07/05/23

Is classical music the best music? I don't actually like it that much. Some of it is relaxing I guess.
Maybe I'm just intimidated, my girlfriend's father is a violinist, and he goes one and on about Schubert and, I dunno, Veenyawski...he makes me sit down and listen to this stuff, and it's... I... more
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11/04/22

how much will a 50 affect my grade if my overall is a 75
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06/17/19

Do the notes in a scale have to be played in order?
Beginner here, it seems like a scale just defines a particular set of notes that don't have to be played in any order to me. But if you look at A minor pentatonic scale you have A, C, D, E, G, yet... more
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06/11/19

Correct Notes for C## in Harmonic Minor Scale?
Is the following scale correct for C## Harmonic Minor? C##, D##, E#, F##, G##, A#, B# I read on a good music theory page and they had B## as 7th note in the key, so I was wondering, but I'm... more
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06/10/19

Can songs in a major key be sad?
Can songs in a major key be sad?
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06/08/19

(Post)-minimalist compositional techniques?
I was wondering if anyone out there knew of any techniques associated with the minimalist tradition. I've been really interested in the philosophical notion of minimalism over the last few months... more
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06/03/19

Why is a Cadence important in music?
I'm confused as to what a cadence does. The only thing I understand is that like English it's a period in a sentence. Is that its primary purpose to separate pieces of thought? And how important is... more
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05/28/19

Perfect fourth is dissonant when there's no note below it?
According to Walter Piston's Harmony book, a perfect fourth is dissonant if there's no tone below its lower tone, while it's consonant if there's a third or a perfect fifth below the interval. In... more
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05/21/19

Uses for augmented chords in composition?
I've been studying for music theory for many years and I enjoy just writing little chord progressions and melodies to see what certain progressions sound like and how interesting I can make them.... more
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05/21/19

Are doubly augmented and doubly diminished intervals practical?
In music theory when naming intervals, a lowered diminished interval is a doubly diminished interval (dd) and a raised augmented interval is a doubly augmented interval (AA). One example is a... more
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05/02/19

Audio Beats Per Second Question
How many audio beats per second should be heard between harpsichord notes at 240 hz and 162 hz? (The correct answer is an integer or half-integer).
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04/07/19

Classification of 9th, 11th, and 13th intervals by consonance and dissonance?
An interval is classified by its consonance or dissonance: as an open consonance (unison, perfect fifth, octave), a soft consonance (major and minor third and sixth), mild dissonance (major second... more
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03/19/19

A pianist that used a wooden spacer/tool to artificially increase the length of their fingers?
I've once heard a story about a pianist of the past who wrote a music piece that critics told him was impossible to play - the length of any person's fingers wouldn't be sufficient. But he used... more
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03/18/19

What's the earliest known piece of polyphonic music?
Do we know what is the earliest known piece of polyphonic music? I know that there are some 12-th century composers like Léonin and Pérotin that did this kind of thing, but did they compose the... more
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03/18/19

Is it possible to write a song without a key?
"This song is in F Major", "That song is in A Minor", "This song is in D Minor, but modulates to F Major in the middle", etc. Can we say "This song has no key"? Are there songs that have/follow no... more
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03/16/19

What exactly should I have to learn to understand why certain combination of chords are harmonic when played in a sequence?
I'm pretty sure that there's a lot of theory in finding combinations that are melodical/harmonical. There must be a way to say that 3 different chords are likely to form music. That given 2 chords,... more
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03/16/19

Music Visualization?
I am intrested in learning about Music Visualization. (eg: ) Does anyone have any books to recommend on the subject? (I know its not a technical question, but it seems like a good place to... more
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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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03/15/19

Possibly convoluted sentence, but is it correct?
I saw this sentence in an email — is it actually correct? > In light of the time and effort you have spent and may otherwise continue to spend on dealing with their repeated requests for... more
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03/15/19

Which guitar chord sounds like A# note on the keyboard?
I am composing a tune using Ableton. The basic composition contains the note 'A#', and I want to add some acoustic strumming to it. However, I am new to guitar playing as well and can't seem to... more
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03/15/19

Did baroque composers think of ritardando on their compositions?
I've been always told that whenever I play any baroque piece on the piano, I should take special care when attending to, for example, the amount of right pedal I should use. It sounded perfectly... more
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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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03/15/19

Does it really make difference to play a song in a different key?
I hear sometimes players and composers say that this song won't sound good in F Major for example, and you should play it or write it in G Major. In other words, it seems that they assign aesthetic... more
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03/15/19

When was the first recorded usage of a musical score?
Music is quite universal in the sense that you can hand a musician almost anywhere in the world a piece of sheet music and they will be able to understand it. I've been wondering this for a while... more
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03/15/19

Usage of Negatives in Everyday Speach: Unnecessary or Incorrect?
I frequently have this debate with my fiancée about whether it is as appropriate to use a negative in the following examples as it is to omit it. I am frequently found making statements using the... more
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