The joke, was in a game, a wooden plank does X damage. A wooden plank with nails in it does X+15 damage
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OK, fine! +15 Aesthetics then 
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Played a little bit of Minuet in G by Bach and then decided to start working on Chopin’s Waltz in A…
The waltz is absolutely gorgeous piece. Also Chopin is my favourite classical composer, so there…
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Update…
I did 2 things today.
First I ordered a mechanical metronome. The piano have a built-in one, my phone have options for thousands of free metronome apps. Yet I love me mechanical stuff, just like I love me a mechanical fan controller knob or a switch or whatever. So 23 euros gone for a metronome… I am mentally challenged like that…
The second thing I did was printing some note sheets…
Minuet in G by Back, Waltz in A by my favorite Chopin, Gymnopedie by Eric Satie, and a whole bunch of Hanon exercises… So now I actually have a note sheets I can follow and not just blindly press random keys…
I am yet to start work on Gymnopedie, but I have been toying around with Waltz in A and Minuet in G…
I absolutely love Chopin so I may push the Waltz as a priority, even tho the Gymnopedie is the simplest of the three…
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Is there an app/website like “type racer” where it will show the notes, react to your playing, and show when you hit a wrong key? And auto turn a page?
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There are, I don’t care about them.
I want to learn the old fashion way - reading notes…
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But without a strict teacher standing over you, ready to let loose with a cane dissaproving glare when if you ever mis-press?
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I agree with Troop, You may need a teacher that will catch you doing wrong techniques. There may be nuances that is hard to learn/teach on just apps and youtube.
There may be more gracefulness needed rather than just hammering the keys.
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I know…
I KNOOOOOOOOOOW 
I honestly really don’t want to spend more money, especially when teacher is actual comitment to 100% strict schedule…
Now I can play in the morning, in the evening, if I can’t sleep I can play during the night, I can skip today if I don’t feel like it…
A teacher is first expensive and second actual commitment…
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I also prefer to use normal physical metronome instead of phone app, and tbh 23€ is not too bad.
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Really not bad at all. They go for 40€+…
We tested it before I bought it and it works so for 23€ it’s absolutely gorgeous.
So the thingie is here…
It’s not in great condition, but it does work
I will try and use it later on in my career.
I have a lot of work to do before I need a metronome, but here we are…
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Oh you were talking about proper old school metronome. I somehow missed that. I only have cheap digital metronome from Thomann.
At least your metronome will look nice decoration on bookshelf incase you don use it. 
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I am thinking about cleaning it well and spraying the outside with clear cote to just save the visual for it.
It works, but I am kinda feeling the right travel path is shorter, so it clicks unevenly. It’s barely noticable in the middle ranges, and when it’s fast I can’t tell. Slow is slow enough that it doesn’t matter…
But it doesn’t really need the clear coating. It looks nice enough…
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If it doesn’t work as intended you can always get one of those cheap digital metronomes, once you think you might need it.
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Which absolutely defeats the purpose of me buying a mechanical metronome
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Oh my god, I missed such an obvious masturbation joke…
So I’m making a steady progress in my 2 pieces I am working on while training my fingers.
I am working on Minuet in G by Bach and my bae, my man, my spirit animal Frederic Chopin - Waltz in A… I am getting more and more confident playing those and slowly but surely I am getting through them and playing more and more…
Now my question is thus:
Shall I start work on some ungodly difficult piece I like that is ultra out of my skill level, or should I stick to slow and steady progress?
I will not stop working on the beginner level pieces, but the crazy piece will be like a measurement of how far I have come…
IDK…
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Dont overthink it, just play what you feel like playing!
The drive is there, you have to capitalize on that.
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