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![]() ![]() If you’re wondering how many black keys are on the piano the answer is 36. As you know a full-sized keyboard has 88 total keys. How many black and white keys are on the pianoĪnother question I thought of has to do with the number of keys the piano has. If we had all white keys we would have a much tougher time trying to determine what note is which unless you have perfect pitch. What about the black note that’s below it though? Play the tone and you’ll hear that it’s lower than a D natural (in this case a half step down). That note is a higher tone (a half step up) so we could call that D sharp! You take the natural note and analyze where the black key is in relation to it.įor example, locate D natural and then look at the first black note next to it. What happens here is pretty cool at least to me. This is how the white keys reach their altered state. From a theory perspective, it makes sense and it helps when trying to describe music to others.įor the black keys, we usually describe those as sharps and flats. Instead of referring to those notes as just C or D you tag on the word natural at the end. It is there where the note has its original sound, free of amendments and changes. The white keys are often referred to as the naturals basically their natural-sounding state. The distance between the keys is much easier to see, especially when playing octaves and scalar passages. ![]() On a modern piano the space between the white keys is easier to see a dark line between each one so you can tell one from another. Particularly with the black keys that little dark space in between them is really hard to see, so it was much easier to make mistakes on those instruments. It was just too difficult to see and the key colors ended up blending in with one another. So why exactly did they switch those keys? Well, this actually goes back to what I was talking about earlier. Looking at the harpsichord and even the early models of the fortepiano the white natural keys were actually black. If you’ve ever looked up pictures of the older keyboard instruments you might have noticed the key colors were reversed. If there were no black keys we would certainly have a rough time playing anything! The Keys Used To Be Reversed It’s a contoured fit and allows pianists to play as naturally as possible. The way the keys are arranged allows our fingers to naturally fall into plays. Not only is it easier to digest the piano visually, but physically as well. We use the black keys to help guide us as we play through various repertoire. Visually it’s much easier to see the keys when they are colored this way. It’s Just Easier To DigestĪs a pianist the less we have to worry about from the keyboard the better. So basically the white keys would be black keys and the black keys would be white keys. If you do some searching around though you can find some awesome pianos where the key colors are actually reversed. The white keys are the ivory so naturally, that’s the color. Historically though, pianos were built with two main materials ivory and ebony. Why can’t they be red, or blue or even orange? Well, in theory, I guess they could, and you could certainly paint them any way you want. So I teased the question of why the piano keys are the colors that they are. Interested in quality digital pianos for easy learning? You can find them by clicking here#ad Materials Play A Role That’s where the black keys come into play. You can’t right? If a piano were to only have white keys then it would be virtually impossible for us to assign notes to them. Could you tell me which note was A, B or C? Better yet, try telling me where F# is. Look at the picture below to get an idea of what I mean. ![]() White and black keys are kind of boring right? Take a moment and imagine a piano keyboard that had nothing but white keys. Surely a fair question could be why other colors weren’t chosen. The colored keys help pianists decipher between the natural pitches and semitone pitches. So why does piano have black and white keys? The white keys represent the musical tones and the black keys represent the half step intervals between those musical tones. Growing up though I found myself asking “why does the piano have black and white keys anyway?” We understand the pedaling, notation, and how the different patterns like the 2 black keys and the 3 black keys work for finding the white keys. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.Īs a pianist, most of us know the basics of how the piano works. ![]() ![]() ![]() And not only is John Wick 5 also in development, but Wick will be making a return to video games, as well.