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Writing down chord names and understanding their function in an example
I've been trying to learn more about music theory by transcribing songs. I am not bad at writing down the notes, but have a lot of trouble understanding the chords/harmony.
Below is a sketch of one ...
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If we play a melody backward will its characteristics be the same?
I have tried with the melody from "love will tear us apart" and I think it's beautiful.
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Why is the range of the great highland bagpipe so limited?
The Great Highland Bagpipe has a range of only one octave + one note. Why is the range so limited, and would there be a way to increase it?
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Connecting Roland drums to Ableton Live
This is the first time I have tried to use electronic drums through Ableton Live. I use a Focusrite Scarlett interface for other instruments so I am assuming that I will need to do the same for the ...
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Tri-Sensor Scaled Hammer Action vs Fully Weighted keys (Graded Hammer Standard), what is the difference?
What is the difference between the following? I am mainly interested in the difference in terms of how they feel when you press a note.
"Tri-Sensor Scaled Hammer Action"
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"Fully Weighted keys (...
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Change in horizontal lyric spacing in 2.20.0?
I have been typesetting liturgical chants with reciting notes. Using lilypond version 2.18.2, I get what I want, but when I switched to 2.20.0, there is way too much space between syllables in some ...
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MIDI connection between drum kit and laptop not working
I have an electronic drum kit (Millenium MPS-100) connected to my laptop via a MIDI (5-pin) to USB cable (just a cheap cable, there's no brand/model on it). I can't seem to get any signal from the ...
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"The echo" module in reason only plays the feedback sound
When I use the "the echo" plugin in Reason (using Reason 11) and turn up the delay time, I do not get a sound immediately when pressing a key but, but after that delay time. That means I only hear the ...
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Breath marks and Ritardando with no notes
This is really interesting. I’m going to try and ask two questions here albeit I do believe they are very much related to reading music.
In this first example, (end of Stravinsky’s Symphony in C) we ...
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Name for partially disjointed/interrupted chords, Lilypond
I am trying to denote something where I play a chord, lets say C, but then then I keep playing the note e (for a whole note) key and stop on the other two notes (c and g). Then i play the g note (or c ...
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Using screws for guitar pickup magnets
I am trying to make a single coil guitar pickup. The problem is, I can't find any cylinder-shaped ceramic or alnico magnets in my country.
Can I put screws (or another conductive material) where the ...
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How to apply Barry Harris 6th diminished voicings and maintain chord functions?
The Barry Harris diminished 6th voicings are popular voicings in Jazz, often related to Bill Evans when using drop 2 's.
In essence, these are harmonizations of the bebop scale using the I and V7b9 (...
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Where to look for damage when steel strings are used on a classical Ibanez? [closed]
Ok, so when I was a kid, the guitar my dad taught me my first few chords on, was this Ibanez classical acoustic. I started playing guitar as a kid, and I quit as a kid. So now as an adult (age 30), I ...
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How to play these grace notes and trills?
I have this piece from Bach called "no. 35, BWV 514" and there are these ornaments that i don't understand. Like the grace note at bar 11 where there is a eight grace note and a trill notation over ...
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I was wondering what time signature is this song written in? [closed]
I was wondering if anyone could determine in what time signature is this piece? Thanks!
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Is it possible to connect an Android tablet to Cubase 10, to use it as a MIDI instrument?
I am using a Windows PC. I need a way to use my tablet as a drum machine. Is it possible to connect an Android tablet to Cubase 10, to use it as a MIDI instrument?
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How do I convert Piano songs for Guitar?
I am learning Guitar on my own so far I have learnt everything basic.
Song I want to play was Pusher - Clear ft. Mothica
I searched for acoustic guitar chords everywhere but only thing that came up ...
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Is there music theoretical 'pattern' in ending themes?
I don't know if I should ask this here or in https://musicfans.stackexchange.com . I'm also not sure if the wording of my question is fine. So feel free to suggest corrections.
I tend to like ending ...
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Is a cappella xenharmonic by default?
I recently watched Adam Neely's video about comma pump. He quotes from "Fundamentals of Musical Composition" by Arnold Schoenberg. (Chapter XI, page 99):
...the natural semi-tones differ in ...
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How can you tell if a note is major or minor?
People always say stuff like minor sixth, and I get that they mean the sixth note from the root but how do you know if that note is minor or major exactly?
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Where can I find replacement tips for the 5-way switch on my Squier Stratocaster?
I own a Squier Vintage Modified '70s Stratocaster (it's made in Indonesia, if that helps), and I'm having trouble finding replacement tips for the 5-way switch. I ordered a set of "White Switch Knobs ...
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A Dorian scale/chord progressions
I'm currently jamming a song in G Major with focus on the A Minor. The chord progression goes Am C D. I know that the A Minor Blues Scale sounds pretty sleek, but I just have the feeling that A Dorian ...
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Is it possible playing C mixolydian notes in a song in the key of C?
Can I play the notes of the C mixolydian for a solo in a song that is in the key of C?
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How do/did composers deal with very many contrapuntal voices?
A work that I've admired as long as I've known about it is Antonio Caldara's Crucifixus for 16 voices. YouTube video here.
It does make me wonder how a composer like Caldara (or Thomas Tallis for ...
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Is B♭ chord in C major related to Neapolitan chord？
I know what a Neapolitan chord is and know how to use it in some usual ways. But I want to talk about the B♭ chord in C major. I think B♭ here is very "Subordinate". And we can see it always ...
