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Piano Notes 10

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:54:24 +1000

What did I learn in this practice session?

A chromatic scale

Current piece(s) for this week

Gavotte by Amy Mary Beach
La Poupee by Alexandre Tansman
Study by Concone
Tarantella

Feedback on previous pieces

Gavotte: Roll right hand on bar 30 & 38, work on bar 7-8 with left hand
Tarantella: roll left hand on bar 58
Study: higher tempo, roll right hand on bar 16
La Poupee: keep the volume lower, hold notes on left hand longer on bar 12
avoid making random mistakes!!

Improvements

force is played enough
La Poupee bar 16 is played clearly
Study bar 8 is played smoothly
Bar 11 from Gavotte is played good

Piano Notes 9

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 16:09:42 +1000

What did I learn in this practice session?

C minor (E♭, A♭)

Current piece(s) for this week

Gavotte by Amy Mary Beach
La Poupee by Alexandre Tansman
Study by Concone
Tarantella

Feedback on previous pieces

Gavotte: Focus on bar 7 and 11-12
Tarantella: roll left hand on bar 58, play more staccato on pg 48
Study: Focus on bar 8 and 24
La Poupee: bar 12 and 16 must be played clearly
play harder on piano. More force.

Improvements

Pinky on left hand is heard clearly on pg 48

Piano Notes 8

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:55:42 +1000

What did I learn in this practice session?

E♭ major (A♭, B♭, E♭)

Current piece(s) for this week

Gavotte by Amy Mary Beach
La Poupee by Alexandre Tansman
Study by Concone
Tarantella

Feedback on previous pieces

Gavotte: Focus bar 11 - 12, dynamics from bars 9 - 16
Tarantella: Practice bars 54 - 58, roll left hand on bar 58, more forte, make sure pinky is played for left hand throughout pg 48
Study: Practice by 2 bars by 2 bars, focus on bars 23 - 24
mp can be played normal (more pressure) on piano

Improvements

La Poupee tempo is good but almost there
Tarantella has consistent tempo

Piano Notes 7

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:54:35 +1000

Current piece(s) for this week

Gavotte by Amy Mary Beach
La Poupee by Alexandre Tansman
Study by Concone
Tarantella

Feedback on previous pieces

Gavotte: increasing tempo even more
La Poupee: increasing tempo
Tarantella: keep consistent tempo
Study: increasing tempo, dynamics

Improvements

Left hand is good for La Poupee
Tarantella tempo good
Able to play all notes without stopping in Study

Others

Based on current progess, piano exam could be taken in end of August

Piano Notes 6

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:23:07 +1000

What did I learn in this practice session?

B♭ major (B♭ & E♭)

Current piece(s) for this week

Gavotte by Amy Mary Beach
La Poupee by Alexandre Tansman
Study by Concone
Tarantella

Feedback on previous pieces

Gavotte: increasing tempo
La Poupee: increasing tempo, hold left hand longer
Tarantella: dynamics
Study: no stopping, articulation, increasing tempo, phrasing, dynamics

Improvements

Dynamics is good for La Poupee
Tarantella notes are each played clearly
Press the keys all the way down (acoustic piano thing)

Piano Notes 5

Fri, 29 May 2026 20:23:07 +1000

Current piece(s) for this week

Gavotte by Amy Mary Beach
La Poupee by Alexandre Tansman
Study by Concone
Tarantella

Feedback on previous pieces

I need to improve on dynamics for every piece
I need to improve on increasing the tempo for La Poupee, Gavotte, and Study
I need to work on the 2 last bars of La Poupee
Practice 2 certain bars on Gavotte. (10 times each)
Remember to roll hand when playing Study

Piano Notes 4

Wed, 27 May 2026 17:34:54 +1000

What did I learn in this practice session?

F chromatic scale
“Sopra” (means above or over)

Current piece(s) for this week

Gavotte by Amy Mary Beach
La Poupee by Alexandre Tansman
Study by Concone
Tarantelle

Feedback on previous pieces

I need to improve on dynamics for La Poupee.
Tarantelle tempo is good.
I need to improve on making the tempo for Study a bit faster

Piano Notes 3

Sat, 16 May 2026 13:28:48 +1000

Feedback on previous pieces

Focus mainly on two lines of Study
Work on the last 3 bars of La Poupee
Practice playing staccato softer

Piano Notes 2

Sat, 16 May 2026 13:19:55 +1000

What did I learn in this practice session?

