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300
Guitar practice: more often but less time or once in a few days but for a few hours?
Slartibartfast
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301
Does 3/4 time signature differ from 6/8?
CRABOLO
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302
What Does a Compressor Pedal Do?
JeremyP
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303
What to look for when buying a digital piano for a beginner?
fredley
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304
In live performance, what is a monitor
Pavel Janicek
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305
Why cant drums produce melody?
jmort253
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306
How do I make piano chords sound interesting when playing along with popular songs?
IanL
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307
Why are orchestras tuned differently?
jmort253
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308
The major scale - why and how?
Goodbye Stack Exchange
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309
Why do instruments have a key?
Joe Phillips
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310
Why are pianos traditionally tuned out of tune at the extremes?
William Cline
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311
How to know what notes will go together while improvising?
Pavel Janicek
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312
Why is a C7 chord named a dominant seventh chord?
Pēteris Caune
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313
Why does the scale have seven (or five) notes? Why not six?
Kevin
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314
List of average genre tempo (BPM) levels?
Dilbert789
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315
What is the difference between a xylophone, a glockenspiel, a marimba, a xylorimba and a marimbaphone?
milesmeow
{ "views": [ 208080 ], "score": [ 46 ], "answer_pids": [ 85880, 92229, 92514, 121318 ] }
316
Key signature for writing in modes other than major and minor
Iszi
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317
How can I improve my piano sight reading?
asalamon74
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318
What instruments are inexpensive, portable and not too loud?
Dustin Ingram
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319
What are the practical reasons for still having transposing instruments?
Reverend Gonzo
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320
When were the terms Major and Minor applied to keys?
Goodbye Stack Exchange
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321
Is there any research in music theory?
freiheit
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322
What does a small x-like symbol before a note mean?
Brian Carlton
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323
Why learn scales? What are they for?
nibot
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324
Why do I yawn while singing?
martin
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325
How to transcribe music by ear?
Kevin
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326
As a guitarist, how can I learn to sight-read music?
nibot
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327
Will playing without mistakes at all become easy for me in the future?
Andrew Lowe
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328
What is the origin of the up bow and down bow symbols for bowed string instruments?
Stephen Collings
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329
Does the difference in harmonic series between instruments have a significant effect on the consonance of the sound?
ashansky
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330
Whats the difference between modal music and tonal music?
NoCarrier
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331
How to minimize the pain for a beginning guitar student so they won’t give up before they develop calluses?
nicholas a. evans
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332
WHY do harmonics happen?
starsplusplus
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333
Can a flute soloist sit?
Vebjorn Ljosa
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334
How to start playing by ear/improvising?
JYelton
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335
Why doesnt my synthesized note sound natural?
Chris B. Behrens
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336
What does it mean to write a song in a certain key?
Mark Lutton
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337
Is there a difference between 2/4 and 4/4
Vebjorn Ljosa
{ "views": [ 120245 ], "score": [ 42 ], "answer_pids": [ 78808, 78809, 78810, 78813, 86265 ] }
338
Etiquette of Quitting a Band
Chris B. Behrens
{ "views": [ 35748 ], "score": [ 42 ], "answer_pids": [ 83819, 83820, 83821, 83822, 83824, 83827, 83828 ] }
339
What are modes and how are they useful?
EdChum
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340
Why does conventional playing style give the string manipulation to the left hand?
codemonkey
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341
What do you do when a string breaks or you drop your pick on stage?
Daniel Rikowski
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342
Why do notes have multiple names?
fredley
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343
Major scale of one note is the Minor scale of another note?
Phyllostachys
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344
How not to touch neighbouring strings?
ogerard
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345
Is there any practical difference between 3/4 and 3/8 time?
jenglert
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346
Why is my guitars saddle at an angle?
Chase Florell
{ "views": [ 30795 ], "score": [ 41 ], "answer_pids": [ 76514, 76515, 112277, 120673 ] }
347
Why are the white and black keys on the piano placed the way they are?
Tadeusz A. Kadłubowski
{ "views": [ 26845 ], "score": [ 41 ], "answer_pids": [ 78227, 78231, 78233, 79547, 81148, 85560 ] }
348
My son is 6, and his guitar teacher wants me to buy him a 4/4 guitar!
jrdioko
{ "views": [ 22846 ], "score": [ 41 ], "answer_pids": [ 105634, 105635, 105638, 105639, 105641, 105642, 105662, 105669, 105670 ] }
349
What are some useful and effective exercises for training absolute pitch?
brendan
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350
Software that allows playing in different temperaments
Spenduku
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351
What do vent holes do on a music stand?
Brian M. Hunt
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352
Forgetting the musical notes while performing in concert
Danubian Sailor
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353
What exactly should I have to learn to understand why certain combination of chords are harmonic when played in a sequence?
nGinius
{ "views": [ 2925 ], "score": [ 41 ], "answer_pids": [ 76925, 76926, 76927, 76928, 78043, 80045, 80047 ] }
354
What is the difference between a riff and a lick?
Rob Napier
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355
How should I store my guitars?
Kilhoffer
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356
Why is the double bass the only instrument in the violin family tuned in fourths?
