Looking for songs with really good vocal harmonies. [more inside]
posted by Bearman on Sep 29, 2009 - 52 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 - 8 answers

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. [more inside]
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! [more inside]
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. [more inside]
posted by zeek321 on Jun 6, 2009 - 79 answers

How do I get harmony in my ears? [more inside]
posted by invitapriore on Mar 12, 2009 - 10 answers

Left ear: melody. Right ear: harmony. More, please! [more inside]
posted by Sweetie Darling on Oct 24, 2008 - 31 answers

What's the relationship between the melody of a song and its chord structure? [more inside]
posted by signal on Nov 4, 2006 - 32 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? [more inside]
posted by meech on Apr 9, 2006 - 16 answers

Why are C and F the notes without corresponding flat keys on the piano? [more inside]
posted by billtron on Feb 24, 2006 - 67 answers

MusicianFilter: Why do I favour some names of notes in the chromatic scale over their other names? [more inside]
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Jul 1, 2005 - 15 answers