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| bio | website | jtauber.com |
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| location | Boston, MA | |
| age | 39 | |
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Entrepreneur and Pinax Lead Developer; Web Standards and Open Source Guy; Movie Producer and Digital Cinematographer; Composer and Music Theorist; Greek Scholar and Doctoral Student in Linguistics
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Jun 9 |
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Is there any real difference between Counterpoint and Polyphony? +1 that's better |
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Jun 9 |
answered | Is there any real difference between Counterpoint and Polyphony? |
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Jun 9 |
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Is there any real difference between Counterpoint and Polyphony? @Rein I considered that but as I can't characterize the difference, I don't think it's a good answer :-) I'll make it one anyway |
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Jun 9 |
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Is there any real difference between Counterpoint and Polyphony? I believe counterpoint is a narrower term (all counterpoint is polyphonic but not all polyphony is contrapuntal). Contrapuntal polyphony emerged in the baroque era and so renaissance polyphony is not referred to as counterpoint. |
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Jun 9 |
answered | What makes augmented fourths and the diminished fifths so hard to sing/remember? |
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Jun 9 |
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What is this called? Why is it allowed? +1 great answer! |
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Jun 9 |
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What technique is it called in the song “Better Man” by Robbie William? added 1 characters in body; added 29 characters in body |
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Jun 9 |
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Why do the Canadian and American ways of writing chords symbols differ? with the edit, I think you've explained this brilliantly |
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Jun 9 |
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What technique is it called in the song “Better Man” by Robbie William? @Phelios yes, you could call it modulation, although most modulation involves the whole transition from one tonal centre to another and in the case of this song, it's an instant jump |
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Jun 9 |
answered | What technique is it called in the song “Better Man” by Robbie William? |
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Jun 9 |
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Why do the Canadian and American ways of writing chords symbols differ? As an Australian with both English and American theory textbooks, I've never seen those two progressions as being two different names for the same thing. I6/4 vs Ic maybe, but not V6/4. |
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Jun 7 |
accepted | Non-fixed-frequency instruments playing by themselves versus with fixed-frequency instruments |
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Jun 5 |
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Non-fixed-frequency instruments playing by themselves versus with fixed-frequency instruments Yeah, I was deliberately using trombone/strings on the one hand and piano on the other and bypassing valve-brass and wind instruments (although I knew they adjust intonation with embouchure. Per my other question, it would be interesting though if there is a measurable frequency difference in recordings of, say, a string quartet versus a piano trio; or a brass ensemble as opposed to Hindemith's trombone sonata. |
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Jun 5 |
asked | Non-fixed-frequency instruments playing by themselves versus with fixed-frequency instruments |
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Jun 5 |
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Evidence of Just Intonation in Recordings with Non-fixed-frequency Instruments very interesting; let me ask another question rather than continue to chat here (as I want to know more!) |
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Jun 5 |
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Evidence of Just Intonation in Recordings with Non-fixed-frequency Instruments I'll check out the Chrysalid Requiem but what I'm more interested in is academic research into whether (as is often stated anecdotally) string players will naturally tend towards just intonation without even being aware they are doing so. |
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Jun 4 |
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Equivalent Key Signatures I always anecdotally thought string players preferred sharps. Not sure where I picked up that impression, though. |
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Jun 4 |
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Equivalent Key Signatures Modulation is the process of changing the key within a piece (e.g. from the tonic to the dominant). See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulation_(music) for a lot more information. |
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Jun 4 |
answered | Why do we need note names like B♭, D♭ etc.? Why not use only A♯, C♯ and so on? |
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Jun 4 |
asked | Evidence of Just Intonation in Recordings with Non-fixed-frequency Instruments |
