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How do I make microtonal music less jarring? [closed]
I'm a beginner at composing with microtones. I understand that microtonal music is going to be jarring for most people because it is so different compared to 12-tet music. My current strategy is to ...
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How to achieve a similar "vibe" to this song? [closed]
I want to write a song similar to "dumb dumb" by mazie. I want to achieve a similar feel of weird, dreamy nostalgia the song has. I know a lot of this feeling comes from dissonance between ...
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Does it have a name what John Williams is doing in these pieces (and lots of others)?
I noticed a very common thing John Williams does.
My knowledge in music theory is pretty limited.
The only thing I could name are lots of passing notes and chromaticism? - but maybe there is a special ...
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Does this song use chromatic mediant in G major? and what other music theory concepts this song's verse utilize
I'm currently learning basic music theory and along the way I review old songs on my playlist then analyze what key, chord progression and somehow discover the composer's way of creating music.
The ...
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Does Mozart use music theory, and if so, what type of music theory? [closed]
I have heard various people argue that we are taking rules in music theory too seriously these days, often taking them as strict rules (such as the use of V-I cadences to end pieces), while earlier ...
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Beginner needs help with simple modulation from Em to Am [duplicate]
Im new to modulation and need help. Struggling with something I feel is very simple for more experienced people.
Im having fun with a song in Am, but want to modulate to Em for fun as practice. Ive ...
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How Roman Picisan Constructed
This is one of the "sacred" song by one of the legendary band in Indonesia. The song is called Roman Picisan. I want to know more how this song constructed especially in the verse section (...
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How would you analyze this chord progression and the function of Am7 here?
Disclaimer: Novice songwriter here.
I've started to write a new song, started with a 16 bar funky bass line in C natural minor and kept adding some chords which I think might not be fully correct but ...
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Question on antecedent phrase and Secondary Dominant Chord
I am interested in the discussion entitled "Proper Uses of Minor Seventh Chords" in this question proper uses of minor seventh chords. Chord I7 is "secondary dominant" meaning that it has dominant ...
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What percentage of the time did Bach and others use chord inversions in chorales?
I know the frequencies of his "Normal Fundamental Harmonic Progressions" i.e., the progression of chord roots. I'd like to know the percentage of time that he used 1st or 2nd inversions in his ...
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Using an augmented chord to modulate to a distant key, will this work?
So, in the same piece for which I asked about how to notate my 2 layered staccato, I'm halfway through writing the piece and I feel like I want to modulate again. Here are my modulations so far:
E ...
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Is the C chord here C minor or C major?
I’m composing a funeral march and I have noticed that just from looking at the bass, the C chord is ambiguous. The piece is in the key of F minor. That doesn’t really help because both C minor and C ...
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Substitution of minor chord for major VI chord
I came up with this progression while trying to make a song that involves guitar arpeggios and string sections:
Em Cm Em/B C6
Em C B-B+ Cm6
(Em/B I mean with a chord inversion and B-B+ I mean first ...
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Choosing appropriate accompaniment chords for a waltz melody
I wanted to write a simple 'classical sounding piece' of music and I find that waltz is the easiest as I have trouble finding chords. I wrote this simple meoldy in A melodic minor but I can't seem to ...
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What technique was being used in composing this background music for a film?
At around six minutes and 40 seconds of this Youtube video,
this gentleman talks about using minor and major thirds and how it was supposed to mimic the sound of a ...
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