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1. Notating the end of pizzicato

   By MidtownTraffic, November 17, 2008
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   • Old Composer
   • November 19, 2008

2. Music theory = Creativity block? 1 2

   By Guest Anders, September 2, 2005
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   • Chad dream eyes
   • December 6, 2005

3. How do you Measure Dissonance? 1 2

   By JMitchem, August 22, 2008
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   • Fermion
   • August 31, 2008

4. What scale/mode is typically used when writing italian sounding themes (think godfather)

   By orchestralassault, March 3, 2011
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   • j.hall
   • March 3, 2011

5. Brass Fanfare Writing

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

6. Music: Let's Debate "Survivability and the Test of Time" 1 2 3 4 5

   By Salemosophy, January 10, 2009
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   • Guest
   • January 12, 2009

7. Diatonic Scale 1 2

   By DAI, May 7, 2010
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   • SSC
   • July 9, 2010

8. 'Art' and 'Pop' - Why? 1 2 3 4

   By Salemosophy, October 13, 2009
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   • Qmwne235
   • October 21, 2009

9. How Do You Value Criticism For Your Compositions? 1 2

   By luderart, March 26, 2012   

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   • CarlosGamboa
   • May 22, 2012

10. Great troll or Greatest troll? 1 2 3

    By SSC, August 10, 2009
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    • YC26
    • August 13, 2009

11. Saxophone fingerings on a flute

    By wilkiemart, February 11, 2009
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    • Heckelphone
    • February 12, 2009

12. Philosophy And Composition 1 2

    By luderart, October 24, 2012   

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    • SimenN
    • December 31, 2012

13. Online networking

    By Gijs, July 22, 2010
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    • Daniel
    • July 25, 2010

14. Alternate tunings

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

15. Does intelligence correlate with your musical ability? 1 2

    By bach_in_black, December 23, 2006
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    • sivvus
    • January 6, 2007

16. Information Theory and Music. 1 2

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

17. How to notate an improv?

    By nikolas, April 12, 2009
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    • Morivou
    • April 14, 2009

18. Art music vs. Commercial music 1 2

    By Maddrummer, June 26, 2010
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    • PhantomOftheOpera
    • July 17, 2010

19. Unheard Beethoven.

    By Muzic, March 4, 2010
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    • J. Lee Graham
    • March 15, 2010

20. Music Composition Lessons on DVD?

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

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

    By KahliaSkye, May 14, 2012   

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    • KahliaSkye
    • May 21, 2012

22. Atonal music 1 2 3

    By Nightfly, August 6, 2006
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    • montpellier
    • August 9, 2006

23. Composing on Paper or Notation Program 1 2

    By Maarten Bauer, February 20, 2017   

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    • J. Lee Graham
    • April 28, 2017

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

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

25. Babbitt. 1 2

    By Voce, December 6, 2008
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    • composerorganist
    • December 15, 2008