Music: Practice & Theory

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What is the origin and original meaning of "tonic", "supertonic", "mediant", etc.?
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I want to join a Barbershop Quartet. How can I prepare myself?
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How loud are tubular bells?
Awarded Sep 24 at 2:06
Am I Doing It Wrong? Why Can't I Use Multiple 5-Line Staves to Represent Guitar's Open Strings?
Awarded Sep 23 at 0:18
Difference between "Extending LilyPond" and "Scheme (in LilyPond)"
Awarded Sep 21 at 15:06
Universally effective techniques to read and learn the Concord Sonata fast
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How does the use of silver influence the quality of a flute?
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Slur for same-pitch notes in chords: Tie or not?
Awarded Sep 11 at 17:16
Two different clefs at the start of a piece on the same hand
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What is "Sonata-Allegro form" and what other similar forms should I be aware of?
Awarded Sep 6 at 14:26
What is the “Trio” in a march?
Awarded Sep 4 at 21:35
How many cents would would i need to shift the pitch of the sample to change its key?
Awarded Aug 26 at 22:34
What if an octave was three times the frequency of the root?
Awarded Aug 26 at 14:33
How to conduct a fermata over a rest?
Awarded Aug 26 at 13:48
Is this tremolo too fast for strings?
Awarded Aug 24 at 8:55
Can multiple instruments make a chord?
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Why is note B marked with H in Scandinavia and Germany?
Awarded Aug 10 at 13:28
Is there any recorder with same fingering as tin whistle/six hole bamboo flute?
Awarded Aug 8 at 11:32
Lilypond tuplets
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dmitri shostakovich vs Dimitri Schostakowitch vs Shostakovitch
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why does music become less harmonic if we transpose it down to the extreme low end of the piano?
Awarded Jun 30 at 15:45
Clarinet extension in Wagner's Tannhauser
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Has there ever been a piano accordion with piano keys on both hands?
Awarded Jun 21 at 16:42
How should this passage be analyzed?
Awarded Jun 20 at 15:07
Liszt Transcendental Étude No.1 (Prelude) -- Piano zu 7 Oktaven -- which order to play?
Awarded Jun 20 at 7:04
Guidelines for piano composition and transcription
Awarded Jun 20 at 6:21
Is understanding classical composition guidelines beneficial to a jazz composer?
Awarded Jun 11 at 8:05
How to write guitar music that sounds like the lyrics
Awarded Jun 2 at 21:27
How does a natural change flats and sharps?
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What does ff mean for time duration?
Awarded May 31 at 15:17
Is it possible to perform a chromatic glissando on harp?
Awarded May 31 at 14:35
What indicates this passage as B flat minor and not D flat major?
Awarded May 24 at 15:36
Why are 3/4 size guitars not more common?
Awarded May 23 at 18:18
What is the meaning of this New Year's Resolution joke using music sheet notations?
Awarded May 16 at 7:09
Why is an inverted triad not named as another chord with the first note of the inversion as the root?
Awarded May 15 at 14:35
What is this 'degree' symbol on a roman numeral chord?
Awarded May 15 at 8:40
Where is a natural harmonic for the note C on guitar?
Awarded May 10 at 20:46
What does o b Dr. mean in a Rode Caprice #5?
Awarded May 7 at 3:12
Do out of tune singers hear that they're off?
Awarded May 6 at 5:16
Strange Tempo Marking
Awarded May 2 at 14:50
What woodwind & brass instruments are most air efficient?
Awarded Apr 29 at 17:18
Bracket symbol added to G clef
Awarded Apr 28 at 18:25
Circle and half bracket symbol - what does it mean? (Flute)
Awarded Apr 24 at 17:18
Is it true that classical musicians are not rhythmical?
Awarded Mar 25 at 13:41
Why does Bach not resolve this chordal seventh down by step?
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How to notate 3 quarters framed by eighths?
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Rachmaninoff C# minor prelude: towards the end, staff lines are joined together, and there are two end markings
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Can there be five flutes in (a score for) a symphonic orchestra?
Awarded Feb 24 at 22:51
Could minor-third be used to judge major or minor key?
Awarded Feb 24 at 12:56
How do you represent different instrument of the same section alternating a part?
Awarded Feb 20 at 23:08
Why does music from the Classical era rarely use keys beyond 3 sharps/flats?
Awarded Feb 20 at 23:08
Is there any name or theory around every other chord changing "early", on the four-beat?
Awarded Feb 20 at 4:16
What is the chord played by 1-6-1?
Awarded Feb 20 at 4:16
What is the difference between starting with an upbow and a downbow?
Awarded Feb 19 at 14:26
How fast can a trombone play?
Awarded Feb 18 at 14:55
Dotted or tied quarter on beat two?
Awarded Feb 17 at 10:06
What does the marking "Tempo" mean in the middle of a piece of music?
Awarded Feb 17 at 1:42
What are the Coltrane Changes?
Awarded Feb 14 at 23:41
Is it possible for an unamplified acoustic bass guitar to be loud?
Awarded Feb 12 at 8:05
Difference between MIDI tracks and channels
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