string instruments - What gives a Chinese Pipa its unique timbre in ...
May 26, 2021 · 5 Similar to this broader question How do East Asian instruments (Shamisen, pipa, etc.) get their unique sound? Though they a similar in many ways a guitar and a pipa sound very different. …
How to use a customized font for fingering symbols in Lilypond
Nov 8, 2020 · Someone else created a font for the pipa fingering and I want to use this font for the fingering symbols. I am using Lilypond 2.20 on Ubuntu 20.04, with Frescobaldi as frontend.
How to adjust the vertical placement of markups in Lilypond
Nov 8, 2020 · Using Lilypond 2.20 on Ubuntu 20.04. This code: ... %% fingering symbols fngaLong = \finger\markup{\box{\pad-markup #0.2 \override #'(font-name . "pipa") \fontsize #7 "a-"}} ...
Slurs with arrows for glissando-alikes in Lilypond, how to?
Nov 9, 2020 · I'm using Lilypond 2.20 on Ubuntu to engrave scores for the instrument pipa. Slurs with arrow is a very common notation in many east Asian music pieces. It sounds similar to glissando in …
terminology - What exactly constitutes Unison? - Music: Practice ...
Oct 15, 2024 · Following on from a recent question regarding 'unison', my research comes up with some diverse explanations. 'Perfect Unison' itself is two or more instruments playing the same pitch, when …
Tonality in Chopin Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2, Middle Section
Feb 18, 2026 · What is the best way to describe the tonality in Chopin's Nocturne in F♯ major Op. 15 No. 2 in the middle doppio movimento section? To me, it sounds like the tonal center is C♯ and then E. …
What's the name of the form of the song "12 Days of Christmas"?
Dec 25, 2024 · The words accumulate in the obvious way, but the music only does so if you treat the first four days separately from the rest. To describe all the music together, I was using A = the music …
composition - Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange
Feb 20, 2024 · I am not a composer, and I am sorry if the question seems overly daft or obvious. When a composer (I have in mind someone working on a DAW) is composing their own song, why don't …
What is a normal singing range for children?
What is considered a normal singing range for children? That is, when choosing a key for a song for children to sing, what range should the melody fall within? Alternatively, what is an expected full
What chord is "A7+4"? - Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange
Sep 28, 2021 · That's how it's notated and I think it's a really unusual notation. Could that be a synonymous notation for "A7sus4"? The key signature is E-flat.