Current Answer Source: Jeff Evans
2: Cambiata in 3rd species. Keywords: Counterpoint
3: The Neapolitan chord. Keywords: harmony, altered chords
4: When to beam notes. Keywords: notation, beaming
5: Hearing the difference between 2/2 and 4/4, etc. Keywords: meter, beat
6: Slur combined with staccato?? Keywords: articulation
7: What's a tritone?? Keywords: intervals, counterpoint
8: Modulation vs. key change. Keywords: harmony
9: Why no B# or E# in the scale? Keywords: diatonic, chromatic
10: Are there any easier-to-learn forms of music notation? Keywords: staff, shape notes, solfege
11: Can you elaborate on the use of rhythm in Bartok's Mikrokosmos no. 148? Keywords: Bulgarian rhythm
12: What is a cadence? Keywords: harmony, phrase
13: What is cambiata? Keywords: counterpoint
14: A mysterious pair of notes - half notes beamed together? Keywords: bowed tremolo, notation
15: What does "plena voce" mean? Keywords: performance instructions
16: Please explain the circle of fifths. Keywords: intervals, key signature
17: Please explain "The Dominant Triads." Keywords: harmony
18: What is the difference between a parallel minor and a relative minor? Keywords: key signature
19: How do you recognize an interval? Keywords: ear training, notation
20: What is the difference between a chord in major and a chord in minor? Keywords: harmony, triad
21: What is a closed Chord? Keywords: chord voicing, chord position
22: What are the hand signs for solfege? Keywords: diatonic, scale
23: How do you tell which notes in a melody determine the chords? Keywords: harmonize, harmony
24: How to analyze the chord E D A B E? Keywords: harmonic analysis
25: What is the meaning of numbers 6/5, 4/3, 4/2, etc.? Keywords: figured bass, thoroughbass, harmonic analysis
26: Can you tell me how leading tones work? Keywords: counterpoint, harmony, scale
27: Please explain the terms "ostinato" and "drone." Keywords: composition
28: Should E# be played on the F# key if F# is in the key signature? Keywords: enharmonics, key signature, accidentals
29: Repeat bars within a measure Keywords: meter, pickup note, barline, repeat
30: Spelling a given scale in Sol-Fa Keywords: Solfege, scale, Fixed-Do, Moveable-Do
31: Why do most musical scales start on C? Keywords: Scale, Key
32: Should I take music theory? Why do orchestra parts keep changing clef? Why are the instruments in different keys? Keywords: Music Theory, Transposing instruments, Range, Clef
33: Could you please give me information about rests in music theory? Keywords: Rests, rhythm, notation
34: How would one play a piano chord with a book notation of G/B? Keywords: Chords, harmony, chord inversion
35: Where do the 5 tones with hand symbols in the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" come from? Keywords: Solfege, Curwen, partial series, scale
36: How do you notate a 16th-8th-16th note combination on one beam? Keywords: Beaming, rhythm, meter, notation
37: What is a sixth chord? Keywords: harmony, sixth chord
38: What is an Italian sixth? Keywords: harmony, augmented sixth chord, French Augmented Sixth, German Augmented Sixth, Italian Augmented Sixth
39: What are the rules for writing a round? Keywords: counterpoint, circular canon, round
40: A jazz piece is marked with sextuplets but looks like 12/8 - Is this correct? Keywords: meter, jazz, swing
41: In tonal music, Why would it be wrong to leave unresolved 7ths or unresolved suspensions? Keywords: harmony, counterpoint, partials, harmonics, dissonance
42: What does "fp" (forte/piano) mean when under the same note? For instance in a measure with 8th-4th-8th note with fp under the quarter what dynamic should be used? Keywords: dynamics, performance instructions, performance practice
43: What syllables make up the supertonic triad? Keywords: scale degrees, triads, harmony
44: How do I count rests in my head? Keywords: rhythm, counting, simple, compound, rests, meter
45: Are there good interval hints to keep in mind when trying to distinguish between tones? Keywords: intervals, ear training
46: What is a bFlat7 *5*9 chord?? Keywords: chords, jazz chords, diminished chords
47: Is the division of the octave into 12 tones based on anything other than convention? Keywords: scales, steps, acoustics, keyboard
48: How do you know the difference between a major and minor interval? Keywords: intervals, major, minor
49: What mark is used to indicate a slurred note? Keywords: articulation, slurs, ties, phrase marks
50: What scale do these chords represent? Keywords: keys, minor keys, diminished chords, altered chords, dominant chords
51: What is a Cambiata voice as pertains to a boy soprano voice? Keywords: singing, tessitura, vocal range, cambiata
52: When playing in 5/4 time which beat gets the emphasis? Keywords: meter, metric accent
53: If an ornament has an accidental before it does it apply to the main notes if in the same bar? Keywords: accidentals, ornaments, turn, trill
