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1. What Makes A Composition "coherent"?

   By mdpmusic, March 7, 2013   

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   • coherence
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     • structure
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   • Guest
   • March 9, 2013

2. Classical Era Keyboard Composition Help

   By Marcus2, April 29, 2013   

   • classical era
   • keyboard
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     • c.p.e. bach
     • haydn
     • mozart
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   • Cadenza91
   • April 30, 2013

3. For Beginners: The "rules" Of Voice Leading

   By PSaun, July 4, 2013
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   • p7rv
   • July 11, 2013

4. [Voice Leading] Is This Ok?

   By p7rv, July 31, 2013
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   • p7rv
   • August 12, 2013

5. How To Write Music In Major That Doesn't Sound Generic...

   By Alpha Spartan A, January 3, 2014
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   • orchdork02
   • January 7, 2014

6. Sonata Form 101

   By Boot, February 14, 2014
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   • wayne-scales
   • March 5, 2014

7. What Do I Need To Know To Compose Music (Piano)?

   By Cardboardo, February 20, 2014
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   • Cardboardo
   • March 1, 2014

8. How Much Should I Ask To Compose A "simple" Music As A Birthday Present?

   By ChristianPerrotta, April 16, 2014
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   • DanJTitchener
   • April 17, 2014

9. How To Write Contemporary Music

   By Kalyb Prince, April 22, 2014
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   • sparky
   • April 25, 2014

10. How To Go About Writing A Fugue?

    By mozartinspiration, October 23, 2014   

    • fugue
    • counterpoint
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    • Fugalicious
    • November 30, 2017

11. Any Way To Indicate Bow Changes Other Than A New Note?

    By June, November 26, 2014   

    • bowing
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    • June
    • December 24, 2014

12. Harmonic Series?

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

13. Balancing Orchestral Strings

    By Aiwendil, February 21, 2016
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    • Ken320
    • February 28, 2016

14. Double Bass Harmonic

    By Maarten Bauer, September 14, 2017   

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    • Monarcheon
    • September 14, 2017

15. Paul Stretch Demo

    By Gustav Johnson, September 24, 2017   

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    • audacity
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    • Muhammadreza
    • October 7, 2017

16. [SOFTWARE] Graphic Notation

    By Maarten Bauer, January 11, 2018   

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    • notation
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    • Lea. Far
    • June 3, 2021

17. Asking about recommendation on scores to study

    By Luis Hernández, February 14, 2020   

    • scores
    • orchestration
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    • Noah Brode
    • February 15, 2020

18. Woodwind Quartet Fugato, should I have accompaniment underneath it at the beginning?

    By caters, March 3, 2020
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    • Markus Boyd
    • March 4, 2020

19. Why does hand inversion make the minor chord less minor?

    By caters, March 18, 2020
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    • Quinn
    • March 23, 2020

20. 9th,11th,13th chords

    By walters, August 25, 2005
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    • walters
    • August 29, 2005

21. Too Late?

    By fleurdelys1986, October 23, 2005
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    • Adam
    • November 1, 2005

22. Writing For Film...

    By agent 007, July 21, 2006
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    • Charlie Gregson
    • August 18, 2006

23. REGIONS

    By peter_traj, August 6, 2006
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    • Marcato
    • August 26, 2006

24. melody writing

    By Guest QcCowboy, September 19, 2006
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    • PaulP
    • December 24, 2006

25. 12-15 Stave Landscape Paper

    By pixletwin, September 25, 2006
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    • jujimufu
    • October 9, 2006