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Or it could be played when you see B11 (and other rootless voicings are possible too).

Yes indeed, F#m7 and A6 contain the same notes so both answers are correct. In a way, a "6" chord doesn't follow the convention of stacked thirds, so its a bit of an outlier. But the 6th is so common in pentatonic major (and other) scales; and is such a mild dissonance, that its quite common to see. (It also works for other pairs - the 6 of the 6th chord is the root of a min7 chord).

By reading what's written? By playing the riff/line you learnt by ear? There seems to be a (reasonable) assumption that bass players are also those who invent the bass line to play; which only fits certain genres of music and will clash horribly in others.

The top one, ISN'T how you originally described it (a bar chord of the top 4 strings). Obvs the position on the D string is different. Thus its a different chord. A "bar" on the top 4 strings would be the notes (let's say the bar is at fret 2): E A C# F#, which is A6 (but the root isn't at the bottom of the chord, so you could describe it as A6/E if you wanted to....but with guitars, I bet someone else is playing the root.....) Chords aren't massively complicated on a guitar: There's 2 shapes, the "E" shape and the "G" shape. A and D open chords are the same as E but shifted down a string or two; C open chord is the same as G shifted down a string. Then there's variations on stuff, ie minor/major, adding 7th, 9th, #9, etc. Then there's playing just the top 3 or 4 strings, or the bottom 3 or 4, etc

Or just buy a piano - they go for buttons these days, people can't get rid of them!! So long as you have the means to transport and accommodate it at home.

True - if learning piano, go for full weighted.

I bought a 49 key keyboard some time ago (a Komplete Kontrol A49) and I've found even Grade 3 piano pieces don't fit on it, neither can they be made to fit with using the octave switch. So definitely the more the better. If its full size, then 88 vs 61 might be more tricky to accommodate and transport? But it would depend on the kind of music - anything piano related, the more the better. But if its purely synth stuff then 49 (or less) is fine. Since the Alesis Recital has a USB MIDI out (so say the specs - not sure if it does the job great though) it opens it up to a world of synths and other fun sounds.

I used to watch a bunch of Anderton's music stuff (the "Sound like ................. for £500" is a good series) but its best to consider it a long advert with a bit of actual useful info here and there.

I remember once at work we had a conversation on what might be the worst thing to happen to you. You know, things like a 9" grinder accident with it going into your abdomen; circular saw running at your hand; plate glass impalement; acid spills; welding incidents. Apparently "being stuck in a dead end job on an industrial estate near an airport for the rest of your career" isn't the right answer.

I'd say they are worthwhile to use as a guideline for one's ability in an instrument. Yes they are classically focused, but that's not a bad thing in itself since anything 'classical' can be applied to any other genre of music - there are a lot of transferrable skills. Whether its worth £60 to go through the process of visiting an examination centre, playing in an unfamiliar room to an examiner who's heard 167 renditions of the same piece that week, is another thing - if it helps with the course/overall career path, then yes. Some people get terrified of exams, just like some people are good at playing but get terrified at performing live.

A couple of points: 1) Banks are required to do "account validation" ie you enter the sort code, account number and accountholder name, it verifies the account num/sort code relate to the entered name. BUT they are not required to block unverified transfers, a lot of banks will allow such a payment to go through, maybe with an additional screen. If you yourself didn't do it, your wife needs to verify if this occurred or not obvs. 2) I am not sure if the details would match if there is a CASS Redirect (Current account switching service) in place - or more than one. It might be that the reported details will legitimately differ to the entered details with no concern for that. 3) You have no way of provably knowing the money DIDN'T arrive in the intended bank account, except for the word of the seller. This is worth bearing in mind 4) The bank's refunded you now, so you don't need to further worry. 5) Not taking Paypal for an online transaction like this, in my eyes, is a big red flag - big enough to halt a prospective purchase.

Its worth considering how its viewed by new users, certainly if I'm new to a forum, (and often when browsing anyway) I'll look at the various subforums.

Actually, Eb minor makes me quite teary, especially when a community orchestra is trying to play in it..........

Like, country music?

The logical extension would be other bass instruments, starting with the Bassoon (to keep the branding on point as "SBL") but then Tuba, Sousaphone, Bass saxophone, piano (left hand technique only), etc etc