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How to compose for 5 notes/two octaves
I am playing a ngoni, a 10 string gourd harp. I have been happily playing various traditional African songs, but I want to progress to writing/improvisation. It seems like with the traditional setups (...
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Composing romantic pieces
I am a fan of the organist Wolfgang Seifen. Recently, he played a piece which fascinated me: An arabesque in the style of German romanticism. (Hear it)
Being myself interested in improvisation, I did ...
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Is there a miniature handheld/lap acoustic piano? (not electronic) [closed]
So as I understand it a piano works by the keys pulling strings that make hammers ring bells based on how hard you hit them. I would guess that would be quite a sophisticated instrument. I myself have ...
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Modes — C Lydian feels like G Ionian [duplicate]
I've been studying modes recently and since I have a piano, tried to experiment with them by improvising simple tunes.
My problem is that as soon as I use something else that Ionian, my perception of ...
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Do chord progressions usually move by fifths?
I'm wondering if chords usually move down by fifths. It seems so by the diagram, so iii to vi, vi to ii, ii to V, V to I. etc. Other chords can also be thought of like that, because IV/ii and V/vii ...
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Were partimenti purely improvisational exercises?
Burney describes Neapolitan conservatory students "pounding out" accompaniment exercises that were full of "jargon and dissonance" in his history of music and Robert Gjerdingen suggests that these ...
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Which chromatic passing tone to use?
I'm wondering if there's certain chromatic passing tones that are used more than others. Especially in classical or pop improvisation/composition. For example in the key of C, each of the five black ...
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How are melodic sequences used?
I keep hearing about sequences. I know that there's both harmonic and melodic sequences. I am familiar with harmonic sequences I believe they're also called "basso ostinato" where you play a repeating ...
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Are non-diatonic chord progressions usually modal mixtures?
I asked a question in the past about non-diatonic notes. In the answer I got a progression of the form:
IV Maj | ♯iv dim | I64 | V7 | I Maj IV Maj | ♯iv
dim | V7 | V7 | ♯v dim ...
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Freestyle Advice for Beatboxing [closed]
So I have been beatboxing for a couple of months now, got inspired by GBBB battles.
I can do the basic sounds (kick drum, hi hats, (inward and outward) K snares, pf Snare, throat bass, lip ...
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Is a chromatic mediant considered a modulation?
Say I go from a C major chord to an E major chord. I understand that this is a chromatic mediant. Does this change my key from C to E though?
said differently, does non-functional harmony change ...
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How do video game music composers make so many songs for one game? Are all of them some sort of musical talent / genius?
I love video game soundtracks from to 8-bit ones to the very orchestral pieces but it's not clear to me how they can make so many songs for one game. Even if there are motifs which can help make ...
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Are weird chord types a byproduct of improvising and sound? [closed]
Say we have on one hand the basic chords of triads (major/minor) and sevenths.
And then on the other hand we have less common chords like sus4,add9,augmented,diminished,six chords,extended chords, ...
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I'm stuck in diatonic land. How do I get out?
I've been playing a lot of diatonic everything. So basically just staying in the scale as I improvise with melody/chords. I play alot of songs by ear and I notice when they use accidentals but I don't ...
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How to create harmonic dissonance/tension?
If I'm playing in a major scale, would a harmonic dissonance be caused by going to the minor side of the chords (ii, iii, vi) or would it be created from going outside my scale? And if it's going ...
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