Kilhoffer
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357
Why do many songs in major keys use a bVII chord?
davefiddes
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358
Hands-separate piano practice doesnt seem to help with hands-together playing
Slartibartfast
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359
Is it possible to write a song without a key?
davefiddes
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360
What exactly does practising scales teach?
{ "views": [ 17294 ], "score": [ 40 ], "answer_pids": [ 87555, 87556, 87558, 87559, 87560, 87562, 87563, 87577 ] }
361
Why do octaves sound equivalent?
davefiddes
{ "views": [ 11485 ], "score": [ 40 ], "answer_pids": [ 93703, 93705, 93709, 93726, 93730 ] }
362
How to interpret half notes combined with thirty-second stems?
Webjedi
{ "views": [ 9874 ], "score": [ 40 ], "answer_pids": [ 75993, 83707 ] }
363
Why do people sometimes write notes as E♯ or C♭?
wyocalboy
{ "views": [ 7759 ], "score": [ 40 ], "answer_pids": [ 93328, 93329, 93333, 93347 ] }
364
How can I practice in an apartment without annoying the neighbours?
Surb
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365
How does scale length affect my playing?
Annath
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366
What is the difference between sharp note & flat note?
fredley
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367
How can I teach a student who seems to have no rhythm?
studiohack
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368
How can I train my ear for music?
studiohack
{ "views": [ 25165 ], "score": [ 39 ], "answer_pids": [ 75642, 75725, 75867 ] }
369
Why are violin bows longer than viola bows, than cello bows, than double-bass bows ?
Goodbye Stack Exchange
{ "views": [ 15058 ], "score": [ 39 ], "answer_pids": [ 75636, 75671 ] }
370
Why is music theory built so tightly around the C Major scale?
Justin R.
{ "views": [ 12521 ], "score": [ 39 ], "answer_pids": [ 83993, 83995, 83997, 84001, 84145 ] }
371
Whats so special about minor and major scales?
Aquarius_Girl
{ "views": [ 8937 ], "score": [ 39 ], "answer_pids": [ 76097, 76098, 77391 ] }
372
Appreciating the music of J. S. Bach
Pēteris Caune
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373
Why shouldnt I put electric guitar strings on my acoustic guitar?
fredley
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374
What are the benefits of guitars with fanned frets?
Kareen
{ "views": [ 113135 ], "score": [ 38 ], "answer_pids": [ 79070, 79071, 83677, 93953, 95618 ] }
375
Are there any music programming languages from after the SuperCollider era?
Kareen
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376
How do I use a metronome?
jrdioko
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377
Why cant I play with a backing track or other musicians
JeremyP
{ "views": [ 9544 ], "score": [ 38 ], "answer_pids": [ 107372, 107373, 107375, 107376, 107380, 107399, 107403, 107404 ] }
378
It is ok to correct wrong notes when playing piano?
Jonathan
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379
Why do pianos not need to be tuned every time you play?
Daniel Rikowski
{ "views": [ 5693 ], "score": [ 38 ], "answer_pids": [ 113085, 113086, 113089, 113090, 113091 ] }
380
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D: Why do some recordings seem to be in C sharp?
Goodbye Stack Exchange
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381
How does your brain learn to play the piano two-handed?
bboe
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382
Why is a grand piano better than an upright piano?
Rhea
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383
Why is the bridge pickup on a Stratocaster angled?
Andrew
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384
What makes an interval Perfect?
Kevin
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385
Does an accidental apply to all octaves?
null
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386
Can wind instruments be played out of tune?
qedk
{ "views": [ 11866 ], "score": [ 37 ], "answer_pids": [ 102868, 102871, 102873, 102876, 102877, 102880, 102895, 102904 ] }
387
Noise while not touching guitar strings or metal parts
Bob Roberts
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388
How to tell the time signature of a song by listening?
Pavel Janicek
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389
Can anyone learn to sing higher?
wjl
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390
How to turn any (pop) song into a jazz song?
Goodbye Stack Exchange
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391
How can I learn to compose?
NoCarrier
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392
When tuning a guitar, should you always end with tightening the string rather than loosening it?
NoCarrier
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393
Is it recommended to learn a piece you really like, but is way above your level?
NoCarrier
{ "views": [ 11376 ], "score": [ 36 ], "answer_pids": [ 102120, 102123, 102124, 102131, 102132, 102159 ] }
394
Bored when playing instrument
Tim Lara
{ "views": [ 9463 ], "score": [ 36 ], "answer_pids": [ 84002, 84010, 84014, 84017, 84021, 84022, 84030, 84036, 84043 ] }
395
B flat minor - the key of death ... seriously?
Grant Thomas
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396
How to play songs that contain one guitar when we have two or more guitarists?
J. Musser
{ "views": [ 6864 ], "score": [ 36 ], "answer_pids": [ 107548, 107549, 107551, 107553 ] }
397
Is there a broader term for instruments, like the gong, whose volume briefly increases after being sounded instead of immediately decaying?
sixtyfootersdude
{ "views": [ 4193 ], "score": [ 36 ], "answer_pids": [ 120568, 120569, 120570, 120574, 120586, 120602 ] }
398
Do composers take advantage of the position of players in an orchestra for effect?
going
{ "views": [ 2657 ], "score": [ 36 ], "answer_pids": [ 101435, 101437, 109262 ] }
399
How can I safely extend my vocal range?
Brandon Frohbieter
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