Advice and Techniques

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1. How many at once?

   By w.shipley, August 11, 2008
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   • Rajaton
   • August 15, 2008

2. Question for Horn Players

   By MusicFiend, December 3, 2010
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   • Peter_W.
   • December 4, 2010

3. TO ALL COMPOSERS!

   By MariusChamberlin, January 24, 2011
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   • mikable
   • April 10, 2011

4. Books on polytonality?

   By JoshMc, May 4, 2008
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   • JoshMc
   • May 19, 2008

5. How do you write large-scale music?

   By MattGSX, March 19, 2008
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   • Yagan Kiely
   • April 5, 2008

6. Half-Step Trill in MuseScore 3

   By PeterthePapercomPoser, December 16, 2020
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   • caters
   • April 29, 2021

7. Resources Or Books On Minimalist Compositional Techniques

   By unstruck, July 17, 2013   

   • minimalsim
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   • kenhimura
   • January 23, 2014

8. "Arousing" Your Creativity

   By MiggTorr, February 19, 2011
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   • joshtsai
   • July 5, 2011

9. Basic Composing

   By Cloud, January 5, 2006
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   • Frederik Sj
   • February 27, 2006

10. How to add body to a piano chord without muddying it up? 1 2

    By caters, April 14, 2020
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    • SSC
    • April 23, 2020

11. Writing Key Signatures 1 2

    By colinthomson, July 6, 2007
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    • matt.kaner
    • July 9, 2007

12. Recommendations for Orchestration Books 1 2

    By dremits, February 2, 2009
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    • Gardener
    • September 10, 2009

13. Writing a Melody under the Cantus Firmus?

    By DarylGraves, November 18, 2011   

    • fux
    • cantus firmus
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      • fux
      • cantus firmus
      • counterpoint
      • help
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    • wayne-scales
    • November 18, 2011

14. What are your views on Justin Biebers Work?

    By Arfus, February 21, 2011
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    • Delusional
    • April 20, 2011

15. What Is The Latest Musical Complex?

    By Marzique Bordex, August 15, 2012   

    • theoretics
    • musicology
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      • musicology
      • pythagoras
      • conservatory
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    • tuohey
    • August 17, 2012

16. A poem!

    By ParanoidFreak, June 30, 2011
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    • ParanoidFreak
    • July 8, 2011

17. writing for guitar

    By Geert Van Hoorick, June 6, 2009
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    • Geert Van Hoorick
    • June 20, 2009

18. Ideal Composition Lesson Series

    By luderart, August 28, 2007
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    • luderart
    • October 7, 2007

19. How can I learn to hear counterpoint?

    By Monco, November 2, 2011   

    • counterpoint
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    • composerorganist
    • November 2, 2011

20. The piano roll 1 2

    By TobiasWallin, February 24, 2009
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    • MattGSX
    • March 4, 2009

21. Four Part Writing - Root Position Triads

    By MidgarZolom, February 6, 2011
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    • Peter_W.
    • February 6, 2011

22. couple of quick questions (orchestration etc.)

    By 920bpm, July 30, 2011
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    • ghmus7
    • March 25, 2012

23. A (possibly apocryphal) Story About Mozart, and Some Advice

    By J. Lee Graham, July 28, 2023
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    • Beethoven is God
    • July 29, 2023

24. What is the technical name for this rhythm?

    By sabiansoldier, November 11, 2010
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    • Silva
    • November 17, 2010

25. Tonal Harmony 6th ed. cds

    By thedoublebassist, October 21, 2010
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    • thedoublebassist
    • October 22, 2010