Seems deceptively simply but the first position 3-4-4-4 is awkward to play with my 4th finger across strings (maybe I need to get over that?), and I can’t think of a higher position fingering that would make sense. Aside from maybe 1-2-2-2 but then that’s a similar problem. Any thought appreciated, thanks!
I’ve been learning for about 2ish years and just pulled the trigger on signing up for my area’s community summer orchestra, with my teacher’s blessing (no auditions, which I assume means all levels welcome). I’m excited to be involved and to learn a lot, but I’m also quite nervous about my ability to keep up!
To make things a little more nerve wracking, they announced the repertoire but haven’t sent out the music yet, and at this point I’m about to be away for work until the first rehearsal starts (so unable to sit down and practice with the music whenever it’s shared; the pieces are recent enough that they’re not freely available online). I did find one piece and it seems a little above my ability level (it’s quite fast), but I’ve been practicing.
I have no idea what to expect for the first rehearsal. For those who have done these, is it typically a gentle intro to the pieces, or a “okay let’s run through the whole thing at tempo”? Basically, I’ve never played in a group before, so any and all advice/experiences would be really appreciated!!
Basically the title. I’ve been traveling a lot for work recently so I’ve been using Uber more and in various cities, and maybe 1 in 3 ride requests goes the same way: I make a ride request, I get assigned a driver, the driver doesn’t budge for 5-10min, no response when I message them, and I eventually cancel and get assigned a new driver. It’s happened enough that I’m budgeting even more extra time in for my travel in case I get a dud driver.
I’m trying to understand the reasoning or benefit for a driver to accept a ride and then not take it? I know they sometimes get a small fee if the customer cancels, but every time i’ve canceled and selected “driver not moving” as the reason, the fee is automatically waived, so they’re not getting any money from it afaik. Is this a prevalent thing or have I just had bad luck?