Advice and Techniques

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1. Writing a chaconne

   By Voce, March 3, 2008
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   • oingo86
   • April 21, 2008

2. Organizing A Conductor's Score...

   By dscid, May 23, 2013
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   • Debreved
   • July 14, 2013

3. 9th,11th,13th chords

   By walters, August 25, 2005
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   • walters
   • August 29, 2005

4. The Super Ultra Hyper Mega Meta Lydian Scale

   By Carmen Hunter, July 17, 2019   

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   • super ultra hyper mega meta lydian
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   • Coreymac
   • May 9, 2020

5. Marcato vs. Martele - how???

   By kadowser, November 7, 2007
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   • 920bpm
   • October 13, 2008

6. Orchestration And Midi Sequencing?

   By edharris99, July 26, 2012
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   • treehugger1995
   • February 12, 2013

7. Pitfalls of Composers 1 2 3

   By JC92488, August 14, 2007
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   • Dirk Gently
   • August 18, 2007

8. Quick Question on Cello Range

   By Spoon284, August 12, 2008
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   • Some Guy That writes Music
   • September 17, 2018

9. Anyone know how to get their hands on some sulfur hexafluoride?

   By Audiosprite, December 20, 2010
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   • Silva
   • December 23, 2010

10. Pairing of four french horns

    By MariusChamberlin, June 18, 2010
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    • Gardener
    • June 18, 2010

11. Writing Parts For Doubling

    By aracu, April 30, 2013
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    • Austenite
    • June 4, 2013

12. Tips for Composing String Quartets

    By Joshua Ng, August 3, 2020   

    • string quartet
    • strings
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    • Joshua Ng
    • August 3, 2020

13. How long should a concerto be?

    By violinfiddler, January 9, 2007
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    • violinfiddler
    • January 10, 2007

14. Functional Harmony in contrapuntal Music

    By DAI, December 11, 2011   

    • counterpoint
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    • DAI
    • June 3, 2012

15. Moving By An Augmented Second

    By Alejandro Tudela, June 7, 2014   

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    • Alejandro Tudela
    • June 10, 2014

16. Writing for a piano "jazz Chord Voicings"

    By JayGreenthumb, October 31, 2009
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    • Anatol_Rennie
    • April 16, 2012

17. 16th Century Counterpoint - 2 voices - 2nd species 1 2

    By composerorganist, November 1, 2008
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    • composerorganist
    • February 21, 2009

18. glissando?

    By magyari, July 31, 2011   

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    • glissando
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    • HeckelphoneNYC
    • August 1, 2011

19. Any Way To Indicate Bow Changes Other Than A New Note?

    By June, November 26, 2014   

    • bowing
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    • June
    • December 24, 2014

20. Initial Composition

    By Vrixton, October 20, 2010
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    • robinjessome
    • November 20, 2010

21. E Phrygian counterpoint

    By rbarata, August 3, 2011
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    • HeckelphoneNYC
    • August 7, 2011

22. Composing techniques and Ideas. 1 2

    By TheMeaningofLIfe, January 11, 2007
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    • KSP
    • January 24, 2007

23. Private Composition Lessons

    By Chrislw324, August 27, 2012
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    • Guest
    • August 29, 2012

24. What Makes A Composition "coherent"?

    By mdpmusic, March 7, 2013   

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    • Guest
    • March 9, 2013

25. Composing at the Desk vs. on an Insturment 1 2

    By PSaun, October 27, 2009
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    • Rosenskjold
    • January 19, 2010