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What modern innovations have been/are being made for the piano?

piano instrument-making

asked Nov 24, 2020 at 4:20

18 votes

6 answers

4k views

Does tuning music to A = 432 Hz versus A = 440 Hz have a measurable effect on listeners?

tuning psychoacoustics

asked Apr 22, 2021 at 6:53

14 votes

4 answers

4k views

How can I slow down a YouTube video I'm trying to analyze or transcribe?

learning software analysis ear-training transcription

asked Aug 4, 2020 at 21:34

12 votes

2 answers

195 views

What criteria does ABRSM use in assigning piano music to each grade?

piano abrsm repertoire grading

asked Dec 21, 2020 at 20:06

11 votes

2 answers

803 views

Where did "The Real Book" originally come from?

jazz history books the-real-book

asked Oct 30, 2020 at 6:43

11 votes

3 answers

575 views

Does movable do modulate with the music or stay with the initial key?

teaching solfege

asked Dec 19, 2021 at 21:27

10 votes

5 answers

836 views

What is the relationship between where and how a vibrating string is activated?

strings keyboard tone acoustics

asked Dec 5, 2020 at 17:00

9 votes

2 answers

2k views

What does the chord notation X/Y ("slash chord") mean?

chords notation chord-theory chord-inversions chord-voicings

asked Aug 23, 2020 at 7:36

9 votes

1 answer

889 views

Am I too old? Is it too late? Starting, Resuming, or Mastering an instrument [duplicate]

learning self-learning beginner

asked Oct 5, 2020 at 5:06

9 votes

1 answer

738 views

What is the origin and original meaning of "tonic", "supertonic", "mediant", etc.?

scales terminology history modes

asked Jan 18, 2021 at 20:23

8 votes

3 answers

695 views

How did the ancient Greeks notate their music?

notation history

asked Dec 22, 2020 at 19:57

8 votes

3 answers

227 views

What are the acoustics of brass instrument pedal tones?

tone acoustics brass

asked Dec 23, 2020 at 20:15

8 votes

1 answer

218 views

How are editorial additions/changes to a score indicated?

notation sheet-music editions publishing

asked Sep 4, 2020 at 21:00

8 votes

5 answers

2k views

What does it mean to "play what is not written"?

sheet-music interpretation

asked Apr 8, 2021 at 4:30

7 votes

2 answers

150 views

Spurious note in "Für Elise" (D in measure 76)?

beethoven editions

asked Mar 11, 2021 at 3:46

7 votes

1 answer

147 views

Which came first: the dot or the tie?

notation rhythm history

asked Oct 29, 2021 at 18:57

6 votes

3 answers

329 views

Does the chord-symbol spelling of a polychord have musical meaning?

chords notation chord-theory

asked Mar 25, 2021 at 5:01

6 votes

3 answers

304 views

Did continuo players consider figured bass as "interval symbols" or "chord symbols"?

chord-theory history figured-bass

asked Aug 11, 2020 at 9:00

6 votes

3 answers

1k views

Should the comping instrument ever double the bass player?

chords chord-theory voice-leading chord-inversions chord-voicings

asked Aug 23, 2020 at 6:23

6 votes

1 answer

990 views

What are brass instrument "pedal tones" and "false tones", and how are they different?

terminology acoustics brass

asked Dec 28, 2020 at 4:10

5 votes

1 answer

116 views

How can I render "uneven" tuplets in ABC notation?

tuplet abc-notation

asked Oct 16, 2020 at 13:06

5 votes

2 answers

218 views

Did Chopin use hairpins (adjacent crescendo and decrescendo) to indicate rubato rather than dynamics?

notation tempo dynamics chopin interpretation

asked Nov 22, 2020 at 5:53

5 votes

1 answer

251 views

What are brass instrument "false notes" and how are they played?

technique terminology brass

asked Dec 25, 2020 at 17:20

5 votes

1 answer

551 views

What is "Young's modulus", and how does it relate to guitar?

guitar strings acoustics string-instruments

asked May 15, 2021 at 16:19

5 votes

2 answers

115 views

What should one look for in buying a practice mute for trumpet?

trumpet mute

asked Jan 4 at 19:47

4 votes

2 answers

155 views

When did Stradivarius become "Stradivarius!"

history string-instruments lutherie

asked Oct 25, 2021 at 1:31

4 votes

1 answer

347 views

What is the proper shorthand notation for a multi-measure chord tremolo?

chords notation tremolo

asked Jul 13, 2021 at 20:37

4 votes

3 answers

279 views

Come to think of it, who did put the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo bop?

voice history lyrics

asked Dec 16, 2020 at 4:40

4 votes

2 answers

120 views

General term to cover piano fingerings, trombone slide positions, Theremin hand positions, etc

terminology fingering

asked Jan 12, 2021 at 4:56

4 votes

3 answers

460 views

How does changing a guitar string's tuning affect its timbre?

guitar strings tone alternative-tunings

asked Jan 24, 2021 at 4:07

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58 Questions

What modern innovations have been/are being made for the piano?

Does tuning music to A = 432 Hz versus A = 440 Hz have a measurable effect on listeners?

How can I slow down a YouTube video I'm trying to analyze or transcribe?

What criteria does ABRSM use in assigning piano music to each grade?

Where did "The Real Book" originally come from?

Does movable do modulate with the music or stay with the initial key?

What is the relationship between where and how a vibrating string is activated?

What does the chord notation X/Y ("slash chord") mean?

Am I too old? Is it too late? Starting, Resuming, or Mastering an instrument [duplicate]

What is the origin and original meaning of "tonic", "supertonic", "mediant", etc.?

How did the ancient Greeks notate their music?

What are the acoustics of brass instrument pedal tones?

How are editorial additions/changes to a score indicated?

What does it mean to "play what is not written"?

Spurious note in "Für Elise" (D in measure 76)?

Which came first: the dot or the tie?

Does the chord-symbol spelling of a polychord have musical meaning?

Did continuo players consider figured bass as "interval symbols" or "chord symbols"?

Should the comping instrument ever double the bass player?

What are brass instrument "pedal tones" and "false tones", and how are they different?

How can I render "uneven" tuplets in ABC notation?

Did Chopin use hairpins (adjacent crescendo and decrescendo) to indicate rubato rather than dynamics?

What are brass instrument "false notes" and how are they played?

What is "Young's modulus", and how does it relate to guitar?

What should one look for in buying a practice mute for trumpet?

When did Stradivarius become "Stradivarius!"

What is the proper shorthand notation for a multi-measure chord tremolo?

Come to think of it, who did put the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo bop?

General term to cover piano fingerings, trombone slide positions, Theremin hand positions, etc

How does changing a guitar string's tuning affect its timbre?