Aaron

USA

Music enthusiast, particularly piano, particularly Western classical and jazz. I enjoy talking music, music theory, music history, ... and long walks on the beach at sunset, of course.

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What modern innovations have been/are being made for the piano?

piano instrument-making asked Nov 24, 2020 at 4:20

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Does tuning music to A = 432 Hz versus A = 440 Hz have a measurable effect on listeners?

tuning psychoacoustics asked Apr 22, 2021 at 6:53

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What does "j" mean in a chord symbol?

notation chords asked Oct 5, 2022 at 0:03

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What criteria does ABRSM use in assigning piano music to each grade?

piano abrsm repertoire grading asked Dec 21, 2020 at 20:06

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How can I slow down a YouTube video I'm trying to analyze or transcribe?

learning software analysis ear-training transcription asked Aug 4, 2020 at 21:34

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What does the chord notation X/Y ("slash chord") mean?

chords notation chord-theory chord-inversions chord-voicings asked Aug 23, 2020 at 7:36

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Can posts with no votes (as opposed to zero score) be queried?

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Where did "The Real Book" originally come from?

jazz history books the-real-book asked Oct 30, 2020 at 6:43

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When and/or how did Western music shift from downward to upward scale concepts?

scales tuning history asked Jan 15 at 20:09

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Does movable do modulate with the music or stay with the initial key?

teaching solfege asked Dec 19, 2021 at 21:27

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Top Answers

How to avoid stopping when I play a wrong note on the piano

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Is there a name for this famous “memeish” rhythm?

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What is the meaning of this New Year's Resolution joke using music sheet notations?

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What does it mean when a dotted half note has two dots instead of one?

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Why do many acoustic pianos have a wooden block to the left of the keys?

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Notes not adding up to time signature, with weird white oval note

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What's the proper piano notation for adding one note at a time to a chord and holding all the notes?

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Piano can play hands together but not separately. Why?

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Tied flat to natural?

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How can I slow down a YouTube video I'm trying to analyze or transcribe?

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What is the best way to play a chord larger than your hand?

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What does the L-shaped symbol attached to C5 and G4 on the top staff mean?

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A big "1" in the middle of a piano grand staff

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What do these three lines through the measure mean?

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What does the chord notation X/Y ("slash chord") mean?

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Why are tritones not consonant, confusion with the definition of a perfect fifth

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Why are there fingerings in Liszt's Beethoven's 9th transcription, a piece for a very skilled player who presumably doesn't need the finger markings?

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Notation - when to use staccato vs rests

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What do you call it when someone sings a melody and simultaneously plays the exact same melody?

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Is there a recorder-analog for the flute?

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Why are conductors' movements shifted with respect to the musicians?

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What do musicians mean when they say "learn music, not instruments"?

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Strange dynamic marking 'fmo' in Clementi sonata

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Does the lip really vibrate at the same frequency of a brass instrument?

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How do I count this rhythm? What is the name of this? It has a triplet but also an 8th note?

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Am I going to be handicapped for attempting to study theory with a monophonic instrument?

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What is the meaning of a notation that looks like a rest superimposed on a note

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What is the meaning of headless notes?

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What devices are used to make horror versions of popular songs?

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How could I get my Classical Music Compositions published and known?

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