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Do triplets always have a 3 written on top?
I was told by my teacher that a triplet will always have a three written on top. I've also seen this in theory books for graded exams which have also said that any triplet grouping will have a bracket around it. And I've read in other places that…
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Should I use British or American note value terminology?
When writing in English for an international audience.
I'm not a native speaker of English myself, and I was wondering whether, say, crotchet and quaver are more generally recognized than quarter and eighth note, or the other way 'round. And if I…
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How to find out the Major and Minor chords of a scale?
How do I know which notes of a scale may be a Major/Minor chord?
Take this question as an example. The OP states that the C major scale contains the following chords: C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim
How do I accomplish this?
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What does "super" in title of organ pieces mean?
Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a couple of Trio Supers and Fantasia Supers, e.g.:
Trio super 'Herr Jesu Christ dich zu uns wend', BWV 655
Trio super 'Nun komm der Heiden Heiland', BWV 660 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Trio super 'Allein Gott in der Höh sei…
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Tips for playing outdoors in cold weather?
A few years ago our church band had a gig playing early in the morning to a volunteer crew to get them pumped for the day ahead. It was about 7AM and in the 30s F. It's a good thing I was only playing for one song and it wasn't lead because I could…
Brian Ortiz
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Why do I hear higher harmonics, when the strings aren't free to vibrate?
For example, I try to press the G1 key down without it producing a sound, and when I abruptly play the C1 beneath it, the G, an octave above, is clearly audible, although the string isn't free to vibrate. Why does that happen? Do strings an octave…
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What is the purpose of this concert equipment?
What is the purpose of that equipment and how is it called? I have noticed they always have them in concerts with electronic instruments.
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Putting steel strings on a cheap nylon guitar
I was trying to get back into playing guitar. I only took lessons for a few years with a nylon string guitar that was fairly cheap. When I pulled the guitar out of the attic it needed new strings so I purchased medium steel strings. I know regret…
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Who plays the chords during a live performance when lead guitarist is soloing?
I recently watched the live performance of 'Stairway to Heaven' by 'Led Zeppelin'. I had a question while watching that song but it even applies to other songs.
See during the section of the song where Jimmy Page does his guitar solo. The backing…
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What am I missing about learning French horn?
I started French horn lessons in April and since then I've already "fired" two teachers, both for the same reason.
The reason is that they have frustrated me by refusing to explain how do to what they are asking me to do. Both of them essentially…
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Primary school child writing music
My young (8 year old) child is starting to play around with writing music, and he's done a bit both on pencil and paper, and with a tablet app that is still writing on a staff, but takes some of the direct elements out (ie, you pick "eighth note"…
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Guitar fret out of tune?
I'm a newbie with an inexpensive guitar. It tunes up well and holds its tune well, however, on the low E string, the further up the fingerboard I go, the more the frets seem to be out of tune. I have pretty good pitch from other musical instruments,…
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How much of a jazz tune should I pre-arrange?
I have been learning jazz piano (mainly solo) for a few months and am trying to incorporate more color and more interesting voicings in my chords. However, I find it very difficult to keep the voicings I use for every single chord in a tune in my…
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From the piano tuner's viewpoint, what needs to be done in order to achieve "equal temperament"?
I get the feeling that the actual explanation is a lot simpler than what the manuals and textbooks offer. I've been trying to make sense of it all, and now I find myself thoroughly confused.
Here goes:
When you play an octave on the piano (say, a C…
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What is this open, vertical rectangular symbol?
In Rautavaara's Second Piano Sonata, first movement, beginning 20 bars before the end, there is a tablature-like symbol. What does it mean?
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