Īccording to the latest Lionsgate earnings call ( via Comicbook), Lionsgate Motion Picture Group President Joe Drake confirmed that a fifth John Wick is in early development. Lionsgate are obviously riding the success of the John Wick series with the upcoming Ballerina spinoff and “The Continental” TV series. ![]() RIP my friend, you will live forever on screen!” ![]() Wished we could have made many more movies. I’m so damn proud we created pop culture together. He was a force of nature, a unique human being and an iconic actor. The Human Centipede director Tom Six wrote on Twitter today, “I’m totally shocked Dieter passed away. Laser was most recently seen in the 2017 horror movie November, and his other film credits include I Am the Other Woman (2006), Baltic Storm (2003), Big Girls Don’t Cry (2002), The Ogre (1996), Conversation with the Beast (1996), The Man Inside (1990), Don Quixote’s Children (1981), The Elixirs of the Devil (1976) and The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975). Dieter Laser played in about 65 films, at times co-starring with “Gods” like Burt Lancaster, Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Glenn Close, John Malkovich etc.” Since then, and besides countless guest appearances on the most important stages of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxemburg, with parts like Don Juan, Valmont, Peer Gynt, Macbeth, Captain Ahab etc. For this performance he won the German Film Award in Gold. The actor’s bio on IMDb details his career as an actor, “ After 14 passionate years on stage and as a co-founder and member of the board of the meanwhile most famous German theatre, the Schaubuehne in Berlin, he decided to become a freelancer and got his first work for the cinema: the title role in John Glueckstadt. Many years prior, Laser won a German Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for 1975’s John Glückstadt. He also won the Fright Meter Award for Best Actor in 2010. Laser won Best Actor at the Austin Fantastic Fest back in 2009 for his performance in The Human Centipede, which elevated the absurd premise into a terrifying horror movie. Unfortunately, we’ve learned the sad news via the actor’s social channels that Laser passed away on February 29th, 2020. Heiter and subsequently returned to play new character Bill Boss in The Human Centipede III. The highlight of Tom Six’s The Human Centipede is unquestionably the chilling performance from German actor Dieter Laser, who played the evil Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() The reason why I hope people like Nine Inch Nails is the lyrics. Not that that's any great leap for me, thematically. On this record, I was more concerned with mood, texture, restraint and subtlety, rather than getting punched in the face 400 times."ĭigging a little deeper he added, "The record also looks at certain vices as being ways of trying to dull the pain of what this person is hiding. Or rather, there are lots of times when I'll come up with musical ideas that don't fit that mold. I didn't want to box Nine Inch Nails into a corner, where everything would be faster and harder than the last record - where every song had to say, 'Look how tough we are.' I don't think that's really me. This time I wanted to make an album that went in 10 different directions, but was all united somehow. Not necessarily a well-rounded record - just one ultra-fast chunk of death. ![]() Speaking to Guitar World, Reznor stated, "I wanted it to be a departure from Broken, where I wanted to make a real hard-sounding record that was just one big blast of anger. The home had a studio dubbed "Le Pig" that Reznor used for recording both Broken and The Downward Spiral. Reznor set up shop at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles, initially claiming he was unaware of the significance of the address when he rented the house, but as many are aware, it is the home where Sharon Tate and her friends were murdered in 1969 by members of Charles Manson's family. ![]() ![]() ![]() And some Scrivener templates were extremely helpful for me. Traditional word processor are too much focused on HOW the words look like, not how they go together to form a story. I would have to do MORE besides writing (or creating a character, or location, or world, which is all part of it) if I stuck with a simple word processor – namely organizing. Scrivener (and WIN, and a handful of others) help with that, keeping everything in one place, and saving a workplace with multiple other stuff in one convenient location. Sure I could use a 'normal' word processor like Word, but I would have to organize a lot around it with other tools. So I need to be able to quickly glance, or keep notes, where I wrote what. I often write stuff not knowing where it will end up, or at all in this particular story. You can learn the added functionality along the way.