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Chord analysis: b13 or #5
I've come across an exercise in the Jazzology "jazz theory" book, where the chord should be identified, given the notes below:
I identified it as a B7#5#9, but the answer was B7#9b13. I'm guessing that to be a #5 the g should strictly be a double…
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What do the letters above the piano staff represent?
I am a beginner trying to understand the music notation for a song I want to try. Can someone kindly tell me what are the letters above the treble clef in the following figure:
I've read that they represent the triads but I am not sure how, for…
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C#m in Am chord progression
I was listening this song;
Chord progression is something like this;
Am, E, F, C, Dm .(BTW His guitar is tuned half step down)
And almost all solos are in A minor/harmonic minor scale.
I believe this progression is in the key of Am (apart from E…
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What does a single square bracket next to a single note mean?
I just stumbled on a bit of notation in a music score, and I'm stumped as to what it means. It's a single square bracket, spanning the whole staff, to the left of a single note.
This is measure 58 of Fandango, by Padre Antonio Soler, arr. Fernand…
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Do Neapolitan chords exist in modes with a minor second?
In relation to a question I asked earlier—What is a Neapolitan 6th chord—I have a follow up question.
A Neapolitan chord is pretty much a Major chord built on the lowered second scale degree; however, there are two modes that naturally have a minor…
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Why digital piano has more polyphony voices than there are keys on the keyboard?
My digital piano has 88 keys and the manual says it provides 128 voices of polyphony, and this seems not a particular exception or unusual feature.
I even cannot imagine how it would be possible to press all 88 keys all at once or even in a close…
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What is the rhythmic notation for 5/8 the duration of a whole note?
Assume that the whole note time equals 8.
Then a note which time equals 3 will be written as 1/4 note and dot.
How you write down a note that time is equal 5/8 of a whole note?
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Why does a clarinet behaves like a closed pipe?
Saxophones, oboes and generally generally most woodwind instruments I can think of behave like open pipes. That seems logical; when every key is closed, they actually are open pipes and, if I remember correctly, a pierced pipe behaves like a…
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Can a 24-year-old learn to play violin/viola proficiently?
I've seen a few of these questions asked, but it seems like most of the students to be where just starting out in music. They didn't have limber fingers, couldn't read notes. That's not a bad thing considering we've all had to start somewhere.…
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What is the difference between analog and digital effects pedals?
What are the main differences between digital and analog effects?
Do they have different circuitry? Sounds? Features?
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History of screaming in music throughout the world
Screaming is a common technique in metal and other music genres but according to Wikipedia it has also been used in blues music and very few times in more classical Western works.
Are there other early examples of music (Western or not) that make…
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What does "al primo" mean?
I'm currently playing a sonata from the late baroque period, which ends with two menuets: minuetto primo and minuetto secondo.
Now, under the closing repeat mark of menuet two, "al primo" is notated.
I assume, that this means, that the first menuet…
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Dot in front of a mordent
I am singing Messe de Minuit pour Noël by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and stumbled on some notation unknown to me. There are quite a few mordents in the piece and some of them are denoted with a preceding dot, like in the tenor voice in the image…
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Triangular notehead at the end of a glissando/portamento
I was studying a score that had this strange symbol in the violin part. It's a triangular notehead at the end of a glissando/portamento. The note seems to be suspended, not connect to the staff with any ledger lines:
Does anyone know what this…
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Is it okay to change the key signature in the middle of a bar?
In music notation, is it okay to change the key signature within a measure? Or should I split the meter into two for that?
For example, I have the following four quarter notes in one measure with:
♭ 4/4 A, B, C, D |.
What if I want to change the…
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