Advice and Techniques

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1. Instrument and Composing Question

   By zandt1, June 12, 2007
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   • Lord Skye
   • June 17, 2007

2. Dictation Issues... 1 2

   By giselle, October 10, 2006
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   • giselle
   • October 14, 2006

3. How to know if the melody you composed has not been used before?

   By Donethur, November 11, 2017
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   • markstyles
   • December 25, 2017

4. Anyone Read Schoenberg's Theory Of Harmony?

   By Green, February 29, 2012
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   • Kvothe
   • May 18, 2012

5. video clips to compose music for?

   By nickstix91, December 18, 2010
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   • carryonplease
   • December 18, 2010

6. Bad Key? 1 2

   By TexanGumbo, April 29, 2009
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   • Weca
   • May 16, 2009

7. Question about Polytonality and pillars...

   By SuckIt92, May 7, 2011
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   • PeterthePapercomPoser
   • March 19, 2022

8. About playing and Writing minimalist music

   By Morivou, January 16, 2010
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   • Morivou
   • January 16, 2010

9. 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

10. Pencil And Paper Or Finale/ Sibelius?

    By yankeefan2001, February 14, 2012
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    • Marzique Bordex
    • February 23, 2012

11. Deceptive Cadences

    By walters, August 23, 2005
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    • walters
    • August 26, 2005

12. H&N - Hauptstimme und Nebenstimme

    By Yasamune, June 7, 2010
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    • Tokkemon
    • June 14, 2010

13. A (possibly apocryphal) Story About Mozart, and Some Advice

    By J. Lee Graham, July 28, 2023
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    • Beethoven is God
    • July 29, 2023

14. Naming a piece.

    By w.shipley, February 12, 2008
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    • Gardener
    • February 27, 2008

15. Writing an Atonal piece. help with the score? very confused!

    By Alex0102030405, June 6, 2011
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    • keysguitar
    • July 20, 2011

16. Can i make techno music with keyboard?

    By Arfus, January 23, 2011
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    • John Carey
    • March 26, 2011

17. How to add body to a piano chord without muddying it up? 1 2

    By caters, April 14, 2020
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    • SSC
    • April 23, 2020

18. Harmony in Dodecaphonic music

    By DAI, May 29, 2009
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    • blm22
    • June 9, 2009

19. Harp: Extended Techniques

    By Jacob Hall, August 6, 2016   

    • harp
    • orchestration
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      Tagged with:

      • harp
      • orchestration
      • technique
      • extended technique
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    • Gylfi
    • August 6, 2016

20. Question about making melodies, and catchy ones at that.

    By RyanPoore, December 7, 2011   

    • melodies
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    • RyanPoore
    • December 15, 2011

21. Beginning Composer - Needs Basic Tips

    By Warm_Decade, January 23, 2010
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    • Black Orpheus
    • January 24, 2010

22. Notation: Two-Way Glissando

    By rickmiller, March 6, 2010
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    • rickmiller
    • March 6, 2010

23. Writing a bio and making a logo

    By Madman3123, September 26, 2010
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    • Nyu001
    • September 28, 2010

24. Creating melody

    By gman123, May 4, 2011
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    • gman123
    • May 10, 2011

25. Open Key Flute Glissando Range

    By kly45, February 25, 2013   

    • glissando
    • flute
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      Tagged with:

      • glissando
      • flute
      • open-key
      • composing
      • instrumentation
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    • Wong Kee Zhang
    • September 3, 2013