Monica Cellio

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Sep 28	accepted	What are the benefits to using different dulcimer hammers?
Sep 27	comment	What instruments are inexpensive, portable and not too loud? True. Is it quiet enough in the upper register? I think he'll be best off with strings because you can pluck/strum quietly without changing your technique, but woodwinds are smaller.
Sep 26	asked	What are the benefits to using different dulcimer hammers?
Sep 26	comment	What instruments are inexpensive, portable and not too loud? Inexpensive portable recorder usually means soprano, which is not very quiet if you're playing it right (with good breathing). If you go for recorder you should spring for a tenor or bass (make sure the tenor has keys for the bottom holes unless you have big hands).
Sep 21	comment	How to select a key-signature for a song +1 for voice range. I think composers don't necessarily write in those hard keys; they write in something reasonable and then the singer needs it to be transposed.
Sep 13	comment	Managing batteries for live performances You can also use the used batteries in rehearsals.
Sep 1	comment	What's the term for the intervals between notes within a scale that produces a chord @Raskolnikov , oops! Now it's my turn to say: good catch!
Aug 25	comment	What's the term for the intervals between notes within a scale that produces a chord E -> G is a minor third. A chord that spans a fifth (like all of the ones discussed so far) contains one minor third and one major third. In CEG the major is first; in DFA it's second. If you have two major thirds, your overall interval is a tritone, not a fifth.
Jul 27	comment	Question from non-musician: Is it possible to learn sight-singing without having learned an instrument? +1 I've seen choir members who don't play instruments learn relative pitch, which is the skill that's really useful. Perfect pitch is uncommon, elusive, and not always a blessing.
Jul 12	accepted	countering the “softer = slower” problem?
Jul 12	comment	countering the “softer = slower” problem? Thanks for the tips! Conducting smaller does seem to get people's attention, and practicing (intentionally :-) ) at a variety of tempos seems like it will break bad patterns.
Jul 7	asked	countering the “softer = slower” problem?
Jun 30	awarded	Commentator
Jun 30	comment	I'm a musical novice. Can I start my child off on piano? +1 for technique issues. Think about the mistakes somebody might make trying to play the violin without instruction and how hard they would be to unlearn later. Every instrument has those, including piano.
Jun 27	comment	Techniques for memorizing a musical idea and “saving it to paper” @Babu, agreed -- anything you hear as a distinct line you should record. Sorry for not being clear about that.
Jun 24	answered	Techniques for memorizing a musical idea and “saving it to paper”
Jun 22	awarded	Nice Question
Jun 10	comment	What makes augmented fourths and the diminished fifths so hard to sing/remember? Because tritones hurt the ears? :-) (If not yours, more power to you!)
Jun 10	comment	Is there any real difference between Counterpoint and Polyphony? @James, actually, there is renaissance counterpoint (e.g. Palestrina) that is stylistically different from baroque counterpoint (e.g. JS Bach). I've studied 16th-C but not 18th-C, so I can't characterize the differences.
Jun 1	comment	How to maximize band rehearsal time? This seems too subjective as written, but I think a question specifically about ways to get a group from "good enough" to "great" would be appropriate.