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| bio | website | PianoCheetah.com |
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| location | Seattle, WA | |
| age | 47 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 1 month |
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Computer Programmer Piano Player
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Jul 2 |
answered | How does sending MIDI over USB compare to using a dedicated MIDI interface? |
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Jun 28 |
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Should “Ooh” be sung as “oo” or “oh”? Well, all i can say is that PEOPLE are internally inconsistent too :) Which leads music to act similarly (sorry:) |
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Jun 28 |
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Why is the note name “a” not on any important scale position? Heheh, I'm not sure we DO have something to work with. A note such as A can only be judged the tonic based on the scale it's in. And the piano is the only instrument that gives all white keys on the A Minor scale. And the minor scale is what gives the A it's significance on the piano. Historically, I think it was the hymns sung by monks that were first notated. And many of those used the minor scale. I'm NO expert on music history, but I've read a little of it - it interests me. But really, no note is significant in itself, only in it's relation to the key signature's tonic. |
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Jun 28 |
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Why is the note name “a” not on any important scale position? ok, well, let's just leave it at "A Minor is a historically significant scale" then. Music notation has changed little in 400 years. The reason it is the way it is is that's how it happened to evolve. But, really, C is not more important than A. We number the octaves over the C..B range just due to convention. They COULD have been numbered A..G# |
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Jun 28 |
answered | Should “Ooh” be sung as “oo” or “oh”? |
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Jun 28 |
answered | Why is the note name “a” not on any important scale position? |
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Jun 28 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Jun 28 |
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Are there names for referring to the top or bottom numbers in a time signature? I'll grant ya that. All I'm tryin' to say is that sheet music CAN be ambiguous like that. And if it's not spec'd it's safer to assume BPM=quarter note/min rather than "denominator" per min... I'm positive I've seen ambiguous sheet music like that. |
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Jun 27 |
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Are there names for referring to the top or bottom numbers in a time signature? I'm pretttttty sure that if there's no q.=99 or e=99 specified, then the sTANDARD is quarter notes per minute regardless of time signature's beat duration... and I'm absolutely positive that in a midi file, tempo values are ALWAYS quarter notes per minute regardless of time signature. |
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Jun 27 |
answered | How can I move beyond learning songs? |
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Jun 27 |
answered | Are there names for referring to the top or bottom numbers in a time signature? |
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Jun 26 |
awarded | Enthusiast |
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Jun 18 |
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Recommendations for sheet music organising software under GNU/Linux Then you may want to close the most popular question the site has... music.stackexchange.com/questions/444/… |
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Jun 17 |
answered | Recommendations for sheet music organising software under GNU/Linux |
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Jun 13 |
answered | When practicing a song with frequently changing time signatures, what is the best way to count in? |
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Jun 10 |
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Common drum rhythm index added 113 characters in body |
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Jun 10 |
answered | Common drum rhythm index |
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Jun 7 |
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Common drum rhythm index I'll have to try a few of those out. Honestly tho, I don't know why these sites don't use midi format...:/ |
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Jun 1 |
awarded | Editor |
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Jun 1 |
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What online resources should I use to learn harmony and musical analysis? added 118 characters in body |