D harmonic minor (b flat, c#)

Feedback on previous pieces

I need to improve on slur.
I need to improve on fixing the fingering for La Poupee
I need to improve on f major
Play the specified bar the teacher outlined to me 3 times in a row

Piano notes

Sun, 03 May 2026 19:38:39 +1000

What did I learn in this practice session?

E minor (F#, D#)

New piece(s) for this week

Gavotte by Amy Mary Beach
La Poupee by Alexandre Tansman
Study by Concone

Feedback on previous pieces

I need to improve on slur.
I need to improve on pressing the keys all the way down.
Make Tarentella more clearer.
Make the Harmonica more fluent.

Others

Ask teacher about how to use the metronome during piano.
PAY DA FEE

Converting Temperature from Celsius to Fahrenheit

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 17:35:11 +1000

Intro

Ever needed to quickly convert Celsius to Fahrenheit right from your terminal? Look no further! I’ve put together a neat little command-line tool in Rust that does just that. It’s a great example of Rust’s simplicity and power for building practical utilities.

What It Does

This project is a straightforward temperature converter. You run it, input a temperature in Celsius, and it instantly spits out the equivalent in Fahrenheit. No fuss, no complex GUIs – just pure, efficient command-line goodness.

Hi there!

Sun, 11 May 2025 14:56:56 +1000

Hi there! Today, instead of writing another python program, I had wrote a rust program. In this code, the goal was to ask for user’s name and then reply back.

Requirements:

Ask for user name
Replies back with ‘Hi, {name}, nice to meet you!’

The code:

use std::io;

fn main() {
    println!("What is your name?");
    // Let's variable 'name' become mutable
    let mut name = String::new();
    match io::stdin().read_line(&mut name) {
        Ok(_) => {
            //trims the string
            let trim1 = name.trim();
            println!("Hi {}, nice to meet you.", trim1);
        },
        Err(error) => println!("error: {error}"),
    }
}

That’s all! Hehehe. Bai bai.

Binary to Decimal Updated

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:21:03 +1100

In my other blog post ‘Binary to Decimal’, I realized what if I had put in a different number than 1 and 0. I tried putting a 2 and the code still worked. So I will be sharing an updated version, so that you can only put in either 1 or 0. Else there will be an error.

# make a new function
def bintodeci(num):
    reverse = len(num) -1
    exp = 0
    total = 0
    for index in range(reverse, -1, -1):
        # if each number is either 0 or 1 else it'll print out an error.
        if num[index] in '01':
            total += int(num[index]) * (2**exp)
            exp += 1
        else:
            print("Error: Invalid binary number")
            return None
            
    # return the value
    return total

# In case I want to import it
if __name__ == '__main__':
     print(f'The variable __name__ is {__name__}')
     answer = bintodeci("111")
     print(answer)

Recursive function

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:53:36 +1100

Hi, today I’m sharing a recursive funtion in python. Recursive in python means the ‘def’ function to call itself. The goal is to sum up the numbers to the number I want. For example, if I put in 3:

1 + 2 + 3 = 6

# def = makes a new function
def sum(num):
    # if we have an 'if', we should also have an 'else'.
    if num == 0:
        return 0
    else:
        return sum(num - 1) + num


print(sum(2))

Outcome:

Binary to Decimal

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:33:23 +1100

I’m sharing a program that converts binary to decimal in python.

# make a new function
def bintodeci(num):
    reverse = len(num) -1
    exp = 0
    total = 0
    # range(start, stop, step)
    for digit in range(reverse, -1, -1):
        total += int(num[digit]) * (2**exp)
        exp += 1
    
    # return the value
    return total


answer = bintodeci("11")
print(answer)

sample output:

bai.

Create Restic Backup Program

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 16:51:56 +1100

I’m sharing a wrapper program written in python to backup my files in my device using restic.

import subprocess

restic_command = ['restic', 'backup']

backup = ["C:\\Users\\veronica\\ibisPaint", "C:\\Users\\veronica\\Pictures", "C:\\Users\\veronica\\Documents"]

print("List of directories to be backed up:\n" )

#list the files that will be backed up.
#enumerate = allows you to keep track of the number of iterations in a loop.
for number, dir in enumerate(backup, start=1):
    print(f"    {number}. {dir}")
#  Or: print("    " + str(number) + ".", letter )

# \n makes a new line
print("\nBackup process started...\n")

# combines the lists together.
backup_command = restic_command + backup

restic = subprocess.run(backup_command, shell=True)

The end. -w-

Create a new user account on Linus Server Take 2

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 11:29:08 +1100

Hallooo peeps! Last time, I made a new user on Linux but in this one, instead of just making a new user, I’ll alo be adding a name for the user and add it into the ‘wheel’ group.

