Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus, often in the form of an approved ruling on an issue.
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Vote for a solution: Use of unicode accidental symbols adversely affects searches
Issue:
We should standardize our use of unicode accidentals versus keyboard equivalents.
Why there's a problem
Questions and Answers that use the unicode sharp (♯) and flat (♭) symbols (for example) ...
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Should we create a FAQ about Music Theory?
I see a lot of people asking duplicate questions (including me). So should we create one page to list the most duplicated questions so that it can prevent it more effectively than commenting on every ...
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Can I describe a specific piano training/learning situation and ask if it's a bad practice?
The title pretty much summarises my intent.
Basically, I am learning piano without a private teacher but rather following some lessons, because of which I can only rely on following the instructions ...
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Courtesy accidental – FAQ
Every week we have a question (or five) about accidentals. 9 out 10 times the answer is: "courtesy accidental". I can't blame the people who asked the question, because if they never heard ...
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Does piano recycling count as instrument maintenance or is on topic at all?
I recently (something like 1 or 2 years ago) bought an used digital piano off of a comrade who didn't use it anymore.
The instrument is perfectly playable, fit for training, and doesn't show much sign ...
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Is there a way I can write about how this website has benefitted in my music learning journey?
This question itself may sound silly, but it's more of my experience here over the last 1 year that I've been a member. I attempted to give my Music Theory Exam last year through self-study, and I ...
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How should we respond to questions whose answer depends on the genre?
I have noticed a few questions where the answer will depend heavily on which genre the original poster is asking about. In some cases, the question is simple enough that a good answer could say,
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-1 reputation for downvoting. How does it work?
We know that when you downvote a post, you lose 1 reputation. This makes sense because you don't want people randomly downvoting questions without a strong reason behind it. But I have a few doubts ...
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New tag for multiple voices issue helpful?
This question is only the latest of a re-curring kind of question: too many notes in a bar due to multiple voices in one system. It is quite difficult to find one of the numerous duplicates due to ...
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Is a question about sung phonemes on-topic?
I'd like to ask "Over what phoneme is overtone singing possible?", but it seems there currently is no question about phonemes in singing.
Should I ask this question on Linguistics SE instead?
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Should the Help Center be updated?
Today we had this question: The Art of practicing electric contemporary guitar where OP was basically asking
So, I'm a classically trained guitar player who also plays contemporary guitar, mainly ...
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What can we do in self-isolation?
Now the whole nation is recommended to act like musicians usually do. Isn't this touching!
I think most of us don't have to change a lot ;)
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Community Wiki questions about modes
Every other day, a new question about modes arises. Or better the same question rephrased, some variation of "are [mode] and [parent major scale] the same?".
Would it make sense to build some ...
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Community Promotion Ads — 2020
2020 has come! But… oops, where did the time go? It’s already March! Belated as it is, it’s time for a refresh of Community Promotion Ads!
What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads ...
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Do we need the [identification] tag?
Note: this is not about the on or off topic status of identification questions, this is just talking about the identification tag.
The identification tag is in desperate need of clean up and we need ...
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Edition of a question: how to contact editor?
If someone proposes an edition of my question - how can I contact him for discussing a point?
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transcription how-to
I just learned that questions about transcribing music are off topic.
I do agree that if someone has a tune that they're having trouble notating, they shouldn't be able to just come here out of ...
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Does SE have any policies I should be aware of before requesting a text transcript of an audio recording
I have a recording where someone was talking about a piano's having some kind of problem, but I couldn't find out what it was due to primarily being hard-of-hearing. I can't find anybody to help me ...
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What's the deal with the “guest” posts?
I've been active on this site for a while now, and I'm just wondering -- what is the deal with all the "guest" answers? Is this a single person who just re-registers for a new "guest" account every ...
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Would a question about whether it is possible to play a note on the flute at a certain dynamic and tempo be on topic?
Before I ask the question, sorry that the title is so long. If somebody could shorten it while still getting across what I am asking about, that would be nice. On to the question itself.
So, I have ...
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When is it appropriate to post one's own music/material?
I understand there is a policy that prohibits self-promotion and product placement. But, I'm wondering when it is ok to post one's own material on this SE?
I assume it is acceptable in instances ...
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Is it okay to post products and ask which one is better?
I want to buy a violin and there's none to advise me. I searched through the Internet. Read a lot and concluded on some products. Is it okay if I post them and ask for an opinion? They are online ...
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2019: a year in moderation
It's New Year's Day in Stack Exchange land...
A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated:
We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, ...
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What about introducing a collaboration Zone/Tag on Music?
I posted an answer to a Question about engagement on the site, that was actually intended to be just a comment but grew while I was writing it. Even though I truly mean what I wrote down there, I was ...
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Are book recommendations on topic?
I got interested in basso continuo and so searched the site and found this great question with many useful answers:
How can I learn thoroughbass?
