Advice and Techniques

1,834 topics in this forum

1. Question about counterpoint 1 2

   By mtt, September 22, 2009
   • 32 replies
   • 5.8k views
   • 
   • jawoodruff
   • October 9, 2009

2. Is counterpoint really worth studying nowadays? 1 2

   By heyheyjack, April 23, 2009
   • 30 replies
   • 5.8k views
   • 
   • ger52
   • May 18, 2009

3. Pairing of four french horns

   By MariusChamberlin, June 18, 2010
   • 7 replies
   • 5.8k views
   • 
   • Gardener
   • June 18, 2010

4. Tonality 1 2

   By Green, May 3, 2013
   • 47 replies
   • 5.8k views
   • 
   • Green
   • May 24, 2013

5. If I want to analyse an orchestral score...

   By wayne-scales, December 18, 2011   

   • analysis
   • 8 replies
   • 5.8k views
   • 
   • composerorganist
   • December 19, 2011

6. Writing Parts For Doubling

   By aracu, April 30, 2013
   • 11 replies
   • 5.8k views
   • 
   • Austenite
   • June 4, 2013

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

   By June, November 26, 2014   

   • bowing
   • 9 replies
   • 5.7k views
   • 
   • June
   • December 24, 2014

8. I Need Some Advice On How To Compose.

   By Memoria, June 14, 2012   

   • advice
   • compose
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • advice
     • compose
     • orchestral
     • melody
     • song
   • 15 replies
   • 5.6k views
   • 
   • bryla
   • February 15, 2013

9. Writing Out Percussion Parts For Orchestral Score

   By aracu, September 3, 2012
   • 12 replies
   • 5.6k views
   • 
   • Roberto Paolo Riggio
   • January 26, 2015

10. Sheet Music 1 2

    By Chaski, December 16, 2007
    • 29 replies
    • 5.6k views
    • 
    • Yagan Kiely
    • January 9, 2008

11. Crossed Voices and overlapping voices

    By walters, August 22, 2005
    • 18 replies
    • 5.6k views
    • 
    • walters
    • August 29, 2005

12. How To Write An Infinite Opus

    By Marzique Bordex, September 24, 2012   

    • music
    • quest
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • music
      • quest
      • infinite
      • infinity
      • john cage
    • 24 replies
    • 5.6k views
    • 
    • Marzique Bordex
    • November 3, 2012

13. Writing "epic" Music With An Orchestra

    By Caladluin, March 7, 2012
    • 8 replies
    • 5.6k views
    • 
    • Sascha Burckhardt
    • June 28, 2012

14. is it playable ??

    By makwingka, January 14, 2009
    • 3 replies
    • 5.6k views
    • 
    • jawoodruff
    • January 14, 2009

15. Making a Da Capo not so Da Capo

    By javileru, September 23, 2010
    • 8 replies
    • 5.6k views
    • 
    • benxiwf
    • October 7, 2010

16. blank sheet music books

    By frogfriend, January 21, 2010
    • 12 replies
    • 5.6k views
    • 
    • musiclover2010
    • June 25, 2010

17. What Makes A Composition "coherent"?

    By mdpmusic, March 7, 2013   

    • composition
    • coherence
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • composition
      • coherence
      • structure
      • analysis
    • 9 replies
    • 5.6k views
    • 
    • Guest
    • March 9, 2013

18. Term for "shyly" ? 1 2

    By healey.cj, March 26, 2008
    • 48 replies
    • 5.6k views
    • 
    • Old Composer
    • April 28, 2008

19. First Sight Reading (piano)

    By millyway, May 10, 2008
    • 17 replies
    • 5.6k views
    • 
    • Billy Jonathan Setjoadi
    • April 2, 2012

20. Structuring Music in the 21st Century

    By jgaddas, September 20, 2011   

    • form
    • structure
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • form
      • structure
      • modern
      • contemporary
    • 20 replies
    • 5.5k views
    • 
    • Morivou
    • October 25, 2011

21. Crab canon

    By Ivan1791, May 7, 2020
    • 1 reply
    • 5.5k views
    • 
    • Mister Red
    • May 27, 2020

22. Picardy Third cadence

    By walters, August 22, 2005
    • 6 replies
    • 5.5k views
    • 
    • Piazzo23
    • August 24, 2005

23. Many ways to modulation... 1 2

    By healey.cj, August 15, 2007
    • 41 replies
    • 5.5k views
    • 
    • Keerakh Kal
    • August 18, 2007

24. Cello Double-Stop Question

    By Grizwald, June 15, 2009
    • 6 replies
    • 5.4k views
    • 
    • Spoon284
    • July 9, 2009

25. Contemporary atonal composition techniques

    By DAI, September 30, 2009
    • 3 replies
    • 5.3k views
    • 
    • DAI
    • October 3, 2009