User Neil Meyer

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What are the four chords that so many pop songs are based on?

asked May 21, 2018 at 17:16

18 votes

3 answers

2k views

What does it mean to be able to write a fugue?

asked Nov 27, 2014 at 7:22

12 votes

12 answers

80k views

Can you play two guitars through the same amp?

asked Apr 22, 2016 at 11:54

11 votes

4 answers

2k views

Proper understanding of dissonance

asked Jul 22, 2015 at 12:48

11 votes

2 answers

1k views

Why was the Forte-Piano abbreviated as 'Piano' and not as 'Forte'?

asked Dec 11, 2016 at 12:43

11 votes

1 answer

2k views

What is the technique about how this this violin is held called?

asked Dec 31, 2018 at 14:21

10 votes

3 answers

668 views

What are some of the tips for musicians starting out as teachers?

asked May 12, 2018 at 9:36

9 votes

4 answers

2k views

Where do the natural harmonics fall on the bass guitar?

asked Jan 11, 2019 at 18:21

9 votes

1 answer

7k views

What does it mean for music to be technical?

asked Jul 21, 2015 at 19:10

8 votes

2 answers

2k views

Why are Lutes so hard to tune?

asked Sep 22, 2015 at 18:10

8 votes

2 answers

6k views

Where does the tradition of bowing after a performance come from?

asked Feb 1, 2016 at 17:04

8 votes

2 answers

2k views

How does Tom Morello make these weird whistling noises? VIDEO NSFW!

asked Sep 16, 2020 at 9:13

8 votes

1 answer

248 views

What does this Time Signature mean?

asked Aug 16, 2018 at 9:56

8 votes

5 answers

23k views

Can you play metal on single coil pickups?

asked Dec 31, 2016 at 9:37

8 votes

1 answer

12k views

What is the difference between a Bandoneon and an Accordion?

asked Apr 5, 2017 at 11:05

7 votes

2 answers

9k views

What do coil taps actually do?

asked Jan 10, 2017 at 15:11

7 votes

3 answers

3k views

Why does the English horn have a French name, and the French horn an English name?

asked Feb 11, 2017 at 19:03

7 votes

2 answers

2k views

What is so special about the devil's interval (tritone)?

asked Dec 30, 2016 at 8:42

7 votes

2 answers

480 views

Why is a violin so hard to amplify?

asked May 6, 2018 at 14:30

7 votes

2 answers

2k views

Why are humbuckers not skew?

asked Jan 2, 2016 at 8:39

7 votes

9 answers

9k views

Alternate tunings on a 12 string guitar

asked Jan 21, 2015 at 11:10

7 votes

1 answer

612 views

Does the plectrum you play with make a difference in your guitar sound?

asked Apr 28, 2015 at 13:08

6 votes

3 answers

2k views

Slapping Violin Strings with bow

asked May 4, 2016 at 17:21

6 votes

7 answers

1k views

Why don't we see jazz music played on the church organ?

asked Nov 11, 2017 at 9:14

5 votes

4 answers

2k views

What is the point of 12 string electric guitars?

asked Mar 26, 2021 at 10:42

5 votes

4 answers

2k views

Why would a hard-tail guitar need a locking nut?

asked Sep 4, 2019 at 7:40

5 votes

2 answers

523 views

Delay with your hands

asked Mar 26, 2015 at 15:58

5 votes

2 answers

533 views

What is the difference between Uilleann pipes and Great Highland Pipes?

asked May 10, 2021 at 10:15

5 votes

1 answer

202 views

Why do classical guitars necks meet the body at fret 12th and steel strings at fret 14th?

asked Aug 9, 2021 at 11:17

5 votes

1 answer

454 views

What do you call this type of guitar?

asked Feb 17, 2022 at 14:17

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93 Questions

What are the four chords that so many pop songs are based on?

What does it mean to be able to write a fugue?

Can you play two guitars through the same amp?

Proper understanding of dissonance

Why was the Forte-Piano abbreviated as 'Piano' and not as 'Forte'?

What is the technique about how this this violin is held called?

What are some of the tips for musicians starting out as teachers?

Where do the natural harmonics fall on the bass guitar?

What does it mean for music to be technical?

Why are Lutes so hard to tune?

Where does the tradition of bowing after a performance come from?

How does Tom Morello make these weird whistling noises? VIDEO NSFW!

What does this Time Signature mean?

Can you play metal on single coil pickups?

What is the difference between a Bandoneon and an Accordion?

What do coil taps actually do?

Why does the English horn have a French name, and the French horn an English name?

What is so special about the devil's interval (tritone)?

Why is a violin so hard to amplify?

Why are humbuckers not skew?

Alternate tunings on a 12 string guitar

Does the plectrum you play with make a difference in your guitar sound?

Slapping Violin Strings with bow

Why don't we see jazz music played on the church organ?

What is the point of 12 string electric guitars?

Why would a hard-tail guitar need a locking nut?

Delay with your hands

What is the difference between Uilleann pipes and Great Highland Pipes?

Why do classical guitars necks meet the body at fret 12th and steel strings at fret 14th?

What do you call this type of guitar?