I’m playing a guitar and wanted to format a piece that has let ring for the whole of the intro, but since I would have to take my finger off some strings to play other notes, those notes would stop ...

I've been studying clefs and scales/modes, and haven't seen an explanation on how or why the C-clef evolved into the complex symbol used in engraved music versus the simpler symbols used in the days ...

The music is at the end of 7 tries with Shazam didn't help.Thanks.

My chamber trio is playing 5 Pieces for String trio, by Ibert, arr by Lynne Latham. In the 4th piece, there is a fermata over the barline at m. 50. Should the 1st violin (flute in our case) and cello ...

I have been searching resources for a research project about the historical relationship between mathematics and music theory, but I have been unsuccessful at finding any translation to English of the ...

Never seen this before - diagonal lines extending southwest from bottom of half notes.Piece: A Christmas Festival, by Leroy Anderson. In cello part, beginning at m. 115, repeated 22 times.Anyone ...

I'm trying to write this chord but all I get is and after some research I have found it's not quite the same.Examples like this are not clear to me as mentioned links are not working anymore. ...

Recently I stumbled across an interesting technique used in Chopin's Op.28 No.24 where the pianist slams down on the final three Ds of the score.Many pianists use a form of "safety-netting."...

I have updated my system a few days ago, and since then I've run into a complication with the Rosegarden MIDI sequencer. When I try to add a percussion track, I hear some piano or glockenspiel instead ...

How can I train to know approximately the bpm of a music to be executed beforehand? I know some conductors have this feeling of the rhythm, some know more or less the bpm of the music. Can this be ...

I have heard about the harmonic and the melodic minor scale but never heard about a harmonic or melodic major scale. Are there any songs using these scales? How do I use these scales in a song?

In measure 10 of Chopin's Nocturne Op. 15 No. 3, there is no pedal symbol, whereas there are pedal symbols before and after that measure (bottom of the attached image). When I tried to play it without ...

Recently I have taken a dive into the works of Adolf von Henselt, a lesser-known German composer from the Romantic Period. Examining his Op.13 concert études, I was not able to find any physical or ...

Following this question: Tuning Question - Landline Telephone I wonder, if there is data on how precise is the frequency reproduction of tuning forks? I'm asking about the kinds sold in music stores ...

As Danny Gatton taught us, U.S. landline dial tone is close to F, actually a slightly sharp F4 overlaid on 440 Hz. Can guitarists use it to tune (more precisely) the guitar's A string?