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How can I easily manage different tunings?
This is probably appropriate for a range of instruments, and I have seen mentioned in other questions that professional musicians can cope easily with transpositions, different instruments that play in different keys etc., but my specific problem is…
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What guitar tunings allow many chords without fretting between "live" strings
When playing the guitar, I find it difficult to fret a string without touching the string on either side and ruining the sound. Open tunings make it very easy to play one type of chord by barring across a single fret, but make it almost impossible…
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Why do people say "you are a little flat" and never "you are are a little sharp"?
Is there a tendency to sing flat when singing out of tune?
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Why don't all humans have absolute pitch?
I'm not looking for an evolutionary reason. I'm looking for answer based on how the brain works. I believe the way the brain works is not solely determined by natural selection. Sometimes natural selection will select for a certain ability and then…
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What does it take to make metal music?
I happen to have my father's old guitar laying around in storage. While I was listening to metal music on youtube, I had a thought: I wonder if I could play metal on the thing?
Problem is, I have really bad dexterity, and the only instrument I have…
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What is more proper notation in piano sheet music to denote that the left hand should be louder?
Sorry if this is a stupid question. In this passage I'm notating, the right hand has accentuating chords and the left hand carries the melody. I wonder whether I need to denote that (and if so, whether method A or B is more proper - I have seen both…
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Notation clarity question for a conglomerate of accidentals
I have encountered the following slightly weird notation for three close-by notes intended to be taken together. However, in order to fit the sharp and double sharp accidental symbols at appropriate places, while keeping the key signature, that…
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Are there objective criteria for classifying consonance v. dissonance?
There has been a fair bit of to-ing and fro-ing regarding consonance and dissonance lately here. What I cannot understand is that the two terms seem to encompass rather subjective opinions.
Looking at a recent list, I find myself disagreeing with…
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Super Ultra Hyper Mega Meta Scales
If you are as obsessed with Jacob Collier as I am, you probably know what I'm talking about. If not, it is essentially a scale that continually modulates, taking you through multiple keys. Jacob coined the Super Ultra Hyper Mega Meta Lydian scale,…
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Which is the correct version of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition?
I was using a score of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition from
https://imslp.org/wiki/Pictures_at_an_Exhibition_(Mussorgsky%2C_Modest). This one was published by V. Bessel & Co. in St. Petersburg, 1886, a reprint of the first edition. In bar 10,…
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What to expect in a jazz audition
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In my city, the government is going to open a music school for free. In two weeks they going to make auditions for the jazz class for beginners, intermediate and advanced players. I play the bass guitar. I have some experience playing for…
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Unknown indication below upper stave
The number 2, quite large and in italics, appears twice below the notes on the upper stave.
There are some fingering indicators but one quarter the size.
The time signature is 6/8
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Why doesn't a marching band have strings?
In a regular orchestra the violin takes an important role. Why is it that in marching bands there are no strings usually? To give some context I'm working on a march composition and I like strings because they add a nice cinematic effect but I'm a…
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Why do guitarists wave their guitars?
I'm currently learning to play the guitar and watch a lot of tutorials.
I noticed that on long playing chords they often wave their guitars (slowly move neck up and down).
What is the reason?
Does it actually do anything to the sound?
Is it to help…
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What is the oldest instrument ever?
What is the oldest musical instrument played other than the human voice, but body parts are acceptable? Did Neanderthals use instruments to play music?
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