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Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3: Last notes played by piano or not?
I have a (probably pretty amateur) question regarding the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3, more precisely the last notes of the third movement. I've listened to different recordings of this piece and noticed that sometimes the pianist plays the last…
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Is it possible to recreate any sound you hear on a synth?
Is is possible to recreate any sound you hear in a synth? Think of it like ear training, but with a synth. Being able to deconstruct a sound with your ear, know what type of waveform is being used, with whatever envelope and LFO's are on the…
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How can I slow down a YouTube video I'm trying to analyze or transcribe?
Sometime I want to use a YouTube video to
figure out what notes/chords are being played,
figure out how (i.e., by what technique) the notes/chords are being played, or
transcribe a (part of) a song.
But there are cases where the passage goes too…
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Mystery bowing notation
A cellist friend asked if I had come across this coloured in cross marking (hourglass?) in bar 35 and it has me stumped. (Beethoven Sonatina, so you can discount any crazy new music articulation.)
Have tried searching for a comprehensive string…
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Should mode names be capitalized?
I'm seeking opinions about whether to capitalize mode names in educational materials I'm preparing. In ordinary references (not in titles) should I use Dorian or dorian, Locrian or locrian? Here's a summary of what I've found so far:
Pro…
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What is the rationale of electronic keyboards having the voices that they do?
It inevitably starts with a piano voice, then electric piano voices. Chromatically pitched percussion, guitars, strings, and so on, ending with drums. Even the most limited of keyboards have this layout in a highly diminished form. I am aware that…
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What methods are there to determine when a violin string should be replaced?
I am very new to the violin. I have broken a string just once - and it was while attempting to tune it.
The string breaking was rather surprising and powerful - I'm glad my face was not too close.
So, to avoid a similar incident while playing the…
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What is the difference between a collection of sounds and music?
From my reading I've gathered that the difference between music and noise is that music is an organized collection of sounds. In that definition, noise would then be an unorganized collection of sounds.
If this is a viable definition, then my…
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Can you not Slur notes of the same pitch?
Is this true? I can't help but feel it is not?
a slur does not connect two or more notes of the same pitch
Source: https://easypianobasics.com/ties-and-slurs/
Kind of makes sense, you may wish to only 'smoothly' play notes that are not of the…
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When editing/transcribing music of the Baroque period is it considered good practice to modernize key signatures and clefs?
As a hobby (and for my personal edification), it seems like a fun challenge to transcribe a few Baroque music manuscripts into a more readable form, and maybe post the results to imslp.org or something. Is it okay to change the old Dorian key…
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Why do people in tutorials destroy/cut their old strings when restringing?
I'd like do try out different gauges on an electric and an acoustic guitar, but if I don't like them I would like to put the old strings back on. Is that even possible or are they ruined after removing them?
A lot of tutorials even cut and therefore…
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What kind of musical scales did the ancient "pagan" tribes use before Roman/Greek contact?
As far as I know, the "western musical scale" is a greek invention. In Indian and Arabic music you find other scales (and time signatures as well).
What sort of scales and time signatures did the ancient European societies use? If nothing is known,…
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Trumpet type or technique?
In Wagner’s “Rule, Britannia”, the orchestration calls for two trumpets.
I’ve had no luck searching for what “vent.” and “ord.” mean. “Open” and “muted”, or ...?
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Why do people say "you are a little flat" and never "you are are a little sharp"?
Is there a tendency to sing flat when singing out of tune?
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What is the difference between Kurzweil Mark Pro 1, 2, and 3 Pianos
I'm only interested in the piano tone and feel as compared to a good acoustic piano. Are there reasons to pay twice the money for Kurzweil Mark 3 vs Mark 1?
Both seem to have the same hammer action design and dimensions, but I haven't tried playing…
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