Ritardando, Rallentando, and Allargando?

Three common musical markings for gradual slowing down are ritardando, rallentando, and allargando. How do these differ from each other in interpretation and execution? For example, I was taught... more

Is it possible to create a completely new genre of music?

This question might appear really weird, but still I ended up asking me this.Every genre of music as we know today comes from some previous genre (as an evolution, a combination of two different... more

The use of each key in Western music?

I've been looking into variations on the following question: why was X piece written in Y key? For instance, why did Beethoven choose to write the Moonlight Sonata in C# minor? Presumably we can... more

Is there any significance of key change of 3 semitones in pop songs?

I was listening to Nightwish's Nemo and noticed they have a key change of 3 semitones from Dm to Fm out of the blue that just sounds pretty good/unnoticeable: https://youtu.be/rNg2Dh6gPkw?t=83 And... more

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