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1. Writing Syncopated Rhythms

   By dr-fish, March 1, 2008
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   • Flint
   • April 5, 2008

2. What 1 2 3 4

   By Lord_Wilmore, December 15, 2008
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   • Salemosophy
   • December 31, 2008

3. Brass Fanfare Writing

   By Carlly Clabby, December 17, 2008
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   • Old Composer
   • December 18, 2008

4. Unnecessarily complicated scores? 1 2 3

   By JoshMc, September 4, 2009
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   • nikolas
   • September 7, 2009

5. Melody: How do you write one? Do you even need one? And will it ever be exhausted? 1 2

   By PeterthePapercomPoser, August 31, 2020
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   • marsbars
   • November 17, 2020

6. Alternate Tunings 1 2

   By keysguitar, October 26, 2010
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   • JLMoriart
   • November 23, 2010

7. How Do You Justify Composing / What Do You Want Out Of Your Music? 1 2 3

   By action9000, August 21, 2014
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   • SSC
   • August 23, 2015

8. Visual Song Structure Schematic

   By SubjectRuin, December 16, 2005
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   • Gongchime
   • December 19, 2005

9. Most Controversial Composers

   By Plutokat, February 17, 2015
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   • Austenite
   • March 1, 2015

10. Harp: Notation

    By keman, March 18, 2012
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    • xrsbit
    • March 20, 2012

11. "Inverted" Picardy Third? 1 2 3

    By ChemicalReaper, May 29, 2009
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    • Weca
    • June 26, 2009

12. You Opinion- "La" Based Minor versus "Do" minor 1 2

    By Ethan, August 13, 2009
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    • YC26
    • August 18, 2009

13. Music and the concept "Boring" 1 2 3

    By Saulsmusic, May 8, 2007
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    • manossg
    • May 11, 2007

14. Gershwin- Classical or Jazz? 1 2

    By Voce, June 19, 2008
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    • Rkmajora
    • August 31, 2008

15. copying another composer's work 1 2

    By computers70, February 6, 2011
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    • computers70
    • March 4, 2011

16. Information Theory and Music. 1 2

    By Guest DOFTS, August 30, 2008
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    • Guest
    • September 8, 2008

17. Alternate tunings

    By jacob, July 3, 2005
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    • J. Lee Graham
    • July 21, 2005

18. Music Composition Lessons on DVD?

    By Abracadabra, July 13, 2008
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    • beautifulnoise
    • March 3, 2009

19. Doublings, Brass Usage, Etc.... In other words.... Orchestration Tips

    By jawoodruff, February 7, 2020   

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    • Ken320
    • February 9, 2020

20. The Orchestra And Its Reluctant Use Of Brass

    By gigeorge17371, March 8, 2012   

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    • gigeorge17371
    • March 28, 2012

21. Help! How Do I Become A Film Composer?

    By KahliaSkye, May 14, 2012   

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    • KahliaSkye
    • May 21, 2012

22. The chamber - split discussion 1 2 3

    By nikolas, June 11, 2007
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    • Christopher Dunn-Rankin
    • June 18, 2007

23. Presto vs Allegro, what's the difference?

    By caters, May 7, 2021
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    • Snake_Cake
    • May 12, 2021

24. How long does it take you to compose a single piece?

    By David Vogan, November 25, 2009
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    • pliorius
    • November 27, 2009

25. How long do you spend composing a single work? 1 2

    By chopin, October 26, 2005
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    • Guest
    • February 20, 2006