54: Why is the sixth considered consonant, but the second is not? Keywords: tuning, temperament, overtones, partials, musical acoustics
55: Can you describe what is meant by "essential tones" in counterpoint? Keywords: essential tones, tonal counterpoint, voice-leading, dissonance
56: How can I write a chord progression in the Phrygian mode? Keywords: modal harmony, modes, Phrygian, Dorian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Lydian, modal chords
57: Can you resolve a dispute between my daughter's teacher and her Theory Book about tying notes across the center of a 4/4 measure? Keywords: Ties, beams, metric division
58: Why is the vii dim 7 important in minor keys? Keywords: dissonance resolution, half steps, seventh chords
59: What are the scales in which the interval of (f-b)or (fa si) is augmented? Keywords: scales, modes, augmented fourth, diminished fifth, moveable Do, fixed Do
60: How should I count the eighth notes in the Moonlight Sonata? One-and-two-and doesn't seem to do it. Keywords: meter, triplets, cut time, counting rhythm
61: When can I use the chord IIb in harmony? Keywords: harmony, Neapolitan chord, altered chords
62: What chords make a 6-5 suspension in C minor if the bass is a b natural? Keywords: harmony, figured bass, diminished seventh, suspension, voice-leading, non-chordal tones
63: Does the Grand Staff arise from an older 10 line staff that was split in two? Keywords: Guido of Arezzo, conductus, chant, history of notation.
64: What is the meaning of major and minor in music? Keywords: Intervals, affect, scales, tonic triad.
65: Why doesn't 'Do, Re, Mi' start on the note A? Keywords: Guido, solfege, scales, Odo of Cluny, Ut Queant Laxis.
66: What should I call the chord E-Bb-Db-G#? Keywords: chords, enharmonic equivalents, diminished seventh chord.
67: The singer I'm accompanying wants everything in the key of Asia Minor -? Keywords: What keywords?
68: If an E major chord appears in a G major piece, has the music changed key? Keywords:Harmony, modulation, secondary dominants
69: What is this mysterious scale with a lowered 7th degree? Keywords:Modes, scales
70: I see an F natural in G major. Did the chord change? Keywords:Modulation, secondary dominants, harmony
71: What's the difference between a contemporary pedagogical composer and a non-pedagogical composer? Keywords: Bartok, Chopin, Bach, Kabalevsky, Shostakovich, Schumann
72: Why are some chord progressions "stronger" than others? Keywords:Harmonics, harmony, root progression, leading tones
73: When/why did the repeat become such an integral part of music? Keywords:Form, sonata, variation, through-composed
74: What makes that guitar riff work so well in Impossible Germany by Wilco? Keywords:Wilco, arpeggiation, ostinato, static harmony
75: What about software for constructing 12-tone arrays? Keywords:Serialism, tone rows, Babbit, Winham, Partitions
76: Can you help me learn to read notes for flute? Keywords:Flute, fingering chart, pitch reading
77: What is the difference between Natural, Harmonic and Melodic Minor? And modes...and parallel vs. relative minor... Keywords:Scales, keys, modes, relative minor, parallel minor
78: What does the V sign mean above a note? Keywords:bowing, upbow, accent mark
79: What is a drum roll and what is a ruff? Keywords:Percussion, ruffle, flourish, diddle, drag, dragadiddle, paradiddle
80: Why not use numbers instead of solfege? Keywords:altered tones, moveable do, tonality
81: Amin7 and C6 are the same notes? Keywords:harmony, figured bass, extended chords, triadic harmony
82: How to write melody in the pop genre? Keywords:melodic movement, range, compensated leaps
83: How should I mark two measures as repeating themselves? Keywords:Gardner Read, repeat marks
84: Are parallel voices wrong in double-choir counterpoint? Keywords:counterpoint, Jeppeson, Palestrina, independence of voices
85: Why is the perfect fourth considered a dissonance? Keywords:Counterpoint, harmony, partials, musical acoustics
86: How does tempo work in 6/8 time? Keywords:Compound meter, beats per measure, dotted note
87: How should I write in melodic minor? Keywords:minor mode, melodic minor, harmonic minor, natural minor
88: What happens to triplets in swing? Keywords:rhythm, swing, triplet, unequal notes
89: How could I smoothly join a song in F to one in Bb? Keywords:common-chord modulation, key
90: How do you tell the difference between C major and A minor? Keywords:harmony,circle of fifths,tonic
91: How long does a sharp or a flat last? Keywords:accidentals, measure line, precautionary accidental
92: What syllables would you sing for 16th notes in compound time? Keywords:rhythm, meter, Kodály,TakaDimi
93: How can you recognise an appoggiatura in music of the classical era? Keywords:counterpoint, appogiatura, dissonance, resolution
94: OK. How about a double appoggiatura in music of the classical era? Keywords:counterpoint, appogiatura, dissonance, resolution, ornament
