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piece - arpeggione sonata

Hello! I am trying to plan out an electronic kalimba project (like a much lower budget Bastl). Obviously, this can be done by adding a piezo/contact microphone to a regular kalimba. However, from the pictures and description of the Bastl, it seems that the tines are part of the PCB and thus made from FR4 - would they resonate enough to be picked up by a contact mic? Additionally, it has pitch shift/bend features, which makes me think the sound is fully generated and not just amplified. What sort of sensor would be able to pick up and differentiate the vibrations from each tine?

I don't want to break a rule by posting the link, but you can look up bastl kalimba to see what I'm talking about

Hello, I was wondering if there was any learning guide for Clementi Op. 44 explaining the technical challenges of each exercise similar to this one for Chopin's Preludes?

Title. I'm prescribed 36 right now but ran out of pills and I have some 18mg left over from a few months ago. I assume it's probably fine I am just not sure if the extended release is maybe a specific formulation for each dosage or something

Here are mine, I wrote it down for myself but figured I would post and ask about others' processes as well. Also open to comments of course

First look

- No pedal, hands together, very slow

- Determine + write down fingerings as quickly as possible

- Mark difficult passages

- For dynamic / tempo changes sometimes I will write the subdivisions, eg (1/3) (2/3) (3/3) if it's a 3 bar crescendo

Learning / "middle" (ok the whole thing is learning but not sure what else to call this)

- I usually work from the beginning, but separately have a designated "difficult passage" I work on every day until it's at tempo

- Practice one phrase (or part of phrase) at a time with a connecting note to the next phrase/part, then expand to full phrases, then starting from beginning of the section

- Try to work at the fastest tempo possible that does not introduce mistakes (metronome)

- If repeated error, narrow down to the exact 2-3 note gesture that causes the mistake and work on only that motion until it is accurate

Memorization

- For some pieces I go back and memorize the hands separately. Otherwise I don't really have a "process" for this

Pre-performance

- Practice starting at a random point

- Go back to no pedal once in a while

- Practice what to think/do before starting the piece

- Record the full piece once every few days and make markings in score while listening (I use an iPad for sheet music so I will use a different color for the newest markings)

Asking because I have a playlist for testing headphones/speakers and don't have a piano or other classical track for it that I'm pleased with yet.

Semi related question, are any of you audio or signal engineers? I'm taking signal processing and comms courses in college to try and maybe land a career in that industry, would love to hear about it and if your experience as a musician helped or influenced you at all. Or any stories you have from the job