Ĭlick to expand.For the stuff I want to write, I need to keep copious notes. ![]() ![]() (From what I fast-read on their webpage, WIN seems to have a more complete tool for that than Scrivener, or at least a dialog window with chock full of options.)Įven if you do not (want to) use the tools Scrivener or WIN offer, you can just import and type away more text lickety-split the basic editor functions do not vary much between Word and the others. I dunno how well it works with WIN (I never used that), but with Scrivener it works rather well īoth have (or rather, I KNOW Scrivener has, and WIN says it has, see above) functions to make the manuscript more handy for their workflow, say, by automatically splitting into chapters using certain (chosable) markers in the Word doc. ![]() She just picked it because she thought it looked cool.īoth Scrivener and WriteItNow can import Word files. She knows nothing about writing or software for writing. Now I have to be nice to her the rest of this year, she earned it. One of the best gifts the wife has given me. It doesn't write the story for you, but its outlining features sure work better than random notes all over the place on my computer and writing notebooks. It really lines up everything for you and sets up an outline that will keep you on a logical track. I have had the most fun with this feature. The scene editor creates a great visual of who, what, where, and when things are taking place in your chapters. Reminds me a little of a more complex flow chart diagram. Character creation is simple and I really enjoy how you can chart out relationships between characters. The timeline it creates if really helpful also. I like how you can plan events and create locations that can be added to any chapter or scene. Scrivener was just not my cup of tea, it wasn't as organized in my opinion. I have been playing around ever since and find it outstanding in regards to having a very detailed outline for your story. The program is as good as the reviews and users say and well worth your money. I'm convinced my problem is unique to maybe just me. My problems notwithstanding, I strongly encourage you to buy this program. My last hope before looking for an alternative is to ask here whether anyone has had similar issues, and if so, did you find a solution? He says, and I believe him, that he knows of no one else who has this issue. The program creator has been great attempting to help me sort this out. He couldn't which suggests there is a conflict within my system that is causing the problem. I've also sent my content file to the program developer to see if he could duplicate the issue. I've reinstalled the program, I've tried with no other programs or browsers open, but no luck. I can be in a chapter or developing a character or event and things just stop. I can't detect a repeatable pattern when it freezes. When I reopen I can begin again with no loss of content. By freeze I mean the cursor in whatever I am doing stops functioning, however I am still able to save and close. The good news is, what I know about the program I really like, with the bad news being it regularly freezes requiring shutdown and restarts. I'm new to WriteItNow V5, about a month of occasional use on a 10.11.3 Mac desktop. ![]() ![]() ![]() If three of these masks are collected in a row, Crash is given temporary invulnerability from all minor dangers. Some boxes contain an Aku Aku mask, which shields Crash from one enemy's attack while it is in his possession. Most boxes in the game contain "Wumpa Fruit", which give the player an extra life if 100 of them are collected. Enemies with sharp necklines (such as frill-necked lizards or long-legged robots with heated circumferences) can only be defeated if Crash slides into them.īoxes play a prominent role in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and can be broken with all of Crash's techniques. Enemies with deadly topsides cannot be jumped on, while enemies that attack from the front or have side spikes must be jumped on or undergo a body slam. All of these techniques can be used as offensive measures against most enemies, which serve to deter Crash's progress. Crash can jump higher than he normally can if he jumps immediately following a slide. If all lives are lost at any point in the game, the "Game Over" screen will appear, in which the player can continue from the last level played by selecting "Yes".