Advice and Techniques

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1. Mass: What kinds and how to write?

   By david ckwee, October 5, 2009
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   • Tokkemon
   • October 14, 2009

2. Composing Salsa Music

   By GoldenPianist, April 16, 2008
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   • zcream
   • February 15, 2009

3. Creating interesting harmonies

   By MariusChamberlin, August 23, 2010
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   • jrcramer
   • October 12, 2010

4. Composition books

   By violinfiddler, May 31, 2007
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   • Osbuurn
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5. Composing String Quartet

   By Guest, November 14, 2012   

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   • vtfreestyle224
   • December 16, 2012

6. Counterpoint and Harmony. 1 2

   By eduardohans, March 9, 2007
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   • Stevemc90
   • July 31, 2008

7. 2 or 3 staves for solo piano?

   By nikolas, October 1, 2007
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   • matt.kaner
   • October 14, 2007

8. First Inversion Mediant (III6)

   By Warm_Decade, February 27, 2010
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   • Kamen
   • March 2, 2010

9. Please can anyone explain this violin solo / modulation!???

   By GrantsV, April 21, 2010
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   • Gardener
   • April 21, 2010

10. Melody-Writing 1 2

    By johannhowitzer, January 1, 2006
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    • Tumababa
    • July 3, 2006

11. Polytonality

    By DAI, April 14, 2009
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    • MattGSX
    • April 16, 2009

12. Microtonality 1 2

    By echurchill, April 7, 2008
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    • Yog-Sothoth
    • July 14, 2008

13. Bagpipe notation

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

14. Chopin style

    By Ignacio Cecchini, September 25, 2011   

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    • Kvothe
    • September 17, 2012

15. Layering melodies.

    By amfx22000, September 13, 2009
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    • Kamen
    • September 18, 2009

16. Books on composing, orchestrating etc 1 2 3

    By Richards, August 7, 2005
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    • COB160
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17. jazz counterpoint?

    By andy-uk, December 15, 2009
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    • benxiwf
    • January 13, 2010

18. Naming a piece of music? 1 2 3

    By w.shipley, May 22, 2008
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    • Qmwne235
    • December 10, 2008

19. Fugue Challenge 1 2 3

    By Guest Recursion, August 27, 2005
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    • J. Lee Graham
    • September 8, 2005

20. How long should a piece of music be?

    By TSTwizby, July 30, 2019
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    • Henry Ng Tsz Kiu
    • November 3, 2023

21. Soprano Recorder

    By Yasamune, December 23, 2009
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    • James H.
    • December 26, 2009

22. Idiomatic Studies: Violin.

    By adamsangster, May 28, 2014
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    • adamsangster
    • May 31, 2014

23. Indian Tala rhythmic cycle system

    By anotherusername_now, January 7, 2009
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    • lomlonde
    • December 17, 2015

24. Parallel 5ths 1 2

    By Fantasy, March 1, 2006
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    • peter_traj
    • May 25, 2006

25. Composing for harp in orchestral music

    By clarinetcola, September 20, 2005
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    • siwi
    • March 22, 2010