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For questions about the creation of new music and the techniques used to do so.

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Does following "musical forms" suppress "creativity"?

I'm not a professional musician (actually, I'm a computer programmer), but I'm playing Guitar and Recorder, and I also sometimes write some themes coming to my mind. Thus, let's assume that I'm a lit …
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6 votes
3 answers
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recognizing the motif

I encounter the term motif in composition books, and still have no idea what a motif is. …
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57 votes
7 answers
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Does it really make difference to play a song in a different key?

I hear sometimes players and composers say that this song won't sound good in F Major for example, and you should play it or write it in G Major (this was just an example). In other words, it seems th …
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41 votes
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Is it possible to write a song without a key?

"This song is in F Major", "That song is in A Minor", "This song is in D Minor, but modulates to F Major in the middle", etc. Can we say "This song has no key"? Are there songs that have/follow no ke …
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