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Dima G
Nov 27, 2023
Congrats @igor reis for winning the Diamond Ears Award!
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Cuantas Vacas
Nov 27, 2023
Playing deep fake, eh?👍
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igor reis
Nov 27, 2023
😂
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Ken Matsuda
Nov 27, 2023
Awesome!
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Scott Slotnick
Nov 27, 2023
I thought you were diamond already : ) Congratulations!
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Ken Wilkens
Nov 27, 2023
Right on, Igor! Well done! So nice it posted twice! :-D
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igor reis
Nov 27, 2023
Hahaha! Thanks, guys! @Dima G decided to troll us!
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Dima G (author)
Nov 28, 2023
@igor reis what are your feelings reflecting on your journey so far? also what are you best/worst exercises?
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Colin Aiken
Nov 28, 2023
Outstanding accomplishment!
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igor reis
Nov 29, 2023
@Dima G I think right now the best is the confidence I achieved. I remember when I first got here and saw members with a high TPI. On the first exercises, we get minimal points so I wondered how far I could go, and where I could be in this business.

Where I've done best so far are on interval recognition exercises: Departurer, Lander, and Intervalis. And I don't have a good time on Inversionist, Melodix and Melody Hunter.

On Inversionist my main difficulty is hearing each note individually inside the cluster. Once I unlock that I feel that I'll be on the next level. Every inversion of a min7 or maj7 chord has an interval of a 2nd inside of it, so I'm trying to find it. Our brains can get tricky with us. I feel that sometimes my brain creates the image of a root that isn't there. It's like it is adding all the notes together and leading me to hear internally the root of all of them on the harmonic series.

On Melodix and Melody Hunter, my main problem might be just memory, but I think there's no better way to tackle that than just keep doing the exercises. I also think that Melodix notes have a long release reverb, making notes overlap with one another, which makes it a bit confusing.