u/Johnvro

Any track or tracks that have pianos played in a "jazzy" style (for a lack of a better term)?

Any track or tracks that have pianos played in a "jazzy" style (for a lack of a better term)?

I hope the title describes well enough what type of soundtracks I am looking for, but in case it is not enough, I am looking for video game music that has piano played in a somewhat...vibrant and quite energizing way, as if it is not just a "background" instrument. As an example, I bring you two tunes that come to mind when I talk about this type of piano:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDozf9R-wOA - You Will Know Our Names from Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Between 1:46 and 2:20 you may hear a piano. That is the type of piano performance I am talking about.

https://youtu.be/o4VLdiiAeQ8?si=PehKcxkt0WmvGD3p - This Rainbow Road Medley Remix from Mario Kart World

I was a bit hesitant to share this one because it is not an official track per se, but it is the one tune that I always come back whenever I want some of that jazzy piano that I have grown addicted to. The most prominent parts that have the jazzy piano I am talking about (or at least, it sounds like a piano to me) are 0:56-1:28, 2:00-2:22, 5:08-5:33 and 5:56-6:18.

Maybe I am actually wrong, and that cannot be called a jazzy piano, or no piano at all. In that case, I would love if you could share game music with similar style. Whatever is your answer, thanks for taking your time.

u/Johnvro — 2 days ago

The best protection gear for the type of chemical reagents my collegues and I use for our research?

I hope this is the best sub to ask for this kind of help, if not, you can delete this post.

So, my collegues and I are postgraduates with government schoolarships working in solar cell research, and have been working on it for a while. While we knew that the reagents we were working with can be hazardous for our health, it wasn't until recent that we truly noticed how dangerous they can be, and how the doctors supervising our work have not made a proper effort to raise awareness of how dangerous those reagents are, much less provide us with proper gear to protect our health (at best, they only provided us with disposable nitrile/latex gloves, and they just reach the wrist). It is clear that they know the dangers those reagents pose, but downplay it just so we continue producing results.

We started looking for masks and gloves that could be more protective, but we genuinely do not know which ones could be the best types given that there are so many. Among the reagents we use, the more prevalent and dangerous ones are the following:

- Lead iodide

- Cadmium

- Sulfide

- Chlorobenzene

- Hydrochloric acid

- Dimethylformamide

- Dimethyl sulfoxide

- Diethyl ether

Doing a Google search, seems the best mask options could be 3M Mask with 60923 and 6200 filters; for the gloves, the best option seem to be latex gloves for industrial use.

Still, before buying anything, I would like to hear your thoughts and suggestions, even things that go beyond masks and gloves. Just consider that this would come from our wallets, not from the school, so we do not have enough to buy the most sophisticated gear.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

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u/Johnvro — 11 days ago