Advice and Techniques

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1. Writing what's in your head 1 2

   By M_is_D, January 16, 2008
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   • Gijs
   • April 20, 2008

2. Sax Players - What do you think seperates a good saxophonist from a bad one?

   By Young Prodigy, August 31, 2008
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   • Franzman
   • December 29, 2011

3. Non-Dominant Seventh Chords

   By Mark, May 19, 2007
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   • Mark
   • May 21, 2007

4. HORNS: Bass clef

   By Maarten Bauer, April 20, 2017
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   • Adrian Quince
   • April 24, 2017

5. Harmonic Series?

   By EmperorWeeGeeII, July 24, 2015
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   • yvilen
   • August 17, 2015

6. How To Note Violin Tremolo Effect

   By Sailor Hope, July 7, 2012
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   • Rosenskjold
   • July 12, 2012

7. To What Extent Do You Think Your Compositions Reflect You As A Person?

   By luderart, May 30, 2012   

   • composition
   • reflect
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   • Arianna Bailey
   • August 25, 2012

8. What chords/tricks do you use when improvising?

   By xrsbit, August 1, 2010
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   • James H.
   • October 30, 2010

9. accidentals in an atonal piece?

   By n-blanket, July 27, 2009
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   • n-blanket
   • July 27, 2009

10. Harmony 1 2

    By Mark, December 30, 2006
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    • Mark
    • January 2, 2007

11. How do you use a 13 semitones scale?

    By Ness2022, June 15, 2010
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    • keysguitar
    • July 7, 2010

12. Conducting

    By abd_zibdeh, October 8, 2010
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    • SYS65
    • October 12, 2010

13. How long does it take you to finish a piece? 1 2

    By w.shipley, July 22, 2008
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    • Qmwne235
    • July 29, 2008

14. Modal Harmony

    By wrzawa, December 27, 2007
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    • wrzawa
    • January 1, 2008

15. Can a violin be tuned up a half step?

    By JacksonLast, October 3, 2008
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    • Gardener
    • October 4, 2008

16. Suggestion for anyone who wants to try String Quartet Writing

    By Joshua Ng, August 3, 2020   

    • strings
    • string quartet
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    • Joshua Ng
    • August 4, 2020

17. Deceptive Cadence 1 2

    By Green, December 29, 2012
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    • Sojar Voglar
    • January 3, 2013

18. ever get an idea and cant write it down in time? 1 2

    By corelli, May 15, 2006
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    • javileru
    • October 10, 2006

19. Ugh...

    By Mr. Composer Guy, November 29, 2008
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    • tina3003
    • January 30, 2012

20. Printing/binding Options For Very Short Scores

    By June, June 11, 2012   

    • binding
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    • Black Orpheus
    • July 1, 2012

21. Teachers?

    By WannabeComposer, April 26, 2020
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    • WannabeComposer
    • April 26, 2020

22. Some questions about music form

    By Jared, January 2, 2006
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    • Miguelio
    • February 16, 2006

23. How to Compose for Sax Quartet?

    By MiggTorr, October 30, 2010
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    • Ferkungamabooboo
    • November 5, 2010

24. Orchestration, Doubling Etc.

    By elysian, May 6, 2012
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    • SYS65
    • May 7, 2012

25. Planning a Development Section?

    By Noah Brode, December 13, 2016   

    • classical
    • sonata form
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      • sonata form
      • development
      • help
    • 6 replies
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    • Mark101
    • January 15, 2017