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Is there a way to merge to mono without boosting the center component?
Normally, if you merge stereo to mono, the center component gets a +3dB boost because it is doubled. Is there a way to merge stereo to mono while keeping the balance between the center and sides?
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How to write a right-hand bracket in Lilypond? [duplicate]
Somebody else already asked this for Musescore; but how can I produce a half-bracked as pictured in Lilypond?
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New to reading kit music - questions about technique
I’m a self taught drum kit player and this is my first time reading drum sheet music. I’ve made drum sheets before with MuseScore, so I can read most things fine, but there’s one section where it asks ...
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Is it possible to "add" a rotary fifth valve to a 4-valved tuba?
I am currently playing Wessex TB 692 Grand, which is 4-valved BBb tuba.
I have always cherished a 5-valved BBb, so I wonder if it is possible to add a rotary 5th valve to my Wessex horn..
Is this ...
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Is it a waste of money if I buy a multi-effect pedal when I have an amp which has built-in multi effects?
I have the Nux Mighty Space desktop amp, which I like very much. For a reasonable price, this 30W comes with wireless module, foot switch, ability to connect via USB, and built-in effects.
The tones ...
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How to record guitar into FL Studio 21
I have an audio interface hooked up to studio monitors and I have set everything up (Real life amplifier with 1/4" output wired to the 1/4" audio interface input). I see an output as a ...
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Do bass singers' voices deepen after puberty? If so, by how much?
I have heard that bass voices tend to continue deepening well after puberty, sometimes into the early thirties. Is this true? I believe Geoff Castellucci once said in an interview that at eighteen he ...
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Questions on get a chord's name
I have an algorithm to determine a chord's name. A chord is a set of notes, like A B C. I'd like to improve the algorithm and have several questions.
First of all, I'm aware of this thread but that's ...
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does every melody fit into 3-note-scales?
Currently I am learning how to use ears for transcribing melodies.
My previous thought was that every melody followed scales of some sorts, so I learned 3-notes-per-strings scales.
But today I have ...
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Anglo Concertina playing series of the same note press button multiple times or hold?
Hello I am a complete beginner with music and I am learning the Anglo concertina.
When you have a series of the same note do you release the button and press it again? Or stop the instrument and start ...
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What is the name of this instrument that sounds like a pedal steel guitar? [closed]
What is the name of this instrument?
Here video I'm thinking that the sounds produced by that instrument are similar to the sounds of a pedal steel guitar, because when I see the newer versions of the ...
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How does an analogue mixing desk fit into a small studio with a multichannel audio interface?
So I've recently started helping out at a local community centre, which has a recording studio. Specifically, it has a live room and a control room, with an A&H Zed 436 36-channel analogue mixer ...
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Help identify brand of guitar [closed]
I recently got a guitar from my dad's friend for my birthday. He didn't play with it at all and gifted it to me. It's a really nice guitar, but I can't identify the brand of the guitar. The only clue ...
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LilyPond: how do I place a hairpin under a slur?
Here is the desired engraving (look at the last 4 notes of the left hand):
Here is what I tried:
sib4 la8 sol16 \< (la \! \clef bass
\once \override Hairpin.outside-staff-priority = #0
sib \> ...
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An example of a triply diminished interval in a specific piece of music [closed]
The thought spurred from a question I had for my music theory teacher. I asked her, “can doubly diminished intervals exist without double sharps or double flats?” We hadn’t gotten into double d or A, ...
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Tenuto, legato and staccato on the same note
In the first bars of the Barcarola et Scherzo by Alfredo Casella the piano part has chords with legato, tenuto and staccato signs all together:
What is the correct way to play these notes? What could ...
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What acoustic instruments are great for Droning? [closed]
I want a drone, using only acoustic instruments, with as little effort as possible, to accompany singing.
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Lilypond: Changing \partCombine on a system-by-system basis [duplicate]
In Dorico and many published scores (such as this Mahler score), there is condensing where instruments are displayed in multiple voices and can 'separate' out when necessary. For example, on the 2nd ...
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I know these are sixteenth sextuplets, but I was wondering what these are called when they share the same staff? And how they're played?
I am trying to figure out what they are, I've searched on YouTube but I don't think I have the correct keywords to find out what I'm looking for... Are they played like double stops or played ...
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LilyPond: Consistent stem/beam position (not length)
In the style of scottish snare drumming I am trying to notate, the ideal is for all stems and beams to end at the same height.
Unlike concert snare, where all notes are on the line (so this happens ...
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The Newton Brothers "I'm the candy Man" chord progression analysis
I've been listening to "I'm the candy man" from The Fall of the House of Usher this morning and am hitting a little roadblock trying to think of the theory behind the chord progression.
It ...
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LilyPond: Analysis Brackets over 1 note or in conjunction with other functions
IIUC, the way you notate analysis brackets in LilyPond is a\startGroup b\stopGroup.
For my use-case, this is inconvenient in a couple ways.
Sometimes I need a bracket on just one note. a\startGroup\...
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How to create a custom markup for chord names in lilypond
I am trying to display chord names left from the chord diagrams in lilypond. Based on answers in this question I was able to offset the positions of the diagrams and respective chord names, but the ...
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Is a minor key based on the natural minor scale or all 3 minor scales?
I am finding very different answers from various sources online regarding this topic.
Some say that the minor key is based on the natural minor scale, but harmonic and melodic minor can be used too.
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LilyPond: Scottish Snare Notation
The notation for snare drum music used in bagpipe bands is somewhat nonstandard.
Here's some simple examples of the Association of North American Pipe Band Associations (ANAPBA) standardized "...
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Will a soak in mouthwash hurt mouthpieces?