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Exercises for reducing dependency on metronome
On this site, we often tell intermediate musicians to slow things down and practice with a metronome to establish a good sense of time. I have the opposite problem. I spent my college years practicing ...
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Minor Harmony doubts [duplicate]
I've tried written a little chorale in four parts using minor harmony (Bb minor).
Established that for sure I have done several harmonic errors in terms of parts motion in the sense of traditional ...
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Is it too hard to change Violin Bow Grip style later?
I am an eager learner of the violin for a few days and a fan of classical music for a long time. It's not possible for me to hire a tutor to give me lessons. I'm trying to learn online. Currently, I ...
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Playing a D Major in D minor
So there's this song called "Tell Me What's On Your Mind" by Allah-Las. I'm pretty sure the song is in D minor. At least the lead melody is, and the Internet says so as well. But their main Chord ...
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Why is the numbering scheme of the Telemann-Werke-Verzeichnis (TWV) not adopted more universally?
Telemann's works are numbered first according to genre, then, where applicable, by key (with minor keys in lowercase and major keys in uppercase), and finally (if possible) chronologically or else at ...
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What string instrument is this? [closed]
I am "musically illiterate" and would like to know what instrument I hear in this video.
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A very specific bar chord problem
There are loads of posts about bar chords but this one is a specific problem.
So I can bar all strings on each fret without any trouble, not even much pressure, even without using my thumb on the ...
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I am a middle school girl with an untrained D3 to D6 range. Is it impressive, and how much could I extend it by with training, aging, etc?
I've never had proper vocal lessons before, and my friend says 3 octaves is really impressive without proper training. Is it?
None of my octaves is just screeching.
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I have been practicing a song for 3 hours straight but I keep making mistakes. How can I get it right?
There is this one song I have to play for school but every time I try to play it, I make a mistake. I did this for 3 hours straight and I sent an email to my teacher and he gave me some advice but it ...
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Technical analysis of rhythm in Sofi Needs a Ladder
I apologize for the subject of my rhythm analysis--many of you are likely to turn your noses up, but... Deadmou5 has a song "Sofi Needs A Ladder" and I'm trying to understand the rhythmic elements ...
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Little minor parts motion exercise (Exercise 1 from chapter 4 Piston)
I’m studying some minor harmony and I’ve done this little exercise with all chords in root position
My question is: since In a minor setting you have multiple choices about triads (whether you are ...
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Kabalevski Op. 48 (Violin) - What is this called and how do you play it? [duplicate]
First of all, I'm sorry for the unspecific title, but since I don't know what it is called, I cannot specify.
I'm regarding the last bar before they key switches from Eb Major (2 b) to C Major (no ...
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Does dissonance create movement in counterpoint?
I’m studying first species counterpoint and trying to wrap my head around why we try not to use unisons, octaves and perfect 5ths outside of the beginning and end. I understand that unisons, octaves ...
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Adding tension to V7 chord
I understand that the V7 chord contains two tendency tones (^4 and ^7), which for a tritone in major keys. The ^4 forms a dissonance with the bass and the ^7 tends strongly to move to ^8. For these ...
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Lead guitar improvisation strategies for young intermediate guitarists
One of my 15 year old students is progressing quite nicely in her ability, including playing live and playing learned guitar parts including lead lines. She reads music and can play many classical and ...
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Time in MIDI files
I understand the note/pitch and the velocity components of a message. However, I am having difficulty understanding the time attribute. According to the documentation of mido, a library that I am ...
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Guidance on achieving this Guitar tone (Axe-fx Ultra) [closed]
Today I received my Fractal Axe-fx Ultra and would like to achieve the guitar tone in the below video. I'm crazy about this song.
I'm using the Axe-fx with a head (Peavy 6505 MH) and 1x12 Orange ...
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How to visualize scales?
I am trying to become a more versatile musician, and I am pretty sure being able to in some way imagine where on a scale the notes, that I am playing are located is an important part of that.
This ...
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How would I play this note that has two G’s next to each other [duplicate]
How would I play the notes that are side by side in the same line?
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How can I download the GarageBand program on my HP laptop? [closed]
How can I download the GarageBand program on my HP laptop? I need to send a score to my friend in another state for his next album, and I am using my Roland Juno DS 76 keyboard.
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Cannot get bar to accord with time signature [duplicate]
If you look at the image below, you'll see that the 3 treble bars and the first two bass bars accord with 3/4 time, but the last bass bar to my mind does not. I also do not understand where the rest ...
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Is B♯ to F an impossible interval? [duplicate]
What is the quality of the interval B♯ to F?
If you count from B to F, you get the generic interval 5th. So it must be some kind of 5th.
B ♮ to F♯ is a P5.
By lowering the upper ...
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Can you put steel strings on an acoustic guitar that came with bronze strings?
I know this sounds a bit dumb but I can't find an article anywhere and can't go to a guitar shop with the current situation and I thought now would be the perfect time to try different strings.
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Old speakers not working when attached to a RCA output device with an adapter
I have a pair of old Pioneer S-P170 speakers that I’m trying to hook up to various RCA output devices with the use of an adapter I recently purchased. I know the speakers work and have the positive ...
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Are studio monitors necessary for producing tracks?
Studio monitors are expensive. Excellent quality headphones are cheap.
When I look at how people listen to music, it's almost always on earphones, headphones or cheap small speakers.
Are studio ...
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