, and a few other things, but I'm hitting a wall when it comes to chord progressions, inversions, and harmony.
The software we use only asks us questions over and over again and I don't feel like I'm going anywhere with it. Is there some other way I study without all the trial and error?
A. It is to be hoped there is some individual within your reach, an advanced or graduate student, whom you could ask for help or even (gasp!) hire for several tutorial sessions. This sounds / seems like a small 'speed bump' and I think you would only need two or three sessions to get over it.
The tutor could play the problematic chords and progressions on the piano, 'drill you' just as you would be tested or as asked of you in class, and they can see more precisely what you are having trouble with.
Your question is demonstrable proof there is no real interaction with a video or DVD.
Most importantly, and the best reason for a tutor for you:
From individual to individual, we perceive the same object or problem differently. Often (I suspect it here) it is more a matter of what you are thinking about it and how you think about it which first needs to be understood to better advise you of another approach as to 'how to think about it,' and that will then change how you listen to allow you to 'get it.'
So here we are on line, the non-interactive DVD no worse really than any other advice you could be given about training your ear, also on line, and in words. That's the trouble when the medium is sound.
If there is anyone who is four years ahead, has completed the set of courses, they might be able to help as I've described above.
Best regards.
i just bought a an electric keyboardand i am looking for materials to?
Q. start practising.please e mail me chords or links as to where man can get this things right.
A. Here's an interactive chord chart: http://www.8notes.com/resources/notefinders/piano_chords.asp
Some free sheet music downloads: http://www.8notes.com/piano_sheet_music.asp
If you're a beginner, here are some more pieces: http://www.music-scores.com/skill/composer2.php?skill=1&name=Piano
Is it possible to detect multiple exoplanets using radial velocity tehnique?
Q. I know that the kepler 22-b was detected
A. Yes, it is possible, and has been done many times. You specifically mention Kepler 22b; that system has only one known planet, and it was detected by the transit method (not radial velocity).
For an example of multiple planets detected by radial velocity: The star Gliese 581 has at least four planets, and there is evidence for two more (but not yet confirmed). They were all detected by the radial velocity technique. You might be wondering how you can tell that the star is wobbling because of the gravitational pull of four planets, instead of just one. The answer is that the planets have different orbital periods. Each planet in the system takes a different amount of time to go around the star once, from 3 days up to 2 months. If you continue to follow the star's radial velocity for long enough to get one complete orbit of the outermost planet, you can disentangle them pretty well by separating out the different frequency components. This is similar to how your ear (and brain) can break a sound into different frequency components to recognize the difference between a single note on a piano and a chord.
The second link below is an interactive applet that lets you control a simulated planetary system and see what the radial velocity profile looks like. You can select "Multiple planets" and see how the two planets come in at distinct periods.
The third link is a paper from the CORALIE survey. In it you can find several plots of the radial velocity measurement vs. time for systems with one detected planet, and two plots for two-planet systems. (Look at Fig. 6, on page 10.)
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