Music: Practice & Theory

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Why does the scale have seven (or five) notes? Why not six?
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Is it true that classical musicians are not rhythmical?
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Is there a way to rehearse being in a stressful performance situation?
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How does the 3rd movement of Moonlight Sonata relate to moonlight?
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Is 41/16 a proper time signature?
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How to play a measure with no chord notation above it?
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Is a high A in the key of D flat still flat?
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What's this w-shaped ebony item from my grandma's violin case?
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Why is the lowest note on the piano an A?
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Difference between half note and quarternote with quarter rest
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What is the reason a given note can have different "sounds"
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Why the difference between double and electric bass fingering?
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Chopin: marche funèbre bar 15 impossible place
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Piano with two treble clefs and 8va on grand staff
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On a guitar, what keys correspond to different capo positions?
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What do the terms E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 actually mean?
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Notes not adding up to time signature, with weird white oval note
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Unknown notation - thick horizontal bars between notes
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Why do I sound so horrible?
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What do you have to do to sound like you're improvising when you're actually reading from sheet music?
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Do the violas often play the same parts as the violins in an orchestra?
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What instrument can an old guy learn if the main goal is to write music?
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What's the difference between a G♭ and an F#?
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Do I need to practice recovery from confusion? How?
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What is a "Circle of Fourths" chord progression?
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How do orchestras synchronize bow movement?
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Is there a "standard" or "typical" drum kit layout?
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Why do many acoustic pianos have a wooden block to the left of the keys?
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C Trumpet in Beethoven's 5th symphony
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Should I use British or American note value terminology?
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How does your brain learn to play the piano two-handed?
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Why note B is marked with H in Scandinavia and Germany?
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Why are conductors' movements shifted with respect to the musicians?
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Why do two identical notes never cancel each other out?
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Why does music sound bad when played backwards?
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What does the 'L' line in Elgar's "The Spirit of the Lord" mean?
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"The intervals considered dissonant have changed since the 'Middle Ages'"; How so?
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Why don’t piano teachers teach the chord method of playing to young children and adults?
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Proper symbol for this chord (1 5 b7 9 11)?
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Why do I hear higher harmonics, when the strings aren't free to vibrate?
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What's the proper piano notation for adding one note at a time to a chord and holding all the notes?
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When were the terms "Major" and "Minor" applied to keys?
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What's going on in this musical notation?
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What is the purpose of this concert equipment?
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Is knowing music theory really necessary for those who just want to play songs they hear?
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In sheet music, can notes of a chord have different length, or how to read this sheet?
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What is an All-Pass Filter? What are its uses?
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What does this sign before the notes mean and how does its placement affect the notes?
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Why use 5 or more ledger lines below the bass clef instead of ottava bassa lines for piano sheet music?
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What does it mean when one flat in the key signature is in parenthesis?
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What is the average note distribution in C major?
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Why does G# sound right when my melody is in C major?
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How to unlearn incorrect muscle memory
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What am I missing about learning French horn?
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How is counterpoint different from harmony?
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What is this violin ornament?
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How to avoid stopping when I play a wrong note on the piano
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Can I skip learning minor scales if I learned major ones?
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Purpose of double-sharps and double-flats?
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What does one need to know to learn to improvise with other musicians?
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