r ransom

For people who know how to play musical instruments, when do they play it?  Or is it always just practice?

With tv, radio, and busy lives, it feels like there is very little occasion to just play music for music's sake. Or am I wrong?

If I did learn, I would play for my chickens.  They put up with my terrible singing every night, so maybe they would like this better?

But what do normal people do?

I found them.

 

I should mention, if you don't follow the guidelines, once you get home from hospital, you get to spend a lot of time listening to a dietitian "help" you evaluate your diet.  Then explaining to them that you don't eat soy because you will die.  Then listening to them complain about how they can't give you a balanced diet....

It's a bit different here.  The patient (mostly) has a choice of what to eat.  They encourage strongly the total food for the day (not just one meal) meet the dietary standards, but they also know that humans are human.  IV nutrition can balance out extreme cases.  But also, it's handy to see what and how they would eat at home so they can adjust recommendations to accommodate the behaviour.  

Malnutrition is a big problem in hospital and care homes.  (Off the record, I've been told it's the primary cause of or contributing factor in death in these situations).

So there are a lot of studies on minimum dietary intake for survival for low to no activity (get up, hobble to toilet, hobble to dining room, hobble to tv....) so the government can set guidelines for criminal negligence.

I can't find one right now, but about 10 years ago, I got some from the dietitian from the local hospital.  They were interesting, but I didn't remember the numbers.

This might be the place to start.  Most health authorities publicly publish nutritional standards for different kinds of stay in care or hospital.

Note, old people have different needs than younger people of the same activity level so take into account if the study is older or younger population.

Setting up a still life.  Still too complicated but wll look amazing when the candle is lit

Judson Carroll wrote:

r ransom wrote:Any suggestions on a good book to get started?

I want to play style where the instrument is the melody and i don't have to sing.  What is that called?

I really like the old Roy Smeck books, but it depends on the style of music you want to play.  The old guys, pre 1940 or so, all played chord melody style because that is how early jazz was played.  Later, when folk, rock and modern pop became more popular, playing single note melodies became more common.  Most of the Hawaiian players do both.  Either way, a basic method book that shows simple, 3 note chords and basic scales is the place to start.

But.... if anyone ever needs a good mandolin book, I just published one!  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G7XXKVHZ

Thanks.

Looks like your book is on Amazon canada too!

I have a horrible feeling that buying books will be more expensive than the instrument.

Pure entertainment,  possibly.  It helps me decide that maybe I need more than $50 to start.

Loving the Wednesday Addams vibes

Any suggestions on a good book to get started?

I want to play style where the instrument is the melody and i don't have to sing.  What is that called?