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Selling my guitar
I want to sell a guitar, but I would like to know:
Where are good places to sell a guitar? Online? Guitar stores?
What is a good way to work out the value of the guitar?
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What is the correct name for this instrument?
I guess it's some type of trombone, but I can't find its correct name anywhere.
P.S. If you're wondering, here's where I got this shot from:
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Acoustic guitar - how to wind strings on the tuning posts
While writing an answer to this question, I did a little web searching and found that the way I was taught 29 years ago to wind the strings isn't necessarily the best.
On an acoustic guitar, I tend to wind enough string on the posts that they're…
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How long can a professional trumpet player go without practicing before seeing detrimental effects?
I’ve seen in multiple places that professional trumpet players feel like they need daily, or nearly-daily practice in order to maintain capability, let alone improve.
How long is it feasible for a professional trumpet player to go without practicing…
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What's the theory behind the "80s" sound of a song?
Today I was listening to Separate Ways, a great song by Journey in the 80s. The style of this song is so typical of the period. In fact, my first interaction with this song was through a reinterpretation by Andre Matos, rearranged and played a few…
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Why didn't Bach sign his manuscripts?
From what I can tell when looking up images of Bach's manuscripts, he often didn't sign them. Is there any specific reason for this?
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What is this upside down square fermata?
I was wondering what this marking means, it looks like an upside-down square fermata or an upside-down down bow marking with a dot. I found it in a piece for cello by Nadia Boulanger.
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Music Store Etiquette
A music store that sells high end instruments is faced with a dilemma.
It is their responsibility to sell you instruments. But you cannot buy an instrument without trying it out for some period of time.
At the same time, the store has to draw the…
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How does one maintain voice integrity when longer and shorter notes of the same pitch occur in two voices
Here is an excerpt from Bach's BWV 796, measures 8–9. (Unfortunately, ABCjs renders the ties in exactly the wrong direction!)
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T:Sinfonia No. 10 in G Major, BWV 796
M:3/4
C:J.S. Bach
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Tuning the lowest bass string a hair flat
I was listening to Abbey Road but it's just Bass and it sounds like the low E string is a hair flat in a lot of the songs. How did they get away with that?
When I was in the pep band many years ago playing guitar, the bass player told me he did the…
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Resource for sheet music for blind musicians
Question: Do you know any sheet music resources for blind people, i.e. sheet music in braille notation? I don't seem to find any braille files in IMSLP (the Petrucci Library at http://www.imslp.org). Are there perhaps software that translate…
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How to play together online?
We had a band of musicians but unfortunately, my partners went abroad for further studies. Currently we're far away. We want to meet at some time in a week and play together online. We've tried Skype but it doesn't work OK when we all are active at…
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What is the difference between a duet and a duo?
I wrote a peice for piano and flute but I don't know if it should be called duet or duo. I see that duet is when the players have equal importance but that is not necessarily the case fo my composition. Would duo work? There is no Wikipedia article…
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Small Notes in Sheet Music -- NOT grace notes -- written AFTER the main note and beamed with it
Can anyone explain the significance of the small notes in the following music? An otherwise identical arrangement in a different "easy" song book shows only quarter notes without the smaller notes. What is the difference in how it's played? And is…
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How to distinguish between different instruments in a classical orchestra?
I want to train myself into distinguishing the instruments being played simultaneously in orchestral music (primarily Wagner and Bruckner, maybe Mahler). Ideally I want to be able to say at each point in time something like: „Oh, this is a french…
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