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03/19/19

How to write extended perfect authentic cadences?

I am currently writing a Berceuse in the style of Chopin and I noticed in a lot of his music and that of other romantic composers in the final perfect authentic cadences they repeat it multiple... more

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Songwriting Acoustic Guitar Time Signatures

03/19/19

How to notate a time signature that alternates every few measures?

I was playing an original song in 4/4 but noticed if I instead played the first 3 bars as 3/4 and kept the last 4 chords one per beat in a bar of 4/4, it seemed more interesting. How would this... more

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Songwriting Scales Tone Chords

03/18/19

What key to use for a certain meaning or theme in the song?

I know this might be considered a very vague question, but I don't know where else to go. I've started songwriting recently and I'm still a beginner. I was wondering, what key(s) should I write my... more

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Songwriting Composition Chord Theory Harmony

03/18/19

What technique was being used in composing this background music for a film?

At around six minutes and 40 seconds of this Youtube video, https://youtu.be/9kK-Z-hCOow this gentleman talks about using minor and major thirds and how it was supposed to mimic the sound of a... more

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Songwriting Composition Key Chord Progressions

03/18/19

The Chords in this progression sound great but don't belong together - so why do they work?

I am a songwriter and compose my own music to go with my lyrics. Most of my chord progressions follow common patterns like using a I V IV or I IV V with an occasional ii or iii or vi chord thrown... more

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Songwriting Composition

03/18/19

How do I go about selling my musical composition?

I've been studying music on and off for several years now and I've finally composed a pop music like piece. It has no lyrics yet as I don't know how to integrate in the words yet. How do I seek... more

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Songwriting Composition

03/18/19

Advice on writing for music boxes?

I need to write two different short pieces for music boxes. The main limitations I'm facing are that I have to stay within 2 octaves and I can only(ish) write in the key of C major (or just C, D,... more

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Songwriting Composition Composers Algorithmic Composition

03/18/19

Industry Standard for Psychological Mapping of Emotion to Musical Keys?

I have found several references to map a key to a psychological feeling or psyche archetype. Is there an industry standard for musical scoring?

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Songwriting Composition Band

03/18/19

How do bands take notes of their songs?

I've never been in a band, and I'm trying to imagine how the songwriting process goes in a band. Most importantly, I wonder how does a band take notes of their songs and ideas during jams and... more

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Songwriting Music Theory Theory Chords

03/18/19

How can you tell the chords of a piece of music if you can only hear bass and melody?

How can you tell the chords of a piece of music if you can only hear bass and melody? There are a lot of possibility that it can be more than a single chord..Also, would be better like this.. To... more

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Songwriting Composition Improvisation

03/18/19

How are melodic sequences used?

I keep hearing about sequences. I know that there's both harmonic and melodic sequences. I am familiar with harmonic sequences I believe they're also called "basso ostinato" where you play a... more

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Songwriting Composition Transcription Ear Training

03/15/19

What are the common problems when it comes to ear training and how do I fix it?

I can think of a few, first in formost, there is 2 different type of struggles transcribing in real time which requires you to hear and identify chords and melody and improvising, which requires... more

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Songwriting Composition Musical Forms Chopin

03/15/19

What makes a piece a nocturne?

I am wanting to compose a second nocturne. I composed my first one about a year ago and pretty much all the feedback I got was that it should have been written in 3/4 instead of 4/4. I wonder if... more

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Songwriting Composition

03/15/19

What are the appropriate/technical approaches that professional composers do to induce creativity in music making process?

I feel like I've already been "programmed" by pop songs when creating new sound. I always enjoy simply improvising on piano but I can never break through that musicality that is "programmed" in my... more

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Songwriting Composition Classical Music Harmony

03/15/19

Question on harmonizing melodies?

In the melody to *Twinkle Twinkle Little Star* there are places with two notes of the same pitch in a row. So far I have only studied harmonizing (four-part harmony) melodies without the same pitch... more

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Songwriting Composition Chords Melody

03/15/19

Chords and Melody?

I have a chord progression in Octave 3 , Bassline in Octave 1 , and the chorus and verse melody in Octave 2. ( Verse melody is lower pitch than chorus melody ) I wrote the verse and chorus melody... more

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Songwriting Composition Chords

03/15/19

How do I find chords to go with my melody in music I write?

I have written a number of tunes using just A,B,C, etc. to indicate notes. I have no musical knowledge so I am unable to find the appropriate chords to go with my tunes. Is there a an online... more

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Songwriting Composition Cadence Phrase

03/14/19

Does every phrase in music end with a cadence?

I'm just wondering if every phrase in music ends on a Cadence? Much like every sentence in English ends with a period? I am mainly talking about common music such as pop, rock, classical,... more

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Songwriting Composition Chords Chord Progressions

03/14/19

Film Scoring non-diatonic chord changes. Any good books?

so I've been reading about film scoring and how the composers typically use non-diatonic chord progressions (M3, m3 and tritone), for example C major to E-major and C major to E-flat major; to... more

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Songwriting Composition Cello

03/14/19

Solo Cello Composition: Double Stops Question?

Can the G or D strings be muted by Cellist so that a double stop can be played on the G and A, or C and D strings? Would greatly appreciate a response.

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Songwriting Suyanis Sonicama

04/05/16

Chris has 24 apples. He give 9 to Naruto. Baruto gives him 26 more. How many apples does Chris have now.

Chris has 24 apples. He gives 9 to Naruto. Baruto gives him 26 more. how many apples does Chris have now.

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