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1. Humanization In digital music and perfection in played music.

   By PhantomOftheOpera, March 12, 2010
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   • Gardener
   • March 13, 2010

2. Create your own mode!

   By PeterthePapercomPoser, August 25, 2020
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   • Chemathmusician0510
   • February 10, 2025

3. Watch me compose?

   By jtay, November 29, 2011   

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   • Frederik Raumann
   • March 22, 2020

4. What's your favorite key? 1 2

   By MonkeysAteMe, February 26, 2008
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   • Violist
   • March 5, 2008

5. Composition Major 1 2

   By andrew17, April 22, 2009
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   • Scarbo
   • May 12, 2009

6. The Myth Of Originality?

   By stevel, September 25, 2015
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   • pianowillbebach
   • June 7, 2019

7. Interpreting Irrational Rhythms

   By Voce, April 8, 2013   

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   • Cadenza91
   • July 22, 2013

8. Planning out compositions

   By jtay, May 27, 2011
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   • nickstix91
   • June 4, 2011

9. It's very difficult for me to get inspired. 1 2

   By Young Prodigy, August 10, 2008
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   • 06percussion10
   • August 21, 2008

10. Licensing your music. 1 2

    By SSC, November 21, 2008
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    • SSC
    • March 2, 2009

11. The five contributing elements in musical analysis

    By WKMT - Juan, January 25, 2020
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    • WKMT - Juan
    • February 29, 2020

12. A Brief History of Pop Music - In 4 Chords

    By Marius, November 29, 2006
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    • Will Kirk
    • December 23, 2006

13. Why MIDI? 1 2

    By slimsh3, January 27, 2009
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    • Ananth Balijepalli
    • January 30, 2009

14. Zen, Abstraction, and Experimentalism.

    By Gongchime, October 23, 2011   

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    • froglegs
    • October 31, 2011

15. What makes a piece great?

    By Muzic, February 20, 2010
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    • jawoodruff
    • March 9, 2010

16. Intuition Or Law? 1 2

    By boulez25, August 26, 2014
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    • heyimasockpuppetimnotreal
    • September 16, 2014

17. The harmonic series and its implication on music

    By keysguitar, August 23, 2010
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    • JLMoriart
    • August 29, 2010

18. Here's my story

    By Brian, April 14, 2006
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    • Zhou
    • October 26, 2006

19. Do You Hear Music In Your Head As You Go To Sleep?

    By Anecca, March 15, 2012
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    • Stirling_Radliff
    • June 4, 2013

20. From A Post-Modern Perspective Is Modernism More Expressive Than Romanticism?

    By gigeorge17371, February 20, 2014   

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    • Shadowwolf3689
    • February 24, 2014

21. Unintentional Plagiarism

    By quaoquarx, November 1, 2012
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    • skyy38
    • October 17, 2013

22. a time of great need needs us

    By Left Unexplained, March 12, 2020
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    • marsbars
    • March 23, 2020

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

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

24. Favorite Piece of Music

    By Young Maestro, December 23, 2005
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    • William K.
    • January 23, 2006

25. I feel nothing 1 2

    By Guest DOFTS, May 9, 2008
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    • Guest
    • May 10, 2008