Here are the requirements:

Username: cooldonkey
Password: awesomedonkey24
Name of account: “Donkey”
Group: ‘cooldonkey’, ‘wheel’ (wheel group allows a user to run sudo command)

The first thing I’ll do is making the user so we’ll use the sudo useradd. But instead of just using useradd, I’ll also add in an option called –comment (-c). This will let me do number 3. Add a name for the user.

How to make a new account on a Linux Server

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:44:45 +1100

Hellooo! Let’s learn how to make a new account on a Linux Server.

The first command we’ll be using is ‘useradd’. That command allows you to make a new account.

This is how it goes:

sudo useradd test2

Now that the account username had been created. Now we have to make a password for it. To do that, we’ll use the command ‘sudo passwd (username)’ Like this:

sudo passwd test2

Atm Bill Dispenser

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 19:17:12 +1000

Today, I was given an assignment to write a program to implement an atm dispenser in the following notes: 100, 50, 20, 10, and 5. If the amount is not a multiply of 5, the atm will return a list of 0.

In the code are short explanations of why I used it.

# asks the customer to enter an amount of number.
atm = int(input("Enter an amount in a multiple of 5: "))

# This takes in a amount parameter which is the input  from the user and return an array of bills in the following orders: [$100, $50, $20, $10, $5]. 
def dispenser(amount):
    
    # if statement to check if number entered is divisible by 5. If not, return with 0, if yes, continue code.
    if atm % 5 != 0:
        return [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
    
    result = []
    bill_types = [100, 50, 20, 10, 5]

# starts with the starting amount being divided by each number in bill_types.
    for each_note in bill_types:
        note_counts = amount // each_note
        result.append(note_counts)

        # get the remainder and overwrite the previous.
        amount = amount % each_note

    return result

# The code below is what will be given back as a sentence to the customer.
print(f"You entered ${atm}: {dispenser(atm)}")

Finding the GCD of two numbers

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 12:43:30 +1000

In this assignment, it’ll be finding the GCD(Greatest Common Divisor). This means I need to write a program to find the GCD of two numbers. Below, I have written the program and next to the hashtags are just a sentence that’ll explain to you what each part of the code is doing.

#The two variables 'num' and 'ber' will be where the inputs will be stored in. When it starts it will show '(num)a: ' and you'll have to put a number in. This goes the same for '(ber)b: '

num = int(input("a: "))
ber = int(input("b: "))

#Then once the variable has gotten their information, they will go through this: 

def gcd(num, ber):
    if ber == 0:
        return num
    else:
        return gcd(ber, num % ber)
    
#And last, it'll gather their answer and print it for you as a sentence.

print(f"The GCD {num}, {ber} is {gcd(num, ber)}.")

That’s all today. Bye!

Check if a year is a leap year

Tue, 14 May 2024 17:43:09 +1000

Today, I just got back to python after a few months. So when coming back, I got an assignment. My assignment was to check if a year is a leap year. In the assignment, it also gave hints. These were the hints:

A leap year is a calendar year that contains an additional day (February 29th) compared to a common year. It occurs once every four year. s This is how you can determine if a year is a leap year or not:

Make a Frequency Dictionary From the Elements Of a List

Sun, 25 Feb 2024 18:00:14 +1100

Halo! Today I have to make a python program that meets these conditions:

Write a Python program that creates and print a dictionary that maps each element in a list to its corresponding frequency (how many times it occurs in the list).
The test should be case-sensitive. Therefore, “A” should not be considered the same element as “a”.

I think for today, I’m just going to make it short. Yea…

Finding the Second Largest Value in a List

Sat, 10 Feb 2024 19:35:52 +1100

Halooo! Today I’ll be teaching you how to find the second largest value in a list. The conditions -

Write a Python program that prints the second largest value in a list.
If the list is empty or only has one element, print None.SSS

To do this, we’ll have to make a list and then sort it and then we use the if statement and else.

Input:

lista = [1, 4, 8, 9, 100, 200, 30]
lista.sort()

if len(lista) > 1:
    print(lista[-2])
else:
    print("None")

Output -

Finding elements not in list

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 21:14:07 +1100

Haloo people! How long has it been since I’ve done a blog post? Welp, I’ve finished my long break and now it’s time to get back to work. Today, I’ll be writing a python program that prints the elements of one list (a) that are not in the other list (b) as a list.

My conditions are:

If the lists have the same elements, it will print an empty list.
If the first list (a) is an empty list, it’ll print an empty list.

