Advice and Techniques

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1. Will treating the string quartet like a miniature concerto instead of like a 4 voiced sonata help?

   By caters, February 26, 2020
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   • jawoodruff
   • March 17, 2020

2. Desicions

   By Viva, March 5, 2020
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   • Ken320
   • March 12, 2020

3. My Opera

   By iPiano7, March 5, 2020
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   • iPiano7
   • March 11, 2020

4. Woodwind Quartet Fugato, should I have accompaniment underneath it at the beginning?

   By caters, March 3, 2020
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   • Markus Boyd
   • March 4, 2020

5. HELP!! Ableton/VST plug-ins...

   By Gustav Johnson, December 8, 2018
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   • Gustav Johnson
   • March 4, 2020

6. Different Levels of Music

   By SilverWolf, February 29, 2020   

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   • SilverWolf
   • March 1, 2020

7. Beaming over rests

   By Carlos Lalonde, February 26, 2020   

   • notation
   • engraving
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   • Quinn
   • March 1, 2020

8. Tempo disagreement in rhythm and notation, what to do?

   By caters, February 20, 2020
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   • maestrowick
   • February 21, 2020

9. Sound library solution for Sibelius for audio-beginners?

   By DanJTitchener, February 16, 2020
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   • DanJTitchener
   • February 16, 2020

10. Asking about recommendation on scores to study

    By Luis Hernández, February 14, 2020   

    • scores
    • orchestration
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    • Noah Brode
    • February 15, 2020

11. Where to cut off the sonata theme for Theme and Variations?

    By caters, February 3, 2020
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    • caters
    • February 3, 2020

12. Is This Playable on a Cello?

    By Noah Brode, January 26, 2020
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    • Quinn
    • January 26, 2020

13. How to make a plagal cadence sound convincing?

    By caters, January 25, 2020
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    • Luis Hernández
    • January 26, 2020

14. the missing link between species counterpoint and actual writing

    By aristid, December 10, 2019   

    • counterpoint
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    • aristid
    • January 21, 2020

15. Developmental Techniques

    By jawoodruff, January 19, 2020   

    • development
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    • jawoodruff
    • January 19, 2020

16. Is there a delay that would improve the harmonic cohesion of this canon?

    By caters, January 17, 2020
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    • caters
    • January 18, 2020

17. Music Connections through feedback

    By SilverWolf, January 17, 2020   

    • music
    • connections
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    • SilverWolf
    • January 17, 2020

18. Polytonal Canon, how to go about the fourth bar?

    By caters, January 12, 2020
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    • jawoodruff
    • January 13, 2020

19. Rhythmic reference point in syncopation, is it a good idea?

    By caters, January 4, 2020
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    • anthonydaly10
    • January 6, 2020

20. Help with my Fugue

    By caters, September 11, 2019
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    • jawoodruff
    • January 6, 2020

21. Special Percussion Techniques

    By Jehonathan Sher Lipschitz, November 22, 2019   

    • percussion
    • techniques
    • 1 reply
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    • bryla
    • December 31, 2019

22. 12.28.19_Help Regarding Composing By Ear

    By jin098, December 29, 2019
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    • jin098
    • December 29, 2019

23. Losing the passion to make music

    By SilverWolf, December 28, 2019   

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    • SilverWolf
    • December 28, 2019

24. Music Marketing Dynamics

    By SilverWolf, December 17, 2019   

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    • SilverWolf
    • December 17, 2019

25. Brass writing without overpowering the rest

    By RonaldPoe, November 13, 2019
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    • Quinn
    • December 15, 2019