Advice and Techniques

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1. A crisis in musical direction...

   By DanJTitchener, April 23, 2020   

   • advice
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   • DanJTitchener
   • April 26, 2020

2. 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

3. How to recreate these 1980s-style pieces?

   By BobbyBadass, April 16, 2020
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   • BobbyBadass
   • April 18, 2020

4. Rest at Beginning - Why and How to Use?

   By Stradivarius, April 11, 2020
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   • AngelCityOutlaw
   • April 12, 2020

5. Help: Chord Identification

   By Stradivarius, April 10, 2020
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   • Stradivarius
   • April 11, 2020

6. Anything else I need to consider for a tarantella?

   By caters, April 2, 2020
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   • aMusicComposer
   • April 2, 2020

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

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

8. What instruments could I use on MuseScore to make an Oriental sounding composition?

   By bananasv3, March 19, 2020   

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   • instruments
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     • musescore
     • oriental
     • asian
     • samurai
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   • bananasv3
   • March 20, 2020

9. Will treating the string quartet like a miniature concerto instead of like a 4 voiced sonata help?

   By caters, February 26, 2020
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   • jawoodruff
   • March 17, 2020

10. Desicions

    By Viva, March 5, 2020
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    • Ken320
    • March 12, 2020

11. My Opera

    By iPiano7, March 5, 2020
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    • iPiano7
    • March 11, 2020

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

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

13. HELP!! Ableton/VST plug-ins...

    By Gustav Johnson, December 8, 2018
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    • Gustav Johnson
    • March 4, 2020

14. Different Levels of Music

    By SilverWolf, February 29, 2020   

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    • SilverWolf
    • March 1, 2020

15. Beaming over rests

    By Carlos Lalonde, February 26, 2020   

    • notation
    • engraving
    • 17 replies
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    • Quinn
    • March 1, 2020

16. Tempo disagreement in rhythm and notation, what to do?

    By caters, February 20, 2020
    • 6 replies
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    • maestrowick
    • February 21, 2020

17. Sound library solution for Sibelius for audio-beginners?

    By DanJTitchener, February 16, 2020
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    • DanJTitchener
    • February 16, 2020

18. Asking about recommendation on scores to study

    By Luis Hernández, February 14, 2020   

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

19. Where to cut off the sonata theme for Theme and Variations?

    By caters, February 3, 2020
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    • caters
    • February 3, 2020

20. Is This Playable on a Cello?

    By Noah Brode, January 26, 2020
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    • Quinn
    • January 26, 2020

21. How to make a plagal cadence sound convincing?

    By caters, January 25, 2020
    • 4 replies
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    • Luis Hernández
    • January 26, 2020

22. the missing link between species counterpoint and actual writing

    By aristid, December 10, 2019   

    • counterpoint
    • 4 replies
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    • aristid
    • January 21, 2020

23. Developmental Techniques

    By jawoodruff, January 19, 2020   

    • development
    • thematic development
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      • thematic development
      • motivic development
      • manipulation
      • change
      • musical composition
      • technique
    • 2 replies
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    • jawoodruff
    • January 19, 2020

24. Is there a delay that would improve the harmonic cohesion of this canon?

    By caters, January 17, 2020
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    • caters
    • January 18, 2020

25. Music Connections through feedback

    By SilverWolf, January 17, 2020   

    • music
    • connections
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    • 0 replies
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    • SilverWolf
    • January 17, 2020