95: What chords can be used to harmonize the natural minor scale, or minors like Hungarian, Persian, etc.? Keywords:triadic harmony, world music, modes
96: Why aren't tremolos just written out as regular notes? Keywords:ornament, notation, trill, bowed tremolo, performance practice
97: Is a perfect octave moving to a unison considered consecutive movement in counterpoint? Keywords:voice-leading, counterpoint, consecutive perfect intervals
98: A dotted half note equals how many eighth notes? Keywords:compound meter, dotted notes
99: I'm having trouble writing great melodies...when is it ok to use the accented passing tone? Keywords:non harmonic tones, suspension, passing tone, principles of melody
100: What is the difference between static and regular harmonic rhythm? Keywords:harmonic rhythm, chord changes
101: What's the difference between a diminished chord and a suspended chord? Keywords:triadic harmony, suspension, diminished intervals
102: What chord is formed by d, e, and g? Keywords:harmony,chord inversion
103: How can you tell the tempo? Keywords:tempo, metronome, performance practice
104: Why is there only A-G on the scale? Keywords:partials, scales, gamut
105: How do you know what to write when you are writing music? Keywords: (Just Do It)
106: If you have a triad (CEA) in the key of F, what is its name? Keywords: triads, chord inversion, Roman numerals
107: What kind of a chord is "Bes"? Keywords: chord names
108: Why are major chords made of 1-3-5? Keywords: musical acoustics, triads, partials, fundamental, overtones
109: Are repeat bars played in a Dal Segno section?? Keywords: musical form, minuet, trio, repeats
110: What is the difference between music notation and music theory? Keywords: music education, Ellington, McCartney,music theory, music notation
111: If major is happy and minor is sad, what are augmented and diminished? Keywords: Leonard Meyer, musical emotion, musical meaning, affect
112: Does changing the order of scale notes change the scale quality? Keywords: scales, modes
113: Is there a reason for all the first inversion chords in recitative? Keywords: Robert S. Hatten, St. Matthew Passion, dominant function
114: Objections raised about the mystery chord in question 102 Keywords: harmony, chord analysis, nonchordal tones
115: Please explain how to write harmonic suspensions using 4 3 Keywords: counterpoint, suspension, dissonance resolution
116: How do you write a countermelody? Keywords: counterpoint, harmony, tonal inversion, tonal transposition, Bach, Wachet Auf
117: What triad looks the same regardless of inversion (symmetrical)? Keywords: enharmonics, chord notation
118: What is it called when a minor song ends in a major key? Keywords: Picardy third, polyphony, consonance
119: What's the distinction between a dominant 7th on C and a dominant 7th in C? Keywords: dominant seventh chord, secondary dominant
120: Is there a convention for encoding words into musical notation? Keywords: Boethian, B durum
121: How can I fix voice crossing after transposing some parts? Keywords: counterpoint, Jeppeson
122: How was it decided that C major would have no sharps or flats? Keywords: hexachord, Guido of Arezzo, B durum
123: How to analyze measure 3 of the Adagio in Beethoven's 32nd Sonata? Keywords: Beethoven Piano Sonatas, chordal analysis
124: Why not put sharps between B-C and E-F and leave out G and G#? Keywords: scales, enharmonics, black keys
125: Why is the seventh degree not raised when cadencing in the Phrygian mode? Keywords: counterpoint, modes
126: When transposing from A minor to C major, what do I do with the G chord? Keywords: transposition, changing mode, harmony
127: Can you explain the logic behind this chord substitution by Joe Pass? Keywords: jazz harmony, tritone substitution, Joe Pass
128: Can you have a IV-ii plagal cadence? Keywords: cadences, harmony, cadential function
129: What's the purpose of a natural that comes first in a measure? Keywords: accidentals, precautionary, key signature
130: What is the difference between the harmonic a minor scale and the melodic a minor scale? Keywords: augmented second, minor scales
131: What are the numbers for the various chord inversions? Keywords: figured bass, thoroughbass
132: Please explain the following notation: B/F#, D7/A, Abm/Eb. Keywords: chord notation
133: Can you recommend some good books on composition of fugues? Keywords: fugue, counterpoint
134: Is there a convention for encoding words into musical notation? Keywords: Boethian notation, B durum
135: Can you explain 2nd chords, sus2 chords? Is there a m2 chord? Keywords: chords, color chords, resolution
136: Do you know of any instances in the classical repertoire in which a stringed instrument is given a specialized tuning in order to accommodate the music? Keywords: scordatura, open tuning
137: What's a slur with a vertical line through it? Keywords: editorial marking
138: How to find tonic and dominant triads in any key? Keywords: tonic, dominant, note names, scales.