I’m teaching wind instruments to grade 7 and 8’s after a decade of teaching primary music. Since covid, my school board mandates a specific cleaning solution must be used for sanitation. Brass and ...
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How to clean this guitar hardware?
I neglected my guitar a little bit in the last years. Didn't do anything crazy with them; it just hung on the wall and when I played it I didn't really clean it.
I know how to clean and maintain the ...
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What should this chord be called?
In a piece that I'm composing, I use a very weird chord (arpeggiated) in bar 3 of the below excerpt:
The chord progression is G - C♯7 - ??? - A.
How should this chord be named, and does it include the ...
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What is the name of this musical scale: E, F, G, G#, B, C#, D?
What is the name of this scale? As far as a root note goes, I think these three arrangements of it sound like they have a root.
E, F, G, G#, B, C#, D...
D, E, F, G, G#, B, C#...
B, C#, D, E, F, G, G#....
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Can IR balanced output from Engl ironball e606se plug directly to a monitor speaker
I am buying a guitar amp and thinking about engl ironball e606se.
I have a limited space for my apartment, so I prefer a small speaker than 1x12 cab.
However, I don’t know that is it ok to use ir ...
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How do I plug in a electrospace sg2 compressor to my amp
I have recently bought a used electrospace sg2 compressor for my guitar but I don’t know how to plug it in. There are 3 spots to plug things in on in the back. 1 of them look like what you’d plug a ...
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Minor third interval in minor scales: From tonic to?
Major scales have a major third interval from the tonic of the scale to the 3rd scale degree.
I would expect the same to be true in minor with a minor third interval but, for example, in the ...
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Problem with loops not stopping in FL Studio 20
I'm having the problem that when I'm using a loop from the default folders, either in the channel rack or in the playlist, they won't stop when they are supposed to (they are present in a pattern but ...
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How should I comprehend Modal Mixture?
I’m studying the concept of modal mixture and there’s one thing that I immediately got curious about.
Supposedly, the majority of POP music (rock, hip hop, r&b, country, etc) is a mixture of Major ...
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Do you have to completely master each Pumping Nylon exercises thoroughly?
Presently I am working on Pumping Nylon exercises, but I cannot play as fast as the exercise asks me to.
Do I have to completely master each piece or can I just move on after playing through it ...
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Why do the chords of one song work with the melody of the other perfectly
Specifically, these 2 songs:
Redbone:
(Chords are B, C#, D#m in original key)
Snooze:
(Chords are G#m7, A#m7, Bmaj7 transposed + 6 ...
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How to notate altered diatonic scales (in this case Mixolydian ♭6)? [duplicate]
If I am notating a piece that's in [mostly] a C Mixolydian ♭6 scale (B♭ and A♭), what approach to notation would be most easily read?
Notate everything in a non-standard key signature, B♭, E♮, and A♭...
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In harmonic syntax (“root progressions”), does only the root matter, or the entire chord?
I’ve read in these threads that Rameau & CPE Bach have a different opinion on wether or not more notes than the root of a chord are relevant in harmonic syntax.
Here are some stand out quotes from ...
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How does Gm → C9 → Ebm → Ebm/Gb work?
I have a song in Bb major. It begins its verse in G minor like this:
Gm → C9 → Ebm → Ebm/Gb
Gm → C9 → Ebm → D7
I can relate that Gm and C9 are a ii-V, but it resolved not to F but to Ebm (bVII?). ...
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LilyPond: Problems with the \scaleDurations function
I recently developed an algorithm in Python that allows me to generate time signatures and metronome markings and output them as LilyPond code. I use metronome indications with up to three decimal ...
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How should I start studying jazz standards? [closed]
I am beginning to learn guitar itself.
I can read music sheet, have studied music theory well enough to understand chord progressions.
But I have not played much other than Bach's Bourree and some ...
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Piano chord fingering and/or pedal use [duplicate]
Although my beginner status doesn't make me eligible to play this particular sheet (part of which I presented here), I found it interesting to analyze the notes written. My question is related to ...
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How does swapping parts affect an arrangement
So, thinking about a typical arrangement structure, from what I know, is built from bass parts to effectively soprano ones. So within a group of instruments, let's say trumpets, you could have 4th ...
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Different meanings of "third"?
Third can refer to:
an interval (major or minor third)
the pitch class that is one third away from the tonic
the third scale degree
In case of the meaning 2., the pitch class that is one third away ...
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Accent alignment in Japanese music with English lyrics
When listening to Japanese (pop) songs containing English lyrics, I can't help but notice an interesting phenomenon. Usually for English songs, we tend to align the linguistic stress with the melodic/...
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What is heard when a tuning fork is struck?
When a tuning fork is struck I hear two tones. From a distance I can hear a high octave frequency of the pitch of the tuning fork. Though, if I listen to it closely (closer to my ears), I also hear a ...
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What is "vertical sticking"?
I was browsing through cadences for my drumline and I stumbled upon "Trade Off" by Cassidy Byars. In the sheet music, it mentions vertical sticking at the end of the snare feature. However, ...
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BOSS RC-5. Rhythm. Problem with using in live performance
Recently I have become the happy owner of the BOSS RC-5 pedal.
I intend to use it in live performance to play the recorded bass line and drum part.
It is important for me that I can turn off and on ...
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Emulating a 415 Hz tuner?
Is it possible to use a standard 440 Hz digital tuner to emulate a 415 Hz tuner, even if it doesn't explicitly support setting the A4 frequency?
I'm learning to play the viol, and I can't find a good ...
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Is there any official standard document that says middle C is C4? [duplicate]
You can find people on the Internet talking about "Scientific pitch notation (SPN), also known as American standard pitch notation (ASPN) and international pitch notation (IPN)", like on ...
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