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Cello music new symbol to me
In my piece of music, there is a straight line above two notes.
It is dead straight and over two notes, an E and then A, one is a dotted crochet and the other a quaver.
What does it mean?
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In a classical guitar score, when a section plays very low notes, is it better to use 8vb, G clef with 8vb or the F clef?
My music knowledge background
I never studied music in a music school, but I've composed music for some years and know some theory that I've picked up and read about over the years. I do not have much ...
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I dont understand what this assignment wants from me. Please help I am losing my mind
I missed one class and now I don't understand how to do this assignment plz help
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Why doesn't the G chord resolve as definitively into C as E7 into Am?
I'm a beginner guitarist.
On the piano it sounds fine: G to C. Perfect!
On the guitar it sounds ... meh ... blah ...
In a minor scale, however, such as A minor, the dominant (E7) resolves definitively,...
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Fingering for arpeggio in Scriabin's piano sonata no. 1
What fingering is recommended for the righthand section here? I'd originally been using 1-2-3-1-2-3-1-2-3-4-135, but at around dotted quarter = 80-85 it's started to feel quite difficult and I've hit ...
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Modulate from a minor to D major [duplicate]
Can you recommend a smooth way to modulate from a minor to D major? I know a way to modulate down a fifth between major/major, but cannot really apply it here.
My ideas would be modulating to C major ...
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how do I analyse these chords in this chorale?
I’m playing some chorales and I can’t figure out how to ananlyse these highlighted chords. I think these chords share the characteristics of having adjacent notes and I’m having trouble with that. The ...
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ABC notation : how to draw the "piano brace" at the left of the grand staff?
Good morning-
I have scoured the documentation for EasyABC but can't find how to draw the brace at the left of the grand staff, to couple the two piano parts.
Can anyone advise please? (I'm assuming ...
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How to surround chordnames with bars?
I want to make a line containing only chord names, separated and surrounded by vertical bars.
I have the following code
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\new ChordNames \with {
\override BarLine.bar-extent = #'(-0.5 . ...
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How do I make LilyPond omit all barlines except the last one?
\omit Staff.Barline works a treat for getting rid of bar lines, but when I get to the end of the score I do want a barline — just one — the usual final double bar line.
There must be a \once \include ...
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Connect keyboard and synthesizer via MIDI Thru
I have an old synthesizer with the five-pin MIDI In, Out, Thru connections. I also have a keyboard with only one USB MIDI port. How can I connect both to my audio interface (has MIDI In and Out) via ...
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What are ways to use permutations to explore harmonic progressions?
Permutations can be very useful for crafting varied and interesting rhythms. It is possible to explore rhythms using Pascal's triangle. Sounds and silences on two beats can be written in binary form: ...
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What do the chord symbols on each bar mean?
I see chord symbols on each bar, and I assume they represent the notes in the bar.
But many times not all the notes are present, and sometimes a bar with only 1 note has a chord symbol.
If they are a ...
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i need help me harmonize this barline [closed]
this is a soprano line needing to be harmonized.
Im not sure how to harmonize it though.
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Is it true that D A D F A D is the bluesiest guitar tuning? [closed]
Is D A D F A D the bluesiest guitar tuning ? If not, what tuning is ?
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Isn’t pitch memorization almost as valuable as absolute pitch?
I think a high majority of people are capable of singing songs in the original key and singing the correct notes. Taking it a step further, wouldn’t paying attention to the name of notes that we ...
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Why are all legato practices about 3 notes per string?
Is it normal if I practice legato on 5 positions major, minor scale?
The thing I notice practicing legato with 5 positions scale is harder to keep tracking on metronome, since some string only has two ...
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Guitar build — Will the wrong neck work?
I am building a Les Paul style guitar from parts I bought online.
Unfortunately, I noticed that I've got the wrong neck, the body is cut for a set-in neck with a tab at the end of the heel which goes ...
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Learning about the sustain pedal modification [closed]
Can a keyboard be damaged later on when you use a homemade sustain pedal on it? Is it necessary to put a resistor in a sustain pedal?
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Recording rock vocals vs rap vocals
Hello everyone I have experience in sound recording. Now about the question: I have no idea what the difference is between rap vocals and rock vocals. Can someone tell me? I'm going to record rock ...
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Anyone know what key this cadence from the SimCity 3000 theme is in? [closed]
I'm currently analyzing the SimCity 3000 theme (
). I've noticed that the chords for the intro (by figuring out the notes for each chord and then looking the note ...
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Paganini's Cantabile for violin and guitar in D - clarification on the notation [duplicate]
This is from Niccolò Paganini's Cantabile for violin and guitar in D:
How do I play the red-boxed notes properly?
What does the hat-dot signs mean? What are they called?
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Problem with importing MIDI file created in FL Studio 20.8.4 to Ableton Live 11 Lite
I want to import to Ableton Live Lite chords I've created in FL Studio by exporting them as midi and importing them into Ableton Live. When I try to import a sample midi file found in internet into ...
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What guitar chord is made up of the open notes A D G B?
Guitar chord is cited as a chord in Kenny Wayne Sheppard's Born With a Broken Heart.
