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How do I ensure that a search committee won't contact my current colleagues (that are not references) to ask about me?

job-search asked Jan 7 at 18:46
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A colleague's CV is taking credit for service that I did, and now we're both on the shortlist for a job. Is there anything that I can do?

cv plagiarism asked Feb 9 '18 at 18:19
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Where do the double accidentals go in “theoretical” key signatures?

theory notation key key-signatures accidentals asked Jan 20 '18 at 18:54
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How can I practice guitar when I don't have my instrument?

guitar practice asked Dec 15 '18 at 16:52
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Does the manner in which you release a tone on the piano affect its sound?

piano technique tone asked Apr 18 '18 at 17:32
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When, if ever, are arpeggiated six-four chords really “real”?

theory chords chord-inversions asked Dec 17 '18 at 20:46
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Scaling tikz brace

tikz-pgf scaling decorations asked May 3 '17 at 20:24
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End Accents in Other Cultures

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Why does this tonal scale from 1737 have both F and E♯?

notation tuning temperament asked Aug 31 '18 at 0:13
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Must a tritone substitution use a dominant functioning seventh chord?

theory chord-progressions terminology asked Mar 4 at 15:29
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Top Answers
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What does it mean when two notes are stuck together?
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To get to jazz do I just add a seventh?
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Identifying the interval from A♭ to D♯
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What do the letters D and E above the staff represent here?
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How to notate time signature switching consistently every measure
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Piano scales: Why bother with hands together?
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Which key are these notes and how to transpose it to the key of D?
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Why does Brahms stand next to Bach and Beethoven?
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How do you refer to a note that is more than one octave above or below middle C?
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What is it about this note that subverts my expectations?
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What exactly do pianists/musicians memorize?
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Can a flute soloist sit?
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Why would I need to put a $?
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Why is Debussy's remark brilliant (on going out and smoking, at the start of Beethoven's developments)?
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Is the IV chord a perfect fifth in disguise?
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Is there any set of 2-6 notes that doesn't have a chord name?
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Why do we only build 7th chords on the supertonic and dominant of a major scale?
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Bass clef looking like “double middle C”
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How do I notate a staccato on a unison note?
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What do the smaller notes in the Treble Clef indicate?
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Most complex “block” of sheet music notation
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What are the baton movements for different time signatures?
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Chopin: marche funèbre bar 15 impossible place
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What are the interval patterns for the modes?
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Can a song be in the chromatic scale?
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Do all songs have to be in a major or minor scale? Can a song have random notes that don't belong to any major or minor scale?
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How would you live perform a piece whose recording has a faded ending?
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Should low frequency players anticipate in orchestra?
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How do you know if a song has triplets in 4/4 or if the tempo is 3/4?
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Significance of pop songs with progressions that alternate one chord with one that's three semitones below it
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