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1. French Horn Range

   By Thomas, February 18, 2006
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   • Thomas
   • February 20, 2006

2. Time Signatures 1 2

   By wrzawa, December 27, 2007
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   • spherenine
   • January 4, 2008

3. How To Compose A Symphony? 1 2 3

   By Jonas, April 25, 2013   

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   • Henry Ng Tsz Kiu
   • March 14, 2023

4. Ideas for naming a publishing company?

   By nikolas, May 6, 2010
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   • Violetta
   • November 11, 2010

5. Flatline pitch?

   By jawoodruff, November 8, 2011   

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   • wayne-scales
   • November 9, 2011

6. Clarinet Glissandos Chart.

   By SYS65, February 3, 2012
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   • Paul Saunders
   • August 20, 2020

7. How long can violists and cellists hold out notes for?

   By MiggTorr, October 8, 2010
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   • SYS65
   • October 9, 2010

8. Tonic Prolongation 1 2

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

9. Help for an amateur composer in counterpoint

   By spookyryu, March 30, 2010
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   • J. Lee Graham
   • June 15, 2010

10. Free Or Strict Counterpoint For Learning?

    By Chrislw324, August 17, 2012
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    • Teo Vincent
    • September 4, 2012

11. Composition Portfolios for College Application

    By keysguitar, August 2, 2011
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    • composerorganist
    • December 28, 2011

12. What's the secret to getting a great trumpet tone?

    By Young Prodigy, August 18, 2008
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    • healey.cj
    • August 25, 2008

13. French people! Please HELP me!

    By Hjalmar, March 25, 2010
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    • Mirchada
    • March 29, 2010

14. Is It Too Late To Consider A Career As A Composer? 1 2

    By Arianna Bailey, August 15, 2012   

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    • marsbars
    • March 22, 2021

15. Melodic Dictation

    By GhostofVermeer, December 15, 2009
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    • PeterthePapercomPoser
    • October 21, 2020

16. Composing for Indie Video Games

    By Sepharite, November 2, 2010
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    • Evano
    • January 14, 2011

17. Scores for Studying Orchestration 1 2

    By Kubla Khan, December 2, 2008
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    • composerorganist
    • February 1, 2010

18. Should the score be in concert pitch?

    By abs260, March 18, 2011
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    • maestrowick
    • June 8, 2011

19. Writing For Orchestra!?!?!?!?!?

    By Ink, May 30, 2012
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    • dsch1976
    • November 13, 2012

20. SMR piano collections 1 2 3 4

    By Guest Anders, July 22, 2005
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    • Mike
    • August 9, 2005

21. Piano left/right hand indication

    By clarinetcola, April 12, 2007
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    • nikolas
    • May 8, 2007

22. Timpani Rolls

    By giselle, June 26, 2006
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    • johannhowitzer
    • July 4, 2006

23. The dominant chord in a minor key...

    By ansthenia, December 15, 2011   

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    • ansthenia
    • December 17, 2011

24. Baroque Form/Structure Discussion 1 2 3

    By RequiemAeternam, February 28, 2009
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    • Guest
    • March 9, 2009

25. con sord. placement?

    By 920bpm, November 23, 2008
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    • Flint
    • November 24, 2008