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I know I seem obsessed with chromaticism, but on what basis do you determine that we are in a major key rather than a minor one? I was observing the fugue subject just proposed and the core...
this musical experience is often associated with jazz. although in my opinion, what happens in jazz solos is rather a semi-improvisation, if not even a pseudo-improvisation. perhaps in free...
I am picking up this writing by RedScharlach to propose a question. Anton Webern's Orchesterstück op. 10 no. 4 has nothing narrative about it: six bars, less than half a minute, a few short...
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RedScharlach
hello everyone, i have started writing a sonification of a poem, for piano and an audio track of sound effects. the audio track also includes the declamation of the text of the poem, recited...
I'm messing around a bit with Finale and among the composer utilities this "virtual fundamental" popped up... umm umm As you will have already guessed, I wouldn't know what to do with it ......
Reading the contributions to the topic I opened on astronomy, aleatory works are also being mentioned. I know little to nothing about it; I created this discussion space to understand more....
In the orchestration of a piece for orchestra, how do you consider the instruments abbreviated as trmbs.? I mean, I am quite sure it refers to the Bass Trombones ... but... could you confirm...
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thallo
What do you think about such granular dynamic markings? In particular, Sciarrino's 10 p come to mind.
I am taking advantage of this interesting section of the forum. I'll start with Handel - Recorder sonata in A minor (live) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GwI_nhcRVKU...
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I didn't know where to open this discussion, when can one talk about chromaticism?
Hello everyone, unfortunately I am having many difficulties in reading Beethoven's symphonies at the piano; with my Teacher I started directly from reading without precise indications, I do...
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Frank
I heard that one of the substantial differences between a tonal composer and a modal one lies precisely in the fact that, starting from a common scale, the former considers it primarily for...
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thallo
I am convinced that transcribing music strongly tied to the piano (as Chopin's music can be) for other instruments is an arduous task, not that it cannot be done... but there is too much rub...
Hi, sorry to bother you, but I wanted to ask if the clarinet has any registers where it doesn't really perform well. In particular, I would like to use it in a fairly sustained dynamic (betw...
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What do you think about the fact that certain instrumentalists often play pieces belonging to the repertoire of other instruments? I am asking this question thinking particularly of flute pl...
Is it indicated that a percussionist should retune the timpani during performance? To what "extent" and at what times? That is, if they had to change the tuning by a tone or semitone using t...
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Assuming I have to make a transcription for piano and violin of only one Haydn quartet (let's say Op. 1 No. 1... for "simplicity"). I was thinking about how to proceed, and the very first qu...
I found him through his performance of Czerny op 821, which struck me for technique and precision.....but it seems he also has another 'side'
I have always wondered why composers stop playing? Too bad, isn't it?
Could anyone give me some tips on the analysis of Bach's Musical Offering - Ricercar a 6?
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Frank
The ECO Project (European Contemporary Orchestra) was born in 2010 from the desire of some of the most important European ensembles—Télémaque (Marseille/France, Raoul Lay), Orkest de Ereprij...
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In your opinion, what are the parameters for establishing the musical value of a composition? I mean, comparing a club track with one of classical music, how is the greater value of one over...
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I have always known that the minuet is in 3 parts, maybe I am wrong. Why do Bach's seem to me (and I repeat) seem to me to be divided into 2 parts? Look at BWV Anh. 116 in G major Thanks in...
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