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"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."

-- Bertrand Russell

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Aug 19	comment	Lorem Ipsum in music Yes, that is the point. And I think that's what the thread is really about. What is music? Is there a strict dividing line between random noise and Mozart? Ever read about Xenakis' compositional technique (better, ever heard Xenakis?). It's very interesting in the sense that Xenakis starts from randomness and shapes it into music. But when is his creation music? Is John Cage's 4'33" music? I think there's also another interpretation we can give to "contentless" which would be, made with no intent. In that sense, a random generator is the best answer I can think off.
Aug 19	comment	Lorem Ipsum in music They're just tuning their instruments. But it's a nice idea.
Aug 19	comment	Lorem Ipsum in music One could have a computer program generate 1/f noise and then let it harmonize it according to classical harmony rules, that would be random enough and still not so random that it doesn't sound like music.
Aug 19	comment	Lorem Ipsum in music If the sound is just pure noise, wouldn't that qualify as contentless?
Jul 16	comment	What scale is used in the Morrowind theme? What do you mean range? It's called a scale. And it's a c minor scale with raised seventh, also called the harmonic minor scale.
Jun 20	comment	How do I finger the interleaved 3rds in Goldberg 23? Possible, OP still has to produce the full score then. I think the problem is that OP is just as confused as we are.
Jun 20	comment	How do I finger the interleaved 3rds in Goldberg 23? Here's a video that shows it's perfectly possible. I think the passage ash refers to is played around 1:12.
Jun 20	comment	How do I finger the interleaved 3rds in Goldberg 23? Actually, I just checked on the Goldberg variations. There are no two pianos. There's just one clavichord, but the clavichord for the 23rd variation has two manuals (i.e. keyboards). Still, the particular passage ash is referring to should be doable on an ordinary piano.
Jun 20	comment	How do I finger the interleaved 3rds in Goldberg 23? @Jadarnel: but I only see the part for one of the pianos. So, I still don't see the problem. If he also wants to play what the other piano does, maybe he should put the score for the second piano too.
Jun 20	comment	How do I finger the interleaved 3rds in Goldberg 23? I don't see the problem? There's only one staff for one piano, so it should be playable.
Jun 2	comment	Why do these progressions sound good? Their instruments were tuned differently, which is why C-E-G sounded horrible whereas it doesn't in more modern tunings. It's not just psychology, there was also a physical reason.
May 31	comment	Appreciating the music of J. S. Bach I find it much more mechanical on harpsichord to be frank. The piano allows for much more dynamics than a harpsichord can.
May 31	comment	Playing the “fail” sound effect on a guitar? I toyed a bit around and I find a descent in tritones to sound quite "fail". For instance <Eb A> <D Ab> <Db G>.
May 30	comment	What's the difference between “modal music” and “tonal music”? What substitutes for common-practice functional harmony in modal music? And how different are ancient modal music, church modal music and modern modal music from each other?
May 30	comment	What online resources should I use to learn harmony and musical analysis? Here's a related question. It seems IMSLP has many freely available treatises on harmony.
May 25	comment	Appreciating the music of J. S. Bach Why the downvote? I think this is an interesting question.
Apr 30	comment	Where can I find one-handed piano pieces? For instance.
Apr 30	comment	Where can I find one-handed piano pieces? Maybe you are not relaxed enough when you sit at the piano to play. Or you play for too long and strain yourself unconsciously. Anyway, add your level in the OP so that people have an idea as to what they can advise you. Also, try a search because I think someone had a similar question.
Apr 30	comment	Where can I find one-handed piano pieces? Really, you must have very poor technique if you had an injury while playing piano. Do you learn with a teacher or on your own? Concerning your request for left hand pieces, what's your level?
Mar 24	comment	What exactly does a 3 mean over a quarter note and an 8th note? That's right. A way to train it is to subdivide the time in 6 parts. The triplet notes take 2 beats each, the ordinary eight notes take 3 each.