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Is inspiration needed to compose? I am asking this question because despite the clarity of the analysis by Cristian, Gozzo and Geppino in the analysis of the theme for the May workshop ... I...
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Frank
Good morning, I am new, how were musical intervals explained to you? I have some difficulty and cannot find a method that helps me classify them, etc. Can you help me? Thank you
It seems like a rhetorical question, but do you think two composition masters will ever think the same way? With the history of the three-year degrees, one comes into contact with many profe...
there is quite a lot of stuff and it can be helpful to facilitate analyses: http://kellydeanhansen.com
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I am opening this discussion because it seems to me that double chorus is always talked about too little or, I would say, not at all. How did you behave with this rehearsal? Then, did you fi...
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Frank
http://www.questionidiarmonia.com/2010/01/il-canone-cancrizzante/ I found this blog some time ago; I was looking for information on the crab canon. The explanation provided on the blog seems...
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Piccinesco
Ok on the theory, but having to use them, what difference or precautions should be taken when using Wagnerian tubas instead of "modern" tubas?
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rstrauss
Lately this happens to me during lessons, just when I'm at the best part and a page of music is taking shape and color, the teacher pulls out their iPhone and snaps a nice photo of MY music...
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Valchiria
I quote this passage by Charles Rosen: "The variety of sonata forms in Beethoven is impressive. It is as if in every sonata he sought to find a unique structure, with its own peculiar dramat...
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Frank
You will have already understood from the title, I would like to build a list of piano works with the potential to be orchestrated and intended for a large orchestra. It is important that th...
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AleGozzo
Hi, I'm new here; given the massive presence of composers (I have even read about graduates, therefore qualified and called upon to express themselves in their modernity), I will take the op...
Throughout the 20th century and even today, Debussy has been looked at and is still being looked at for his harmony and his "search for sonorities." However, no one, except for John Cage, ha...
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AbateFaria
It's more than once that I hear him use it and particularly also 10 minutes ago, while I was reading Carlos's intervention on Mozart's symphony Maybe it is all clear to you, but: - what does...
It seems to me that I have understood that the melody should follow the dynamics, so if I want to achieve an effective diminuendo, I should descend with the melodic line and vice versa, if I...
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Frank
I am taking advantage of the presence of many musicians to ask a question for which I have not yet found (in my head, obviously) a strong reason to give myself that push to systematically ta...
The first things to learn are how to harmonize a bass line and write the accompaniment to a melody. Taking inspiration from this suggestion by Ludovica, I would like to delve deeper into the...
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I searched for the subject in question, but I found few answers and all of them were very vague. What is the "meaning" of the various keys and therefore the reasons for a musician's choice?...
hello everyone i am addressing myself especially to those who have graduated in composition, as I am currently a student completing my diploma. just tomorrow I will take the 2nd examination:...
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Valchiria
what follows is the incipit of the I movement - String Quartet No. 3 by Bartók: could someone among you (cellists and/or composers more experienced than me) clarify the cello writing for me?...
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...continuing the analysis... As far as harmony is concerned, on the tonic pedal between 191 and 192, I do not fully understand the last chord of measure 191. Thank you
I was trying to analyze Rachmaninoff's Nocturne Op. 10 No. 1, known to some of us. In particular, the B is driving me crazy because in my opinion it is rich in modalities; here are the refer...
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reading the post about the clarinet, the incipit of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue came to mind... e towards the climax of the ascending trill, specifically, the famous glissando (or portamento...
