Advice and Techniques

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1. Orchestral Panning for Realism

   By Marius, October 25, 2010
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   • MehranB
   • January 9, 2012

2. Beginner: having trouble getting started

   By Falco_sparverius, December 28, 2011
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   • calebhines
   • January 6, 2012

3. Need Help Creating 9/4 Latin Groove!

   By Rare Pickle, January 3, 2012   

   • latin
   • groove
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     • groove
     • 9/4 time
     • 9/8 time
     • jazz
     • percussion
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   • SYS65
   • January 3, 2012

4. Sax Players - What do you think seperates a good saxophonist from a bad one?

   By Young Prodigy, August 31, 2008
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   • Franzman
   • December 29, 2011

5. Part writing?

   By MarcPope, June 26, 2011
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   • composerorganist
   • December 28, 2011

6. Composition Portfolios for College Application

   By keysguitar, August 2, 2011
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   • composerorganist
   • December 28, 2011

7. (Beginner) Need evaluation for my composition

   By memoc3, December 25, 2011
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   • SYS65
   • December 26, 2011

8. Rehearsal Markings

   By luminousvibes, May 22, 2011
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   • ghmus7
   • December 24, 2011

9. Need help from string players

   By nickstix91, June 4, 2011
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   • ghmus7
   • December 24, 2011

10. Second Inversion Chords?

    By sparky, June 16, 2011
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    • ghmus7
    • December 24, 2011

11. Bagpipe notation

    By DrPangloss, August 4, 2010
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    • #1Sax
    • December 23, 2011

12. Chord progressions

    By ansthenia, December 17, 2011   

    • chords
    • flow
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      • chromatic
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    • composerorganist
    • December 23, 2011

13. If I want to analyse an orchestral score...

    By wayne-scales, December 18, 2011   

    • analysis
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    • composerorganist
    • December 19, 2011

14. The dominant chord in a minor key...

    By ansthenia, December 15, 2011   

    • dominant
    • chord
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    • ansthenia
    • December 17, 2011

15. Question about making melodies, and catchy ones at that.

    By RyanPoore, December 7, 2011   

    • melodies
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    • RyanPoore
    • December 15, 2011

16. Horror music techniques..

    By composer14, February 26, 2010
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    • Austenite
    • December 13, 2011

17. Best place to learn about chord voicings?

    By ansthenia, December 10, 2011   

    • chord
    • voicing
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    • wayne-scales
    • December 12, 2011

18. From The Musician's Way - How NOT to be creative

    By composerorganist, August 16, 2011   

    • good advice
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    • Austenite
    • December 12, 2011

19. Voicing? HELP ME!

    By Ink, December 8, 2011   

    • voicing
    • help
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      • help
      • counterpoint
      • theory
      • instrument uses
      • ranges
      • chords
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    • Ink
    • December 9, 2011

20. College that offers Film Scoring Degree?

    By Jimmyjuicin, June 13, 2009
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    • NPeter
    • December 9, 2011

21. What are some good tips on how to practice the piano?

    By Guest splincerhunterX, November 26, 2011   

    • piano
    • practice
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      • practice
      • self teaching
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    • Austenite
    • December 4, 2011

22. What is a drone?

    By elysian, November 17, 2011   

    • minimalist
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    • froglegs
    • November 27, 2011

23. Teacher Advice?

    By TheMaskedTrumpeter, November 21, 2011   

    • teacher
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    • composerorganist
    • November 25, 2011

24. The Piano Vs The Computer in Modern Popular Music?

    By Amon Jura, November 16, 2011   

    • piano
    • computer
    • 6 replies
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    • HeckelphoneNYC
    • November 25, 2011

25. Is this the start of a fugue, and if not, what is it, if anything?

    By KrisRhodes, November 19, 2011   

    • fugue?
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    • xrsbit
    • November 21, 2011