Music: Practice & Theory

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Why do guitarists put tape on their amplifiers?
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Why do notes have multiple names?
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How to play a song without making mistakes?
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Key signature for writing in modes other than major and minor
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How do I properly stretch my newly strung strings?
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How to learn many musical instruments?
Awarded Jul 21, 2016 at 20:57
How can you be sure your teacher-to-be is an accomplished musician?
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Why are only even values used for note duration?
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Is it a good idea to leave my guitar tuned over night?
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How should I "store" my guitars?
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WHY do harmonics happen?
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If E-G-C is first inversion, what is E-C-G?
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Which fingering to use when playing the same piano key twice in a row?
Awarded May 11, 2016 at 6:18
Why do people sometimes write notes as E♯ or C♭?
Awarded Apr 28, 2016 at 19:11
Poor quality guitars that don't tune
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How to tell the time signature of a song by listening?
Awarded Apr 12, 2016 at 17:15
What is the term for a song without a tempo?
Awarded Apr 12, 2016 at 1:44
A (440 Hz) and A (880 Hz) are completely different sounds to me. Does this mean I'm tone deaf?
Awarded Apr 8, 2016 at 20:32
Purpose of double-sharps and double-flats?
Awarded Apr 2, 2016 at 2:49
How necessary is a USB Audio Interface?
Awarded Mar 21, 2016 at 8:48
How not to touch neighbouring strings?
Awarded Mar 18, 2016 at 23:55
Is there any way to improve composing?
Awarded Mar 16, 2016 at 3:02
Why is a C7 chord named a dominant seventh chord?
Awarded Feb 24, 2016 at 10:54
Do musicians that began playing from an early age have an incontestable advantage?
Awarded Feb 12, 2016 at 23:05
How do classical composers write music?
Awarded Feb 7, 2016 at 11:52
Why does conventional playing style give the string manipulation to the left hand?
Awarded Feb 2, 2016 at 10:17
What is an "open tuning"?
Awarded Jan 19, 2016 at 16:46
List of average genre tempo (BPM) levels?
Awarded Jan 9, 2016 at 2:33
Free software to create a score from scratch
Awarded Jan 8, 2016 at 14:34
What is the relationship between the melody line and the rhythm chords?
Awarded Dec 30, 2015 at 18:32
It is ok to correct wrong notes when playing piano?
Awarded Dec 28, 2015 at 17:04
Every time I press 'record' I forget how to play and sing!
Awarded Dec 20, 2015 at 14:05
What Does a Compressor Pedal Do?
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What is harmonic mixing / mix in key?
Awarded Dec 16, 2015 at 19:16
What is the first scale one should learn on guitar
Awarded Dec 16, 2015 at 0:11
What is intonation and how can I find out if my guitar has correct intonation?
Awarded Nov 21, 2015 at 8:08
Why is the guitar tuned like it is?
Awarded Oct 28, 2015 at 16:49
Why do drummers put (duct) tape on their drums?
Awarded Oct 7, 2015 at 20:40
Is there any "research" in music theory?
Awarded Sep 26, 2015 at 2:49
As a guitarist, how can I learn to sight-read music?
Awarded Sep 25, 2015 at 6:09
Why is bass note so important in harmonic analysis of music?
Awarded Sep 16, 2015 at 8:54
Why do minor keys sound “sad”?
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(1/√π)/√⅔ as a time signature?
Awarded Sep 14, 2015 at 19:09
How can a classical pianist learn jazz piano?
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Piano with two treble clefs and 8va on grand staff
Awarded Sep 10, 2015 at 10:32
How can a non-musician recognize anacrusis?
Awarded Sep 9, 2015 at 15:04
Why do harmonics played on guitar sound lower as you move to higher frets while fretted notes sound higher?
Awarded Sep 8, 2015 at 11:32
Is there a way to measure the consonance or dissonance of a chord?
Awarded Aug 14, 2015 at 16:33
What is the theory behind scales?
Awarded Aug 8, 2015 at 5:41
What is the difference between a riff and a lick?
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What's the difference between "modal music" and "tonal music"?
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How do I connect my musical instrument to a computer?
Awarded Jul 19, 2015 at 7:53
Why are pianos traditionally tuned "out of tune" at the extremes?
Awarded Jul 15, 2015 at 20:40
What are the most effective ear training methods?
Awarded Jul 8, 2015 at 4:55
Why do we use such complicated notation?
Awarded Jun 29, 2015 at 8:24
How do I use a metronome?
Awarded Jun 29, 2015 at 7:22
How to know what notes will go together while improvising?
Awarded Jun 29, 2015 at 5:26
Why is the double bass the only instrument in the violin family tuned in fourths?
Awarded Jun 28, 2015 at 17:49
How to help students remember Half vs. Whole rests
Awarded Jun 27, 2015 at 8:38
Why does the scale have seven (or five) notes? Why not six?
Awarded Jun 9, 2015 at 9:01
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