Music - Q&A

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Why no International Piano Competitions (as lofty as the Chopin) for less popular composers of ≥ 3 Piano Concertos, like Rautavaara?

0 answers · posted 4d ago by VLDR‭ · edited 4d ago by VLDR‭

piano

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(How) does bow shape affect playing the bowed psaltery?

1 answer · posted 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 8d ago by elemtilas‭

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Why do some composers gesticulate wildly, while others reserve their composure?

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by VLDR‭ · last activity 9d ago by elemtilas‭

conducting

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What is this bowed, fretted, lyre-shaped instrument?

1 answer · posted 1mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 9d ago by elemtilas‭

instruments

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Best techniques for singing while masked

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singing performance

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We love the Second Viennese School, but daughter's practice of Boulez's music is wearying us. How can we appreciate Boulez? [closed]

0 answers · posted 5mo ago by VLDR‭ · closed 16d ago by Mithical‭

modernism

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Did Schoenberg consider dodecaphony in terms of democracy and freedom?

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by VLDR‭ · last activity 1mo ago by gmcgath‭

modernism

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'differential' vs 'different' : as adjectives, not nouns.

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terminology

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In Kim Taeyeon's "I", why do the C7 and Six-Four Chords conceal the chord changes?

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ear-training

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How much ear training is required to identify chords and their progressions, without perfect pitch and reading any scores?

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ear-training

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In Taeyeon Kim's "I", why does the Leading Tone or Seventh sound like the Tonic?

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ear-training

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Why does Korean Pop feature so much backbreaking, grueling dancing?

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dance

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Why can't a pop singer on stage, wearing earpieces, hear someone right next to her?

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sound-equipment

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How else is Girls' Generation "Into the New World" related to Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World"?

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classical-music

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Why does Cathay Pacific's 2018 boarding music feel "Chinese"?

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scales

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What genre of music is "Gobi Moon", composed by Dave Randall after 2014?

0 answers · posted 7mo ago by VLDR‭ · edited 6mo ago by VLDR‭

genre

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How can I learn to hear an octave-displaced popular piece, as easily as the popular piece?

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by VLDR‭ · reopened 7mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

modernism

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Why did Mravinsky refuse to conduct the premiere of Shostakovich's Thirteenth Symphony in 1962?

0 answers · posted 7mo ago by VLDR‭

conducting

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What are the advantages of knowing the theory behind serialist compositions?

1 answer · posted 8mo ago by VLDR‭ · last activity 8mo ago by MattheasBoelter‭

serialism

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Ought laypeople be able to imagine a tone row's transformations in their head, without hearing or playing them?

1 answer · posted 8mo ago by VLDR‭ · last activity 8mo ago by DonielF‭

serialism

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Why was Stravinsky alleged to be a lousy conductor?

1 answer · posted 8mo ago by VLDR‭ · last activity 8mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

conducting

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Did Xenakis intend his gratingly dissonant music to express his personal hardships?

0 answers · posted 8mo ago by VLDR‭

modernism

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Is there any genre of music (or a song) that eschews silence or rests within a piece?

0 answers · posted 8mo ago by Sigma‭

genre rests

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DANTE networking vs. traditional sound

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by laserkittens‭

sound-equipment dante

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"Properly" naming rotations of unusual scales?

2 answers · posted 9mo ago by DonielF‭ · last activity 9mo ago by celtschk‭

scales terminology

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Why do bass guitarists avoid open strings and double bassists don't?

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

double-bass bass-guitar

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Why is Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 considered one of the most technically challenging piano concertos?

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by fedorqui‭ · last activity 9mo ago by 10 Rep‭

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