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What is this notation that looks like a hat above the stave? [duplicate]
I'm having trouble finding what this notation means:
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I have an accessible range of e2-bb5 how much farther can i expect to go? (Male) [duplicate]
I have been singing for a year now and I can go from and e2 to a bb5 in head voice/ falsetto and my belt range is up to c5 while my mix can be up to a g5. I think I'm a tenor but my low notes are ...
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Are the terms time and rhythm interchangeable?
I’ve been reading a few books that are titled as if rhythm is a term that is interchangeable with time. I.e, I would have personally titled them something like the study of time in music or elements ...
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How to listen to each individual voice of a piece of polyphonic music?
When listening to a piece of polyphonic music, I can only hear the soprano part, but not the other voices, because the soprano part is making it difficult to hear the other voices. So, I can only ...
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How to make actually minimal page breaking in LilyPond
Consider the example below. It has 6 systems, and if I force LilyPond to put all 6 onto one page with min-systems-per-page = #6, it does, and it works well. The issue is that in real life, not every ...
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Problems with learning consecutive similar passages [duplicate]
I am self-learning piano and in many pieces I encounter two similar, but not identical passages one after another.
For example, in Beethoven's Pathétique sonata, 1st mvt measures 12-19 and 20-27 are ...
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Installing Lilypond in (La)TeX environment
Apologies if this has been asked before, but I have not found the relevant question.
I am trying to use LilyPond in a LaTeX environment.
From ChatGPT I should be able to use a simple file such as:
\...
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Two categories of scales
There are scales like C-Major or Eb harmonic Minor or A-octatonic or G# Mixo(#11) or E-acoustic. Heck, what not, a plenty of scales actually, more you could imagine to be listed here.
And there are ...
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Why don't guitar chords and staff notations match each other?
The G7 chord in root position on a fretboard diagram for guitar looks like this:
But in staff notation, the G7 chord in root position looks like:
The correct representation of the notes on the ...
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Lilypond attaching postscript to a NoteHead
I'm making a fingering chart for a 5-valve tuba, but having some troubles.
In the top line, I'm using lilypond's built in fingerings:
\relative bes,,{ <bes-0> <b-123> ... }
I guess ...
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How do I use moveable solfege to play songs by ear? [duplicate]
I've been told solfege will help me play a melody by ear and have been learning about it.
One thing that really confuses me, is do I approach it by using intervals to remake the song? For example when ...
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Are all classical guitar pieces composed based on chord progressions?
For the last few days I enjoyed playing Fernando Sor's "Study in B Minor" mostly because chords that I had learned could be found throughout the piece and I deemed it more "organized&...
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How do you make hymns more... spiritual? [closed]
How are hymns made more spiritual? is the blend of the notes in the different parts the matter or the sound quality? Following hymns (mostly Christmas hymns) such as "In dulcin jubilo", &...
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(JAZZ) Good resources on knowing which chords you can use for any given function or knowing how to simplify chord progression [closed]
I was watching christiaan's The secret(s) to understanding jazz harmony!]1 and in here he lists a bunch of different chord substitution you can use in your improv and how you can convert any chord to ...
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How to find the parent scale (prime form?) for a group of sibling modes?
Reminder: I know just enough theory to be really annoying. this is everything I know about it. so far.
I've calculated all the possible modes and recently learned they all have names but what eludes ...
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Resolving chordal 7ths (Maj7, min7, V7, etc.) (melodic vs harmonic tendency)
I'm aware of "melodic" tendencies, where [2-4-6] all usually resolve down & [7] usually resolves up.
But I cannot find any resources that explain WHY chordal 7ths, when dealing with ...
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Determining counts of semiquavers that are joined to quavers
I was given a 4/4 bar, and I'm trying to figure out what's the exact time at which to play the notes using these counts: 1-e-&-a-2-e-&-a-3-e-&-a-4-e-&-a
My attempt is written in grey ...
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When was the term "scale degree" coined? Or where did it originate?
Today is the first time I've heard the term "scale degree". When was the term coined? Or where did it originate?
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How do I play this rhythm? [duplicate]
I am trying to play the Largo from Vivaldi's Concerto for Flautino in C Major (RV 443), but I am not sure how to time this passage in measure 4:
This piece is in 12/8 time, but the notes in this ...
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Is it safe to pre-tension soft pedal on Yamaha U1 to lower volume?
I bought a 1960s Yamaha U1 about a year ago, and really like it. However, it's slightly too loud for the room it's in. I noticed it has a wing nut on the soft pedal that can be loosened, and this ...
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What does this flat symbol over a turn mean?
I think it means for the starting note to be lowered one semitone, but I'm not sure.
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Guitar triplet legato: should i lift all fingers while moving to the next string?
I see many legato practices didn't mention about it.
Each time i play 3 notes in one string, i tend to lift all 3 fingers and pick the next string first note (2 left fingers are on the air).
I notice ...
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Why do conductors use transposed scores vs. concert scores?
Why do conductors use transposed scores vs. concert scores? It adds a lot more mental cost with no return on investment.
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Tips for learning and memorizing passages consisting of groups of only slightly different notes?
Not sure how to word it better. I give two examples below. On the right hand (treble clef), the small groups of notes have similar patterns but vary slightly, sometimes just an accidental's difference....
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Why can't i relate notes to sound? [duplicate]
So when I started searching for music theory I started practicing solfege, using a DAW based on sheet music and tried to learn interval recognition.
But for some reason I can't relate this things to ...
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