Tags
A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for others to find and answer your question.
For questions about how music works, seeking to identify structures and patterns in music. Used to indicate questions about musical concepts and structures, as opposed to techniques and execution.
3746 questions
For questions about guitar playing in general. For questions specifically about electric guitars, see "electric-guitar". For questions specifically about acoustic guitars with or without pickup system…
3363 questions
For questions about music written for piano, playing the piano, maintenance of a piano, or other general questions about pianos.
3195 questions
For questions about visual representation of music and its uses. If the question is about a specific type of notation like tablature, that should also be tagged. Questions about how to input specific …
2414 questions
For general questions about chords like how to play them, construct them, or what symbols represent them. For more in depth analysis of the ideas behind chords themselves, please use the chord-theory …
2222 questions
For questions specifically about solid-body or semi-acoustic electric guitars. For acoustic and electro-acoustic guitars, or guitar playing in general, see the "guitar" tag.
1348 questions
For questions about the "vertical" aspects of music and how to build and study them.
1342 questions
For questions about ways to use one's instrument or voice precisely to produce a desired musical effect.
1303 questions
For questions about playing, understanding, or studying scales.
1273 questions
For questions about the theory behind building and naming chords. Do not use for questions about how to physically play a chord or chord progression on an instrument.
1257 questions
Musical notation in written or printed form. Questions asking people to find or transcribe (make) sheet music for a particular song are off-topic.
1140 questions
Questions related to the use of the human voice as an instrument (singing).
1131 questions
For questions about sequences of chords, and the relationship of one chord to the next. Typically questions about chord progressions should also be tagged harmony if asking about in depth concepts abo…
1065 questions
For questions about the terms used to describe music or the language used within the musical field. Questions about symbols should use the "notation" tag.
993 questions
For questions about the creation of new music and the techniques used to do so.
976 questions
Movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.
806 questions
For questions about usage of LilyPond, the free music engraving program. Code formatting on this site is not intended for LilyPond; workarounds can be found on meta. Questions may also necessitate the…
703 questions
Learning is the act of acquiring or developing skills and knowledge.
641 questions
An original American music style that originated in the early 20th century by improvisation and syncopation.
627 questions
The system of pitches used by an instrument or in a piece of music, or the practice of adjusting the pitches that instruments or voices produce to be in accordance with the chosen system. When relevan…
616 questions
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only acoustic methods to project the sound produced by its strings, as opposed to one that requires an amplifier.
597 questions
For questions about choosing which finger(s) to use when playing an instrument. This tag can apply to pressing a key (of a keyboard), to stop a string, or the set of fingers to use to produce a partic…
590 questions
The violin is the best known bowed string instrument. It is the smallest of the string instruments normally used in orchestral music. It is used in all music styles and is very common in classical, co…
531 questions
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a protocol used to allow music hardware, software and other equipment to communicate with each other.
515 questions
Numeric ratio indicating the subdivision of measures according to groups of beats.
513 questions
For questions about key signatures, scales, modes and similar topics. Most questions should also be tagged with "theory".
508 questions
For questions about amplifiers in a musical setting. If the question is about a specific topic of amplifiers like maintenance or repairs those tags should also be included.
496 questions
Questions relating to the process or action of recording music live or in the studio.
496 questions
Flexible material that provides vibrations in string instruments
496 questions
For questions about how music has developed and changed over time or for questions about concepts and ideas of a historic period of music. Do not use just because the subject of the question is a hist…
473 questions
A family of musical instruments both acoustic (piano, harpsichord, etc.) and electronic which is played by depressing keys, each of which represent a musical tone. In electronic music, keyboards are o…
473 questions
For questions about generalities about instruments or groups of instruments.
459 questions
For questions about studying the intricacies of a piece of music. Questions should also be tagged with a more specific form of analysis if applicable.
451 questions
Drums are a subset of percussion instruments played by beating a "head" stretched over a hollow "shell."
443 questions
For questions about musical computer programs used by musicians for practice, performance, or composition. More popular software will have a specific tag for it. Do not use for software recommendation…
429 questions