Questions tagged [close-reasons]
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Should we explicitly include “piece recommendations” as a close reasons?
Our Help Center says that asking for recommendations of pieces of music is off-topic:
If you have a question […] [that] is not about…
recommendations of pieces to listen to, study, or play, or that ...
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Question closed, asked for song examples to illustrate modes
Regarding this question, it was immediately closed due to the reason that it asked for song identification.
First, closing due to identification is another animal, usually where the OP is just firing ...
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Why was "Isn't it obvious the pitch value alphabet language of music is Chomsky regular?" closed?
The question Isn't it obvious the pitch value alphabet language of music is Chomsky regular? seems like a valid and potentially useful music theory question. It asks about whether music can be modeled ...
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How can we refine the "basic analysis" close reason?
Here's a great example of a question that generated several thoughtful and interesting answers in which advanced members of the community disagreed:
How does one differentiate a song in Dorian vs. a ...
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Legal question prohibition vs. copyright questions and the [copyright] tag: Close them all and remove the tag [duplicate]
There is currently a contradiction between prohibition of legal questions and the existence (and usage) of the copyrights tag.
The legal questions prohibition is long established. For example
On our ...
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The Copyrights tag
There are a dozen or so questions with the copyrights tag, many currently pending closure.
Legal issues are off-topic on SE: Music Practice & Theory (see: Are questions on copyright on topic?).
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Can opinion based questions be valuable?
At this moment the question How can I stop playing notes and start playing music? has already 14 answers, yet the highest voted one has only two upvotes, 3 questions have 1 upvote, remaining 10 have ...
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What are the primary rationales for banning "recommendation" questions (to help decide when something should be CVed and when it shouldn't)
I was looking at this question, "Are there any keyboards that can let you do pitch-bend by directly manipulating the key," which has attracted several close votes as a "recommendation ...
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Hey, where'd our "belongs on musicfans" close-reason go?
I went to vote to close a question just now as being better suited for musicfans.stackexchange. When I clicked on "A community-specific reason" and "belongs on another site," the ...
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Updating close reasons to fit the new format
As another year of Music SE comes to a close, it brings an opportunity for us as a site to reflect and make the site better. One way we can do this is through a newish global SE improvement. The close ...
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How can a question closed as "seeking recommendations for specific equipment" be made on-topic?
In particular, I am looking at this Q&A: Detect piano notes and chords. The original post was an explicit request for software recommendations:
Is there an app or open source software that can ...
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What is a sufficiently "substantial" question?
This question began with my curiosity about the close votes and decision on this recent question:
Help me figure out the mode of this Howard Shore piece
The rationale given for closing is as follows:
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My Question was closed a software/equipment recommendation. What does that mean and what can I do?
A question I asked was closed with the reason:
Questions seeking recommendations for specific equipment are
off-topic, because they are primarily opinion based. Instead, describe
the required ...
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Should "Does tuning music to A = 432 Hz versus A = 440 Hz have a measurable effect on listeners?" stay or go
A few hours ago I asked and self-answered "Does tuning music to A = 432 Hz versus A = 440 Hz have a measurable effect on listeners?". Since then, based on comments and another answer, it's ...
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A proposal for dealing with certain over-broad questions
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The question What is the function of this chord progression in Schubert's “Winterreise”? was closed as needing "details or clarity."
In response to various comments, the OP did ...
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