139: Which notes align in 5 against 4? Keywords: Scriabin, rhythm, tuplets, quintuplets.
140: How do you tell what key a singer is in? Keywords: tonic, major, minor, accompaniment.
141: Do harmonic and melodic minors have special key signatures? Keywords: natural minor, melodic minor, harmonic minor, key signatures
142: The Pink Panther: fourths or fifths? Keywords: intervals, chord inversion, Mancini
143: Is it really common to use a whole rest for a measure in any meter? Keywords: Rests, notation, Gardner Read
144: What are the differences between modal and tonal harmony? Keywords: Modes, keys, tonal harmony, modal harmony, Joel Lester
145: Why are there transposing instruments? Keywords: Brass, harmonics, nodes
146: How can I write an ostinato following the circle of fifths? Keywords: Circle of Fifths, ostinato, dance bass
147: What is the name for a 'set of four musical notes'? Keywords: This answer is way too short for keywords
148: What's an appogiatura diminished 7 chord? Keywords: counterpoint, ornament, dissonance resolution
149: What's the opposite of a cadence? Keywords: cadence, authentic cadence, half cadence, anacrusis
150: How do I know a tune is modal? Keywords: scales, modes, Mixolydian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Aeolian
151: The philosophy of passing diminished chords analysis. Keywords: passing tones, diminished chords, functional harmony
152: A double question about the origin of chords and spelling of Dorian. Keywords: Rameau, counterpoint, modes, Dorian
153: Which is dominant, harmony or counterpoint? Keywords: counterpoint, functional harmony, chords
154: How do parallel thirds create a tritone? Keywords: counterpoint, tritone, augmented fourth, diminished fifth
155: How do you play 2 half notes beamed together? Keywords: orchestra parts, beaming, musical shorthand
156: Do the 1st inversion minor 7th and the 6th chord have different functions? Keywords: functional harmony, chord analysis, chord inversion
157: How can I learn to hear the individual voices in polyphony? Keywords: Active listening, Bach chorales
158: Describe accidents and how they effect the different types of scales. Keywords: Accidentals, scales, natural minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor, church modes.
159: A relative key riddle. Keywords: Relative major, relative minor, parallel major, parallel minor.
160: What is the logic behind this Corelli passage? Keywords: root progression, circle of fifths.
161: Why do composers use a raised fourth when moving to V in a minor key? Keywords: melodic minor, harmonic minor, augmented second.
162: How can I count crotchet triplets? Keywords: rhythm, sight reading, triplets.
163: How can I know when to include chords like sus2, sus4, etc. when harmonizing a song? Keywords: chords, chord suspensions, harmony, polyphony.
164: What is the purpose of a natural in a song? Especially if it's the first note? Keywords: key signature.
165: Can I harmonize a pentatonic melody with chords from the other scales? Keywords: pentatonic melody, harmony, diatonic
166: Can a song in one key contain notes in another key? Keywords: key, tonic harmony, secondary dominant
167: Is there a note on the keyboard called 'C Flat' ? Keywords: flats, sharps
168: Is a grace note a non-chordal-tone (NCT)? Keywords: non-chord tone, grace note, appoggiaturas
169: Can you double the third of a chord? Keywords: Doubling
170: If I capo an A minor guitar piece at the 4th fret, would I now be in Db minor, or would it be C# minor? Keywords:
171: The basic major scale on naturals starts on C. Why wasn't this named A? Keywords: Basic major scale on naturals
172: What is an F4 chord? Keywords: sus4 chord
173: How would I name a chord consisting of all 2nds? Keywords: Harmonic analysis, chords of four notes
174: What is meant by 'melodic shape' ? Keywords: Melodic shape
175: Can I harmonize a pentatonic melody with chords from the complete diatonic scales? - P. Keywords: Pentatonic scale, diatonic scale