An example -

Commas replaced by dots

Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:55:12 +1100

It’s been a long time since i’ve done a blog post. I wonder why….

Welp, today I’ve got an assignment, today’s one is to write a python program that prints a version of the strings with all commas replaced by dots. Like this.

Example -

  Input               Output
"Hello, World!"      "Hello. World!"
"725,000"            "725.000"

First, I’m going to do the 1st one. I’m going to assign it to a variable called string.

Bonus assignment: Challenge Add a Key-Value Pair Only if the Key is Not in the Dictionary

Sat, 18 Nov 2023 18:51:34 +1100

Today I was very bored so I checked my bonus assignments and I got this.

Write a Python program that adds a new key-value pair to a dictionary only if the key doesn’t exist already.
If the key-value pair exists in the dictionary, do not update the existing value. The dictionary should not be modified in this case.
Store the new key in the new_key variable and the new value in the new_value variable. Print the final value of the dictionary.

Check if a Key Is in a Dictionary

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 20:31:21 +1100

The next one I’ll actually explain thoroughly.

So I had enough time to make another program. This time I had to meet the condtitions:

Write a Python program that checks if a key exists in a dictionary or not.
 
If the key exists in the dictionary, print True. Else, print False.

The key should be stored in the variable key.

Here is how I did it:

Input:

dict = {"toy": "dino", "sport": "soccer", "food": "ramen"}
key = "toy"
if key in dict:
    print(True)
else:
    print(False)

Output:

Multiplication table

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:04:11 +1100

Today I was very bored, and I decided to do programming! I’m going to make a multiplication table!

What I’m going to to:

Do input and int assigned to a variable
Use while loop
Use for loop
Make it pretty

Step 1:

First I’m going to make a variable called “num” and them use input to ask the person a question to grab info from. And I’m salso going to use “int” to make the string a integer.

Assignment 5: Elements and Indices

Sat, 11 Nov 2023 19:08:38 +1100

Today I had to do another assignment which is to create a python program which prints the elements of a list followed by their corresponding indices. Each element and its index must be on the same line seperated by a space. And if the list is empty, print “Empty List”.

I’m going to make a list called num and put 1 to 4 inside.

num = [1, 2, 3, 4]

Then I’ll use the if statement to do:

Assignment 4: Checking if a list is empty

Sun, 29 Oct 2023 18:42:54 +1100

I was given an assignment for the fourth time. My goal was to write a python program that checks if a list is empty or not. If the list is empty, then it’ll print empty, if not, it’ll print not empty.

I’m going to start with an empty list.

emp = []

So that I can start the next step. I’m going to use

if statement
len()
else
print()

When using if, there must be a condition met. My condition is:

Assignment 3: Doubling

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 18:59:17 +1100

Today, I was given another assignment. (Which I wasn’t expecting.) Today’s assignment was to write a python program which had to meet the conditions:

Write a Python proram that multiplies all the items in a list by the value of the variable factor.
The program must print the list as the output.
The program should allow multiplying the variable factor by a string in case the list contains strings.
You may assume that the value of factor will be a positive integer.

Assignment 1: Using Length and String

Sun, 15 Oct 2023 11:14:44 +1100

Today, I was given an assignment. My assignment wanted me to write a Python program that pints the length of a string.

This is what I had to print out:

The length of "" is 0.
The length of "H" is 1.
The length of "Hello" is 5.
The length of "Amazing" is 7.

To do this, I have a plan in my mind which is:

Step 1. Find out what I’m going to use.

Assignment 2: Python Using Lists and While-Loop

Sat, 07 Oct 2023 12:43:22 +1100

I had an assignment that I was given for Python. What I have to do is to write a program in Python that asks a user to enter their favourite fruit, store each fruit in a list. At the end of the program, print out the total number of fruits, and also print all the fruits.

This is what I’m expected:

What is your favourite fruit? Banana (the fruit user put)
What is your favourite fruit? Apple  (the fruit user put)
What is your favourite fruit? Orange  (the fruit user put)
What is your favourite fruit? (empty) (the user didn't write anything)

You have 3 fruits in the basket: Banana, Apple, and Orange.

So how do I do this?

Display Items in Python List

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:44:02 +1100

Today, I was asked to write a small python code to print out all items in a list with comma seperated. The last item would end the with a ‘dot’, or full stop.

For example, here is a list of sports:

sports = [ 'basketball', 'soccer', 'netball' ]

And I was asked to print out the expected output:

My favourite sports are: basketball, soccer, netball.

But how do I do this? Today, I’ll be showing you how to show the expected output using join and without join.

Hello World

Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:16:02 +1000

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