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1. What Manuscript Books Do You Use?

   By ac3charland, January 16, 2013   

   • manuscript
   • books
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   • Beginner
   • April 24, 2013

2. Do 7Ths Have To Be Resolved In The Following Chord

   By ansthenia, August 26, 2013
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   • Cadenza91
   • August 28, 2013

3. What Makes A Work "good"?

   By Warm_Decade, October 13, 2013   

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   • muhmuhmuhmusic
   • October 19, 2013

4. Need A Saxophone Piece.

   By goldman, January 21, 2014
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   • goldman
   • February 2, 2014

5. When To Start Composing?

   By BenB, January 28, 2014
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   • ericaleo
   • February 14, 2014

6. I Would Like To Publish My Compositions But Where Do I Start?

   By Carine, June 4, 2014   

   • publishing compositions
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   • Tokkemon
   • June 19, 2014

7. An Idea To Move Things Around (A.k.a. Top 3)

   By ChristianPerrotta, July 20, 2014
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   • Morivou
   • July 22, 2014

8. Do You Omit Rests When Writing Multiple Voices?

   By pold2, October 13, 2014
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   • treyhunneddollas
   • October 15, 2014

9. Looking For A Mentor

   By Osbuurn, January 7, 2015
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   • MuseScience
   • January 9, 2015

10. The Impact Of Travel On Composition.

    By luderart, March 1, 2015   

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    • country
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    • danishali903
    • March 3, 2015

11. Role Play: Pick The Job

    By maestrowick, March 20, 2016
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    • maestrowick
    • April 5, 2016

12. Sound cards? DAWs? I need help!

    By onearmedbandit, November 4, 2016   

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    • onearmedbandit
    • November 9, 2016

13. GOALS FOR 2017

    By maestrowick, December 30, 2016
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    • Sojar Voglar
    • March 31, 2017

14. Same Melody Twice

    By aMusicComposer, September 9, 2017   

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      • waltz
      • bassoon
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    • aMusicComposer
    • September 9, 2017

15. School assignment

    By Maarten Bauer, October 6, 2017   

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    • Maarten Bauer
    • October 8, 2017

16. When do you get melodies?

    By Nim Nim, August 31, 2018
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    • mark styles
    • January 26, 2019

17. Do you recommend Music Composition for Dummies?

    By Kidbooo, February 23, 2019
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    • altanvid
    • January 11, 2022

18. Is it bad to make a melody based of a chord progression?

    By i(don't)suckatcomposing, October 6, 2019
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    • caters
    • October 23, 2019

19. A sad story about an unsuccesful composer

    By Anna and her demons, November 15, 2019
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    • Quinn
    • November 27, 2019

20. Do you orchestrate a piano improvisation or go straight into orchestral writing?

    By caters, February 4, 2020
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    • caters
    • February 15, 2020

21. I can't extend my scores without relying on existing music

    By bananasv3, February 10, 2020
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    • bananasv3
    • February 12, 2020

22. Creativity

    By Viva, February 26, 2020   

    • writing blocks
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    • Viva
    • February 27, 2020

23. Polar Express Suite Remake - Realistic Orchestral MIDI Mockup (incl download midi file)

    By gh0stwrit3r, May 14, 2020   

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    • gh0stwrit3r
    • June 11, 2020

24. Do you have any particular musician as a reference when playing or composing a piece ?

    By OliverSmith, September 12, 2020   

    • piano
    • music
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    • caters
    • November 5, 2020

25. Music Question

    By jona, July 22, 2005
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    • M. Bulteau
    • January 10, 2009