I am looking into Universal Remotes in order to manage my media center and make it easier for other household members and guests to use.
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posted by kalessin
on Feb 6, 2013 -
19 answers
What is the difference between harmony and polyphony?
posted by falsedmitri
on Jan 28, 2013 -
8 answers
Tell me about companies that encouraged or directed employees to form a guild or union from the beginning. What did they do, why did they do it, how was it received and how did it work out?
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posted by michaelh
on Feb 7, 2012 -
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Source for machine-readable lists of chord progressions of popular songs?
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posted by unSane
on Feb 7, 2012 -
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I'm looking for transcendent folk/pop/rock/country songs with strong vocal harmonies.
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posted by sockpup
on Oct 25, 2010 -
34 answers
Help me find online (or other) sources of written out two part vocal harmonies.
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posted by doctord
on Oct 12, 2010 -
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I have a flock of backyard chickens (for egg production) that needs to have its numbers reduced. Which hens should have a date with the chopping block?
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posted by talkingmuffin
on Sep 10, 2010 -
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Help me get my head around chords in music. I think I understand the basics, but then get confused when thinking about progressions, inversions, root movements etc.
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posted by jasondigitized
on May 31, 2010 -
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What is the best way to master scales, chords, and chord progressions on the piano / keyboard. More specifically, help me create harmony and melody. My husband and I are starting to create music on our computer. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good, but I feel like a complete hack on the keyboard. I would like to become proficient at hitting keys that sound well together or next to each other. I am studying basic theory, but where does the rubber meet the road? Is it simply muscle memory? I am not really interested in playing a piece of sheet music, but if that will help, I will learn. I just want to create my own music. I know I have to practice, but practice doing what? I would be rather proud of myself if someone told me drop and play I V vi IV in F Major and I could do it without thinking.
posted by trinigirl
on Mar 10, 2010 -
14 answers
I was playing around with a keyboard at a Guitar Center that had an auto-harmonize feature. Below a certain note pressing a key would play a chord instead of a single tone. What was interesting was that playing chromatically (white and black keys) it played chords that retained a firm sense of key (C major) - if you jumped around randomly or did chromatic runs it didn't sound like there were a bunch of modulations taking place. What formula do you think it used to do this?
posted by phrontist
on Aug 31, 2009 -
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I've been trying to branch out my musical tastes, and have started recently to listen to atonal and serialist music (Boulez, Schoenberg, Webern). There is something about it that I like, but I'm not quite sure what it is, and I feel like if I knew more about the music in question I could better appreciate it.
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posted by Frankieist
on Jul 23, 2009 -
16 answers
Music types: help me identify exactly what it is that I dislike about these particular types of jazz!
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posted by gallusgallus
on Jun 10, 2009 -
14 answers
I am a music ignoramus. But, I know I really like a man and a woman (a guy and a girl) singing together. Call and response, harmony, part of the lyrics or not, I think it's really amazing when a masculine voice and feminine voice are working together.
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posted by zeek321
on Jun 6, 2009 -
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She has an iPhone, I have an iPhone, and we want to share a calendar that can be seen and edited by both of us from our iPhones. Should be easy but apparently not...
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posted by rleamon
on Aug 26, 2008 -
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Identify this song and band: American, male, R'n'B vocal group attaining brief mid-chart respectability in the UK in '92 or '93.
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posted by Jofus
on Dec 18, 2007 -
20 answers
After hearing
this story on NPR this morning about the
Harmony Database of al Qaeda correspondence, I began wondering what other public databases like this exist out there that are ripe for analysis and picking apart. I'm looking specifically for things like this related to the "War on Terrorism" and the Iraq War, but older stuff would be good too.
posted by proj
on Oct 23, 2007 -
2 answers
What's the relationship between the melody of a song and its chord structure?
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posted by signal
on Nov 4, 2006 -
32 answers
What are some good ways to avoid strife and keep things fair in a shared living arrangement? Somewhat exhaustive explanation inside.
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posted by Oobidaius
on Aug 21, 2006 -
16 answers
Recently I have been listening to Magic Numbers, The Thorns, Hal and Teenage Fanclub. Should I listen to Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Big Star, Badfinger, Mamas & Papas, Raspberries, Bread or America?
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posted by meech
on Apr 9, 2006 -
16 answers