Ĭrash has the ability to jump into the air and land on an enemy character, spin in a tornado-like fashion to knock enemies off-screen, slide across the ground, and perform a body slam to break certain objects. The player is given a certain amount of lives, which are lost when Crash is attacked by an enemy or falls into water or a pit. When riding the platform, the player must fight and defeat a boss character before gaining access to a new Warp Room. When all five crystals in a Warp Room are obtained, the player must ride the platform in the center of the room to move to the next Warp Room. The retrieved crystal will then appear in the slot above the level's doorway in the Warp Room. A level is cleared by collecting the crystal and reaching the end of the path, which returns Crash to the Warp Room. The goal of each level is to obtain the crystal placed somewhere along the path. Each Warp Room contains five doors leading to a level. The game takes place in a series of "Warp Rooms", which act as the hub areas of the game. The goal of the game is to gather 25 crystals for Crash's nemesis Doctor Neo Cortex. Brio uses his laser cannon to destroy the space station and the Cortex Vortex.Ĭrash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back is a platform game in which the player character is the titular Crash Bandicoot. Crash successfully defeats Cortex and sends him flying into the space.Īfter collecting all the gems, N. Crash then pursues Cortex in space with a jetpack in order to prevent Cortex from reaching the Cortex Vortex, the machine that he plans to harness the crystals' powers with, with the crystals. Coco hacks into the warp room again to tell Crash of Cortex's true intentions but it is too late. Gin and eventually gives Cortex the crystals. However, he tries to take them by force which leads Crash to believe that he is one of N. He also sends forces to try and hinder Crash's crystal hunt.Īfter collecting enough crystals, N. Brio contacts Crash and urges him to collect the gems in order to truly save the world. Coco expresses doubt in Cortex's "good intentions" and conducts a little research of her own. Cortex convinces Crash that he needs the crystals in order to save the planet from a mysterious planetary force.Īs Crash progresses through the game, his sister Coco Bandicoot and Doctor Nitrus Brio will often contact Crash. He leads Crash to the Warp Room which is filled with rooms that lead to levels with a location of a crystal. Cortex decides to recruit his old nemesis Crash Bandicoot to help him collect the crystals. He plans on harnessing the Master Crystal's power but he is missing 25 slave crystals needed to reach full power. A year later, Cortex has built himself a gigantic space station with Doctor N. ![]() He lands on an island where he discovers the Master Crystal and concocts a new scheme. After being defeated by Crash, Doctor Neo Cortex plummets off of his airship. The game opens up where the first game left off. ![]() ![]() ![]() Finally, if you own these skates, please leave a comment below and help others out in the community who may stumble upon this article in the future.If we all liked the same thing, how boring would that be? My plan is to actually try all of these skates and then leave my thoughts in these reviews. However, that’s why there are different brands in the first place. I know several people who love Vanilla’s skates and I know a good group of folks who think they are all flash (look good) but are pretty bad overall skates – mainly because of boot discomfort. Certain folks will love a particular brand while others will hate it. Remember that I am one person and one opinion.I will call out comments and other thoughts I get from skaters in a special font so you know what comes from me and what comes from someone I know (my daughters, other regular skaters, etc.). These grades are my own except where otherwise noted.Skates have an intended purpose: If you use a skate for something other than it’s intended purpose, then you are going to get different results.I’ll be sure to update this review in the future with his thoughts soon. In fact, I am giving these skates to one of the regulars at my rink to see what he thinks of them. However, I will be asking other inline speed skaters (and we have a lot of them at my home rink) what they think of these and the other inline skates I will review. I am not an inline skater: I am a quad skater of 30+ years, and therefore, I will do my best here to give an impartial review.That way, you can easily compare between the various types of skates according to me. First, there are a couple of things to keep in note: In this review, and all of the future ones, I plan to try to cover the exact same statistics and grades. The Vanilla Spyder is my very first review of any of Vanilla Skates products. Vanilla Spyder Review: The First of Many Reviews I thought I would join her and buy a pair of inlines for myself. That’s when I purchased my Vanilla Spyders. About 6 months after the rollerblade purchase, we upgraded her to a pair of Vanilla Carbon inline speed skates. This sufficed until the other kids at the rink continuously beat her in their aggressive inline speed skates during the races. To save on the $3 / session charge, I bought her a pair of Roller Derby Aerio Q-60 rollerblades. She did this for several months until I got tired of shelling