Music: Practice & Theory Weekly Newsletter - Monday, March 30, 2015

Music: Practice & Theory newsletter

Top new questions this week: Tips for how to stay calm before a concert I have a big performance coming up and I am SUPER anxious that I'll mess up the song or something. I need help from anyone who has had experience with orchestra concerts and that sort of thing. How ... performing stage-fright   asked by Shevliaskovic 13 votes answered by Greg Jackson 13 votes Exact pitch of blues scale notes Wikipedia gives multiple candidate definitions for the blues scale. A musician showed me how to play blues e.g. in C by smudging say Eb and E. The actual note lies somewhere between. But where? ... scales tuning blues   asked by P i 9 votes answered by Dan Davis 4 votes Is it important to have three pedals on a digital piano? My son (7 y/o) is learning piano. Currently, he is using my crappy keyboard I bought over 20 years ago. I am looking at buying him a digital piano with proper key weightings and key velocity ... digital-piano keyboard-pedals sustain   asked by dave 7 votes answered by PLL 8 votes How can I learn to read bass clef score more naturally? I hadn't read music for about 20 years, after doing a little classical guitar as a young child, and recently started learning piano. I was pleasantly surprised to find that reading music on the treble ... piano learning sheet-music   asked by Mr. Boy 6 votes answered by aparente001 4 votes How to obtain a Clean yet Distorted guitar sound? I'm kind of a guitar effects noob so sorry if this is an extremely stupid question. How do you obtain a clean and distorted tone using pedals and amp? An example of the kind of sound im looking for is ... electric-guitar guitar-effects tone effects   asked by John Henderson 6 votes answered by topo morto 5 votes Small clefs on score I have small bass and treble clefs on the piece I'm learning. This picture shows two lines where these small clefs appear. Please, could someone explain what they mean. Update: I appreciate the ... notation clefs   asked by user137017 6 votes answered by Tim H 8 votes What is a chord with a diminished third called? The third of the chord is one of the criteria to determine the name of the chord. If the third is major (and the fifth is perfect), the chord is called major chord ; if the third is minor and the ... theory terminology chord-theory   asked by Shevliaskovic 6 votes answered by Matt L. 5 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: What are the differences between tone, note and pitch? I was wondering what differences are between "tone", "note", and "pitch"? terminology   asked by Tim 30 votes answered by Matthew Read 42 votes Why do I yawn while singing? Singing almost always make me yawn. I've heard this is due to not breathing correctly, but I'm not sure what that means. What's the correct way to breathe while singing so I don't yawn? voice breathing   asked by BenV 30 votes answered by Dr Mayhem 18 votes

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