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| There are 45 FAQs at this time. Showing FAQs 11 to 20. |
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| What is a major and minor scale? |
| An excellent question and one that I'll try to answer as clearly as possible!
There are 12 notes in an octave and a scale is a selected sequence of some
of those notes. Both the major and minor scales use 7 notes. The difference
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| how loud can it go |
| I'm not too sure what you're asking here but let's think about this...music (and any other sound) can be very, very loud - so loud that it can permanently damage your hearing.
Sound is measured in units called 'decibels' (dB). A teacher... |
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| What is a Raga? |
| Strictly speaking, it should be referred to as Rag (a Hindi/Urdu word) which is
an Indian form of music. The word Rag is derived from the Sanskrit word 'raga'
meaning 'colour or passion'. There are many forms or styles of 'rag' which can ... |
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| What does 'Prelog' and 'Slendrio' mean ? |
I think you might have me stumped!
The only reference I can find
for Prelog is for Vladimir Prelog, a Czechoslovakian-born winner of the 1975
Nobel Prize for Chemistry!
I wonder, did you mean Prelude? If so, then a
prelude in music is an... |
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| please could you show me how to set out a peice of manuscript paper
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| There are many different ways to set out manuscript paper - it depends on which instrument(s) you are writing for. For example, setting out a manuscript for a piano is totally different to that for an organ or a choir! The format for manuscripts is very visual so it might be easier to grasp the differences if you... |
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| How do you compose for a string quartet?
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| That is such a huge question! The standard string quartet is usually made up of 2 violins, a viola and a cello with each instrument playing its own individual part. The composer writes a 'score' for each instrument and these individual parts,... |
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