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1. Classical Era Keyboard Composition Help

   By Marcus2, April 29, 2013   

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

2. Please Help Find Drum Sound...

   By atenzor, April 16, 2013
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   • SYS65
   • April 17, 2013

3. Is The Musical Saw Actually Considered 'pitched Percussion'?

   By dscid, April 15, 2013
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   • SYS65
   • April 16, 2013

4. Tonicizing In The 1St Key In The 2Nd Theme Of A Sonata

   By AlbertPensive, April 10, 2013   

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   • AlbertPensive
   • April 15, 2013

5. Quiet Down That Flugel!

   By aphinny, April 12, 2013   

   • trumpet technique
   • brass scoring
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     • brass scoring
     • jazz arranging
   • 2 replies
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   • aphinny
   • April 15, 2013

6. Does This Piece Flow To You?

   By Rowan Maurice, April 14, 2013
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   • sparky
   • April 14, 2013

7. Open Tone Holes On Bassoon - Trumpet 1/4Tones With Embouchure

   By dscid, April 3, 2013
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   • PatrickC
   • April 13, 2013

8. Tonic Prolongation 1 2

   By Chrislw324, March 24, 2013
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   • ToCompose
   • April 12, 2013

9. Transposing On Sibelius

   By António Capela, April 3, 2013
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   • António Capela
   • April 4, 2013

10. Harmony Analyisis Help

    By Mariah Woolley, March 28, 2013   

    • harmony
    • roman numeral analysis
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      • roman numeral analysis
      • chords
      • chordal structure
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    • TJS
    • April 1, 2013

11. Developing Ideas, Where Am I Going?

    By ToCompose, March 24, 2013
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    • Phrygian Queen
    • April 1, 2013

12. Sonata Form: 2Nd Subject Group (Structure, Harmony)

    By AlbertPensive, March 23, 2013   

    • sonata form
    • sonata
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      • romantic
      • harmony
      • theory
      • structure
      • melody
      • modulation
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    • AlbertPensive
    • March 27, 2013

13. How To Start An Orchestral Piece?

    By MariusChamberlin, March 4, 2013
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    • bryla
    • March 20, 2013

14. Vainity Question

    By FossMaNo1, March 17, 2013
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    • Guest
    • March 19, 2013

15. Tonal Markings For Brass

    By dscid, March 15, 2013
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    • gigeorge17371
    • March 18, 2013

16. Balancing Divisi Strings

    By dscid, March 13, 2013
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    • dscid
    • March 14, 2013

17. What Makes A Composition "coherent"?

    By mdpmusic, March 7, 2013   

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      • coherence
      • structure
      • analysis
    • 9 replies
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    • Guest
    • March 9, 2013

18. Radio Credits

    By piano_player18, February 20, 2013   

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    • Austenite
    • March 9, 2013

19. Quick Question On A Harmony/ Progression ?

    By Osbuurn, February 20, 2013
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    • Guest
    • March 7, 2013

20. Writing For Trombone (Quasi Horn)

    By aphinny, March 1, 2013
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    • aphinny
    • March 4, 2013

21. 'flirting' With Keys

    By AjMusic, February 14, 2013
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    • Guest
    • March 2, 2013

22. How Do I Share My Work ?

    By Osbuurn, February 18, 2013
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    • Osbuurn
    • March 1, 2013

23. Ameb Counterpoint Rules

    By healey.cj, February 20, 2013
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    • Phrygian Queen
    • February 24, 2013

24. I Need Some Advice On How To Compose.

    By Memoria, June 14, 2012   

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    • compose
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      • orchestral
      • melody
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    • 15 replies
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    • bryla
    • February 15, 2013

25. Anybody Wanna Trade Off Fugue Expositions?

    By Chris Sivak, February 8, 2013   

    • fugue
    • 6 replies
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    • p7rv
    • February 14, 2013