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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 '19 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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27 votes

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

piano technique terminology performance-practice asked Jun 7 '20 at 17:29
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21 votes

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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Is this an error in the updated Harry Potter Diagon Alley build/instructions?

building instructions harry-potter asked Oct 15 '20 at 17:29
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Just how specific is the term “hemiola”?

terminology rhythm meter asked Jan 5 at 21:44
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13 votes

Are there any tricks to pushing a grand piano?

piano asked Sep 27 '19 at 17:39
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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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“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 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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31
Can a flute soloist sit?
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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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What's the short and accented note at the very end of a song called?
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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 there any set of 2-6 notes that doesn't have a chord name?
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What do the smaller notes in the Treble Clef indicate?
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Is the IV chord a perfect fifth in disguise?
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Why do we only build 7th chords on the supertonic and dominant of a major scale?
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Most complex “block” of sheet music notation
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How do I notate a staccato on a unison note?
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Why is Schenker so influential in US academia? Is it the same elsewhere?
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Bass clef looking like “double middle C”
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What is this note?
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What are the interval patterns for the modes?
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What is a B-flat major chord doing in the key of A minor?
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Chopin: marche funèbre bar 15 impossible place
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What are the baton movements for different time signatures?
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