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1. Italian terms

   By Lord Skye, September 25, 2009
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   • Black Orpheus
   • October 10, 2009

2. Development of material

   By jawoodruff, April 30, 2010
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   • SSC
   • May 1, 2010

3. Composers Who Can't Read Music

   By JaredTC, May 3, 2010
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   • TristanTheTristan
   • September 13, 2025

4. Too close to Influences, Copies ?

   By SYS65, May 15, 2010
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   • HeckelphoneNYC
   • June 5, 2010

5. Importance of aural skill for composers

   By computers70, April 21, 2011
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   • composerorganist
   • May 2, 2011

6. A composer's view of "labelism"

   By froglegs, October 1, 2011   

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   • wayne-scales
   • October 3, 2011

7. Tonality Vs. Dissonance!?

   By jawoodruff, October 16, 2011   

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   • froglegs
   • October 20, 2011

8. What Is It That Makes A Modern Composition Original Yet Intellectually Coherent And Great?

   By luderart, February 8, 2012   

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   • jawoodruff
   • March 8, 2012

9. CMV: Music is intrinsically worthless.

   By Monarcheon, February 26, 2018   

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   • Hugget Zukker
   • March 23, 2018

10. Is there a culture of toxic masculinity at YCF?

    By PeterthePapercomPoser, April 12, 2022
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    • PeterthePapercomPoser
    • May 4, 2025

11. Alternate tunings

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

12. "The Golden Ratio"

    By John Carey, March 27, 2006
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    • montpellier
    • June 20, 2006

13. Favorite Modern Composer

    By Christopher Dunn-Rankin, June 3, 2006
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    • montpellier
    • June 4, 2006

14. Weird bass clef.

    By giselle, June 23, 2006
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    • Guest
    • June 30, 2006

15. Okay...help. I don't get what this is exactly.

    By giselle, July 10, 2006
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    • David
    • July 17, 2006

16. Noob with some questions

    By Mark, September 14, 2006
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    • leightwing
    • September 17, 2006

17. Best chord progressions!

    By The Music Man, October 7, 2006
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    • keysguitar
    • September 15, 2011

18. Key Characteristics

    By Marius, October 21, 2006
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    • Michael Sollis
    • November 2, 2006

19. Choir GPO in Finale 2006-07

    By Dustin Hahn, November 9, 2006
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    • Dustin Hahn
    • November 14, 2006

20. Has anyone heard of Percy Grainger?

    By Maddrummer, June 21, 2007
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    • Gavin Gorrick
    • November 5, 2007

21. Can one make a living as a composer?

    By Mahlon, August 13, 2007
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    • M_is_D
    • August 25, 2007

22. Potentially famous?

    By Fredrik, January 26, 2008
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    • Keerakh Kal
    • February 2, 2008

23. Need Libretto for an Opera

    By goodridge_winners, February 7, 2008
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    • goodridge_winners
    • February 14, 2008

24. Most Common Melodic Rhythms

    By Gongchime, June 27, 2008
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    • Ferkungamabooboo
    • July 25, 2008

25. Can "Rock" music ever truly fit in a video game or movie?

    By Young Prodigy, July 17, 2008
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    • Nik Mikas
    • August 16, 2008