u/hamiguahuan

hii sorry, so I don’t really know anything about music theory. I did flute in band and learned how to read sheet music and stuff as a kid, but everything since then has just been me pretty much doing things by ear and vibes. I can still read sheet music, but not quickly, and I can’t really sight-read anymore, so it’s quicker for me to just do things by ear.

The diagram thing for how the left side of my accordion is set up is the attached image.

I’m trying to figure out this song from a video game, but there’s a few parts where I’m supposed to switch between G# and Eb really quickly. Especially with how the strap holds my hand down, my hands are too small to make that stretch. What can I replace it with?

It looks like when I did it by ear, I tried doing B and F#, but I’m not sure that fits well.

I found a video w labeled keys to make it easier to see the part I’m talking about.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=woODUjbj868&feature=youtu.be

I’m trying to figure out starting around 0:48 and around 0:52 is where you first encounter the G#/Ab to Eb thing.

Is there something else I can replace it with without changing the key of the whole thing? I already have the right side down still memorized pretty well from how I was playing it before and I don’t think I’d be able to relearn it in a different key w how much of what I play being dependent on strict muscle memory 😭

(I know long term it would be best to learn sheet music well enough to sight read again but ah well, i’m just trying to have fun)

Also I’m looking for general advice w playing— I’m not sure if I’m sitting or holding or squeezing right, or how to go from push-to-pull or vice versa without at least a slight pause.

Hi guys! So I take 10mg in the morning around like 10-11am, and usually (if I remember) another 5mg between 1-2pm depending on how I’m feeling and if I remember to. I take it for both ADHD and narcolepsy.

I’m having a hard time because it feels like it’s only really effective for like 2 hours, but I don’t want to take too much and risk side effects, or take it too late and risk insomnia. Already I have an extremely difficult time sleeping at night if I don’t eat enough through the day after taking it.

After ~2 hours, I’ll start to feel unmotivated and tired and fatigued, and then even start to feel really hungry as a kind of “confirmation” that it really has kind of worn off. I’m not even really sure if the 5mg dose helps at this point, but if it does, it seems a lot less effective if I don’t remember to take it before the original dose seems to start to wane, iirc

Is there anything I can do about this? Do we know if they’re working on an extended release version? Would it help to like… break up the pill and put it in a gel capsule to swallow instead or something??

I finally find a med that works, that my heart can handle, that I still get tired/hunger signals on, after trying literally everything else over the past ~10years, but it only lasts for so short a window of time 😭

Help with a part my hands are too small for

Only lasts 2 hours?