out the extra $3 for rollerblades every session. ![]() She hated it so much that she had tossed the cheap Academy skates that I had bought her to the side and demanded that she be able to rent a pair of the cheap rink roller blades. She was 8 years old and she was tired of skating on “boring quads”. The story of how I came to own a pair of Vanilla Spyder inlines started with my youngest daughter, Violet. ![]() Why I Currently Own a Pair of Vanilla Spyder Speed Skates If you are interested in other types of inline skates, please be sure to check out our Best Inline Skates & Rollerblades page. The story of why I even bought a pair of rollerblades of course has to do with my daughters. I have been a quad skater my whole life, so my review of inline skates is going to be a little slanted – especially when it comes to overall boot comfort. First, please note that I am a born quad skater. In this very first Vanilla Skates Challenge review, I will be covering a pair of inline skates that I have had for over a year now but have only worn a few times – the Vanilla Spyder inline speed skates. ![]() ![]() Sighing bitterly, Miss Prism observes that people who live for pleasure are usually unmarried. Idleness, duty, and marriage are brought together in the conversations of several characters. But even in the countryside, the characters cannot escape Victorian manners and correctness, as the name Ernest presents humorous complications. The setting changes to the country - a bucolic setting for getting away from the artificial trappings of society and entering the simplicity of nature - and Wilde examines religion as well as courtship and marriage in the context of Victorian attitudes. So, like Jack, Algernon decides he must be re-christened Ernest.Īct II expands on many of the motifs introduced in Act I, but adds new characters and targets for Wilde's satire. She tells Algernon that her dream has always been to marry someone named Ernest because the name inspires such confidence. She has even written imaginary letters to herself from Ernest/Algernon. In fact, she agrees readily because she has made up an entire romantic story of their courtship and engagement. Algernon asks Cecily to marry him, and she agrees. Algernon proclaims his undying affection while Cecily copies his words in her diary. After Jack goes into the house, Algernon announces he is in love with Cecily. ![]() He orders the dogcart for Algernon to leave in. Jack is angry that Algernon could play such a trick. Algernon/Ernest vows to reform and lead a better life. Cecily comes from the house and announces that Jack's brother Ernest is in the dining room. Chasuble to re-christen him that afternoon around 5 p.m. Jack enters in mourning clothes because his brother Ernest is dead in Paris. Algernon compliments her beauty, and they go inside just before Miss Prism and Dr. When Cecily says that Jack is coming to the country Monday afternoon, Algernon/Ernest announces that he will be leaving Monday morning. Algernon comes in, pretending to be Jack's brother, Ernest. Ernest Worthing has just arrived with his luggage and is anxious to speak with Miss Cardew. While they are gone, Merriman, the butler, announces Mr. The local reverend, Canon Chasuble, enters and flirts with Miss Prism. ![]() ![]() In her younger days, Miss Prism wrote a three-volume novel, and she proclaims that fiction shows how good people end happily and bad people end unhappily. The governess knows what happens to people who have weak characters. When Cecily expresses an interest in meeting Jack's wicked brother, Ernest, Miss Prism repeats Jack's opinion that his brother has a weak character. Plus, it wasn't all bad for Blake, three years later she was cast as Serena Van Der Woodsen in Gossip Girl, the role which launched her to stardom.Act II is set at Jack Worthing's country estate where Miss Prism is seated in the garden giving her student, Cecily Cardew, a lesson in German grammar. Lively reportedly auditioned for the role and got pretty far - as far as final screen tests, but was beaten out at the last minute by Amanda Seyfried who went on to become the Karen Smith we know and love today. The Gossip Girlstar was actually lined up to play the role of Karen, one of the three members of the 'Plastics' who says her breasts and predicts the weather and who Janis describes as "one of the dumbest girls you will ever meet". It turns out that Blake Lively auditioned for a major role in the film and was almost cast as one the The Plastics, losing out at the last minute. So, while you're on your fifth Mean Girls round of the day, here's a very interesting fact about the iconic 2004 film to add to your trivia bank. Mean Girls has finally landed on Netflix, meaning we can watch it all day, every day, forever. ![]() |
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