Music: Practice & Theory

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Accidentals and ornaments
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How to listen to each individual voice of a piece of polyphonic music?
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I accidently plugged my sustain pedal jack into AUX output, will it brick my brand new digital piano?
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Why do conductors use transposed scores vs. concert scores?
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Why is 'C minor' parallel to 'E♭ major', but not to 'D♯ major'?
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Why do modes sound so different, although they are basically the same as a mode of another scale?
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Singing: Is it true that all of your power behind singing should come from your diaphragm?
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Writing songs on piano that are meant for a guitar-led band
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Can two songs share the same melodic notes but still have distinct melodies?
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What is this "┌─3─┐" notation called? What is the count? [duplicate]
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Triangular notehead at the end of a glissando/portamento
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What food / drink affects vocal characteristics?
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How to determine what key changes are appropriate?
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Reinforcing meter when dealing with alternating 1/8 and 1/16 notes and rests
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How do I play notes in a scale/key freely up and down the neck without getting caught in boxes and shapes?
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Temporary vocal bass range extension
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Difference between appoggiatura, acciaccatura and grace note
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Rule on doubling the second rather than the fourth when using ligatures
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Fermata tie confusion
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Controlling high frequency of heavily distorted guitar tone (metal)
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Are there any situations when one needs to make a distinction between slurs and ties?
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How to write a pickup measure with 5/16 duration in Lilypond?
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Changing key in a song convincingly
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What does this V-Shaped Slur denote?
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What music notation software can handle this complex beaming?
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What techniques and methods govern how melody can suggest a certain harmony?
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Rests in pickup measure (anacrusis)
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What does this sharp sign with an arrow mean?
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Why do the examples in Fux's Gradus Ad Parnassum contain a G clef immediately after a C clef?
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How to play the "Ped" symbol when there's no corresponding release symbol
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What is the “Trio” in a march?
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When did the appearance of the quarter rest in music change from its original appearance?
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Is there a rest symbol that means "rest until the end of this measure"?
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Typical pitch interval of the exclamation "uh-oh!" [closed]
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Singing notes while playing scales
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Is this entire movement by Bach really only a single measure with just two chords?
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How to play a measure with no chord notation above it?
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How to change the symbol of time signature in Lilypond
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Is it okay to change the key signature in the middle of a bar?
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How to write time signatures in emails and texts
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What is the best way to become super-accurate on the piano?
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Ending a song with a dominant chord
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Defining new commands in Lilypond (for koron symbol)
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How hard would it have been for a small band to make and sell CDs in the early 90s?
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What are the typical ranges of voice types?
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Breath Marks (different symbols)
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What would've given more accurate consonant ratios than 12?
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What does this symbol represent? "x" with four dots
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Is a written music theory exam noisy?
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Why is the third triad dominant?
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What indicates this passage as B flat minor and not D flat major?
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What is the preferred musicology term for "classical music"?
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What exactly is the point of time signatures and measures?
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What is the meaning of this New Year's Resolution joke using music sheet notations?
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What are the key points for holding effective auditions?
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What is this 'degree' symbol on a roman numeral chord?
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Naming convention for trumpet mouthpiece size
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How difficult is the transition from upright bass to electric bass?
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Half notes with slashed stem
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Strange Tempo Marking [duplicate]
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