Music: Practice & Theory

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Why does Brahms stand next to Bach and Beethoven?
Awarded Aug 16 at 15:07
Should one write ♯ or ♭?
Awarded Jun 21 at 18:47
Is it true that classical musicians are not rhythmical?
Awarded Mar 27 at 11:26
What does this note - B# - mean?
Awarded Mar 22 at 18:26
What's this w-shaped ebony item from my grandma's violin case?
Awarded Feb 3 at 3:20
How to interpret half notes combined with thirty-second stems?
Awarded Dec 12, 2021 at 19:12
Does an accidental apply to all octaves?
Awarded Oct 8, 2021 at 19:20
What exactly does "feat." mean?
Awarded Sep 21, 2021 at 10:06
Identifying the interval from A♭ to D♯
Awarded Jul 21, 2021 at 20:21
What does play with feeling mean?
Awarded Jun 13, 2021 at 2:05
Found in an 1800s newspaper--what kind of march notation is this?
Awarded Jun 2, 2021 at 14:07
Is there a name for this famous “memeish” rhythm?
Awarded May 18, 2021 at 21:15
How do I know when the next note starts in sheet music?
Awarded Apr 9, 2021 at 22:18
How to know what notes will go together while improvising?
Awarded Apr 8, 2021 at 10:27
Why is C the base note of standard notation and keys?
Awarded Jan 14, 2021 at 7:15
Major scale of one note is the Minor scale of another note?
Awarded Jan 8, 2021 at 1:05
What is the difference between a mode and a scale?
Awarded Nov 23, 2020 at 0:56
Why didn't classical music use drums?
Awarded Jul 3, 2020 at 5:56
Why shouldn't I put electric guitar strings on my acoustic guitar?
Awarded May 11, 2020 at 22:18
Why is dropped D tuning used so often?
Awarded Apr 28, 2020 at 15:30
I don't understand how the notes in this picture are to be played
Awarded Jan 29, 2020 at 10:10
Why do we use such complicated notation?
Awarded Dec 8, 2019 at 15:50
Is there any "research" in music theory?
Awarded Dec 3, 2019 at 5:35
Two voices for a solo singer written in a sheet music
Awarded Nov 28, 2019 at 11:15
My Guitar came with both metal and nylon strings, what replacement strings should I buy?
Awarded Oct 22, 2019 at 20:55
"inuendo" in a piano score
Awarded Oct 8, 2019 at 14:40
What to look for when buying a digital piano for a beginner?
Awarded Sep 12, 2019 at 14:05
Guitar practice: more often but less time or once in a few days but for a few hours?
Awarded Jul 23, 2019 at 11:05
What is the difference between a riff and a lick?
Awarded Jul 18, 2019 at 13:10
Why is the saxophone not common in classical repertoire?
Awarded Jul 3, 2019 at 2:50
Do composers take advantage of the position of players in an orchestra for effect?
Awarded May 22, 2019 at 17:40
Why does string strummed with finger sound different from the one strummed with pick?
Awarded May 16, 2019 at 15:50
Why can't we play rap on piano?
Awarded Apr 5, 2019 at 9:20
Why is it that I can sometimes guess the next note?
Awarded Mar 24, 2019 at 10:35
How to play songs that contain one guitar when we have two or more guitarists?
Awarded Mar 20, 2019 at 12:10
Why are there both sharps and flats?
Awarded Mar 7, 2019 at 20:35
What is this metal M-shaped device for?
Awarded Mar 2, 2019 at 18:55
How can a non-musician recognize anacrusis?
Awarded Feb 19, 2019 at 21:55
What are the practical reasons for still having transposing instruments?
Awarded Feb 2, 2019 at 9:55
List of average genre tempo (BPM) levels?
Awarded Jan 31, 2019 at 3:50
Why are pianos traditionally tuned "out of tune" at the extremes?
Awarded Jan 24, 2019 at 23:00
Why do E♯ and F♮ not sound the same (according to Wikipedia)?
Awarded Dec 31, 2018 at 6:10
Two whole notes on the same measure, what does it mean?
Awarded Nov 9, 2018 at 17:55
Quickly flip a page of sheet music while playing
Awarded Nov 9, 2018 at 3:45
Which notes are optional in jazz chords?
Awarded Oct 23, 2018 at 0:25
What does a small x-like symbol before a note mean?
Awarded Oct 13, 2018 at 15:40
(1/√π)/√⅔ as a time signature?
Awarded Sep 15, 2018 at 22:10
Why do we need note names like B♭, D♭ etc.? Why not use only A♯, C♯ and so on?
Awarded Aug 9, 2018 at 7:50
Programming in early 80s synth music
Awarded Jul 7, 2018 at 17:54
What's the difference between "modal music" and "tonal music"?
Awarded Jun 26, 2018 at 14:05
Why do Guitar chords work the way they do compared to a Piano?
Awarded Jun 21, 2018 at 14:03
To get to jazz, do I just add a seventh?
Awarded May 12, 2018 at 10:45
Can eggboxes really be used to treat a room? If so, how?
Awarded May 9, 2018 at 0:13
Why is there no indication of relative loudness on sheet music?
Awarded Apr 24, 2018 at 15:12
Can wind instruments be played out of tune?
Awarded Apr 14, 2018 at 20:59
How to write "Play this line, OR this line" with conventional music symbols
Awarded Mar 29, 2018 at 11:17
B flat minor - the key of death ... seriously?
Awarded Mar 24, 2018 at 11:14
Why isn't there a classical composer like Beethoven, Chopin or Mozart today?
Awarded Mar 8, 2018 at 18:46
Is it recommended to learn a piece you really like, but is way above your level?
Awarded Feb 22, 2018 at 2:39
Why Is Just Intonation Impractical?
Awarded Feb 19, 2018 at 2:49
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