Richard

United States

University professor. I teach music, I think about music, and I think about teaching music. He/him/his.

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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, 2019 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, 2018 at 18:19

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Is there a broader term for instruments, like the gong, whose volume briefly increases after being sounded instead of immediately decaying?

terminology instruments acoustics asked Mar 7, 2021 at 2:48

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Where do the double accidentals go in "theoretical" key signatures?

theory notation key key-signatures accidentals asked Jan 20, 2018 at 18:54

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Why do some pianists occasionally play their hands at different times?

piano technique terminology performance-practice asked Jun 7, 2020 at 17:29

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How can I practice guitar when I don't have my instrument?

guitar practice asked Dec 15, 2018 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, 2018 at 17:32

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Is there a historical reason why we say "C sharp" but notate on the staff "sharp C"?

notation asked Mar 9, 2021 at 15:49

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

notation tuning temperament asked Aug 31, 2018 at 0:13

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When, if ever, are arpeggiated six-four chords really "real"?

theory chords chord-inversions asked Dec 17, 2018 at 20:46

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Found in an 1800s newspaper--what kind of march notation is this?

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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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"inuendo" in a piano score

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What does /r mean in a score?

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Identifying the interval from A♭ to D♯

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Why does G# sound right when my melody is in C major?

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Why does Brahms stand next to Bach and Beethoven?

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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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How do you refer to a note that is more than one octave above or below middle C?

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What exactly do pianists/musicians memorize?

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What is it about this note that subverts my expectations?

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Can a flute soloist sit?

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What's the short and accented note at the very end of a song called?

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Is there any set of 2-6 notes that doesn't have a chord name?

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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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Why would I need to put a $?

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What are the interval patterns for the modes?

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Most complex "block" of sheet music notation

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Is the IV chord a perfect fifth in disguise?

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What do the smaller notes in the Treble Clef indicate?

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How to unlearn incorrect muscle memory

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Why is Schenker so influential in US academia? Is it the same elsewhere?

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

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Bass clef looking like "double middle C"

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Why do we only build 7th chords on the supertonic and dominant of a major scale?

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What is a B-flat major chord doing in the key of A minor?

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