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Why is the solo/featured instrument in so many Baroque-era concerti silent during the slow movement?
Is the reason the soloist is
often silent during a Baroque-era concerto simply to provide a break from all the virtuosity often required within the outer movements? Or is it to allow a string soloist ...
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Piano Rhapsody of a Theme of Paganini: Varation 18: Confusing note count [duplicate]
I am studying Variation 18 from a Rhapsody of a Theme of Paganini. I have stumbled uppon a confusing set of notes. I see this comming back in the measures. In the first picture below you start, for ...
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What is a musical pattern and how do you use it in style?
In music theory what is a music pattern as it relates to style? Here is a quote I got from this website to help one get my question about style... and the use of "musical pattern. " "Style refers to ...
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What is the techniques used at the beginning of "Victory" by Two Steps From Hell?
Apart from the drums and piano at the beginning of this piece, there is some kind of string arrangement happening. I'm not sure what technique is being used, it is also used in several of their other ...
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How to use “synthetic modes”
Im having trouble understanding a concept in Persichetti’s book 20th century harmony (Page 43) where he introduces new scales he calls synthetic scales.
Just before that he talks about the church ...
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I have a problem understanding Mono and Stereo
So I have some gears and instruments and they say that one Synthesizer I have should be connected in Stereo and not Mono, so I want to connect it in Stereo but the sound-system in the bar I want to ...
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What's the difference between "con brio" and "con fuoco"?
Do they just have different names but are meant to be played the same? Also, it seems like if "con fuoco" never appears in major keys, except for Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 18.
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Why does a Serialist composition sound like a random one?
Why can random notes and a structured Serialist composition sound the same?
This Reddit comment cites Ligeti:
The irony, noted Ligeti, was that the kind of music pioneered by Boulez and Stockhausen ...
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How to induce frisson in music
Most people have at one point been listening to a song and then all of a sudden felt goosebumps or gotten chills.
What are some ways, as a composer, to write music that would likely induce these ...
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How do I own the music?
Bear with me with this non musical analogy:
I am a driving instructor and one of the things we look for is for a pupil to know they can drive by themselves.
One of the questions they will eventually ...
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Could Charles Valentin Alkan play his own compositions?
Could Charles Valentin Alkan play his own compositions?
I'm very curious, since his compositions are extremely difficult, and I've only seen a few pianists who were able to play these compositions.
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Why was Brahms's music considered 'too academic'?
I posted on here before about learning to compose, after hearing some classical music that moved me enormously.
I have been researching many of the famous composers from all over the world; Brahms ...
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Do orchestral string instruments need a pause before con sordino?
I’m a self-taught wannabe composer who’s playing with strings in Sibelius and I’m trying to learn the intricacies of writing for different techniques, such as con sordino, sul pont., etc. My question ...
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Rick Wright's style of playing
Some of you might know Richard Wright from Pink Floyd. I've been studying his technique and his style for a few years now. Especially the way he builds up harmony. Unfortunately I couldn't find any ...
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Common denominator bpm
I have a video of nature. I noticed that there are three repeating elements, one has 80.197844 bpm, the other 64.664 bpm and the other 67.4 bpm.
I want to compose music for it. To get started, how do ...