But then I wondered about whether a product ...
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Votes on questions in meta should not be interpreted as endorsing/condemning the topic of the question
I just gave an upvote to a question on meta because I think it is a valuable question to ask.
Upvotes/Downvotes on questions should not be about whether you agree/disagree with the position expressed ...
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Legal to post whole music sheet with fingerings?
I have seen people post segments of music sheets with title in the screenshot such as "Pirates of the Caribbean."
I'm thinking about posting a whole music sheet of a pop song with all my fingerings ...
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Is this question on topic?
I think it belongs on superuser or stackoverflow.
LilyPond - how to write a basic makefile
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Is it ok to link to LilyPond GitHub Repositories?
On other SE sites like code review some people linked to their GitHub repositories to give readers the chance to have look to the code as a whole and not just the snippets used in the question, as ...
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Why is our engagement rate low?
@Dom remarks in Please upvote the questions you answer
The bigger problem I'd say is we only generate 4 votes per answer and 6 votes per question and our question rate is pretty low only about 51 ...
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Please upvote the questions you answer
This is something that I'm very guilty of but I'm trying to improve. Somebody asks a question and I answer it to the best of my ability but I don't upvote the question.
If it's worthy of my time to ...
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Could we have a tag like „puzzles“?
I‘d wish we had a tag called „Puzzles“.
Recently someone asked: What means inuendo. I thought this must be joke as it was clear that was a part of dim...
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Is it important for previous answers and comments to still make sense after an OP edits a question
Wondering about the necessity of editing this specific question: What technique is Eddie Van Der Meer using?
...the OP originally asks about a specific technique starting at 0:21 of the video he ...
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Why does the identification tag specify instruments, even though those questions might be off-topic?
There are suddenly two votes to close my 1+ year old question What instrument is Stevie Wonder playing in this video?. It received a speedy and well-received answer a year ago, and seemed to be fine.
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Is this suggested edit merited?
The only changes in this suggested edit that got approved 2-1 were that "Lilypond" in the title was changed to "LilyPond" (capitalised the P) and changed "PianoStaff" to "PianoStaff". Can someone ...
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Can I ask about what sort of things I should ask a luthier for?
I am taking my violin to a luthier. There's nothing massively wrong with it, it's a culmination of a few issues that I would like professional advice on and potentially require things like a new ...
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Should we require prior research?
Lots of questions on Music SE could have been answered almost instantly with a quick Google search (e.g. this one). Should we require questions to demonstrate at least a minimal amount of prior ...
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Editing an own answer shall I delete me first explanation?
How to edit an answer?
a) Just writing Edit and add the new or corrected information
b) Delete the earlier part and the first reflections?
c) Just post a second answer?
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Leaving SE for an indefinite time
I'm only putting this on Music because I feel like this is (or has been) my SE "home", despite the fact that I've been on Math.SE the longest.
For anyone who doesn't know, SO/SE has recently made ...
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Clarify tags “organ” and “pipe-organ”
Purists maintain that these mean exactly the same thing. If it ain't got pipes, it ain't an organ.
Practically, we already have a few dozen questions about the Hammond B3, properly and usefully ...
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altered comments by moderators?
Is it that modes are altering comments?
Thus A,C, Eb is correct and A,C,D# would be not the best. But if you construct dim7 chords you can build an dim7 on each tone of the tetrad A,C,Eb,Gb and ...
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Immediately Down Voting New Users
I recently gained the privilege of reviewing new user's first posts. Several of them have been sparse, poorly written or didn't really constitute an answer at all (more of a comment, if that). I have ...
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Resurrecting REALLY Old Questions
Occasionally I see a new answer pop up on a REALLY old question (like 8+ years). I have done this a couple times myself, but mostly on accident when I didn't realize how old it was. I mostly try to ...
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Isn't this question not a question, or: Have I lost my mind?
Several days ago I voted to close The implications of tuning a 12-string guitar in fifths. If I recall correctly, my close reason was "primarily opinion-based." I didn't see any other votes in support ...
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Blacklist the [music] tag
We've already discussed how the music tag does not have a use on this site in this question, can we please blacklist the music tag? It has started cropping up again.
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Are questions on copyright on topic?
I was going to ask about using an excerpt from a classical piece that was not in public domain in a song was on topic. In more detail, my question was going to be about how much I would have to change ...
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Should questions on this site ever be removed from “Hot Network Questions”, and if so, when?
Catija's words from Updating the Hot Network Questions List - now with a bit more network and a little less "hotness"!
I recommend each site have a meta discussion with guidance for ...
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“How to connect my instrument to my audio interface?” needs a canonical Q&A
I see a constant stream trickle of questions asking how to connect instrument X to audio interface Y. (I say Y, but it's usually the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2). The problem usually stems from ...
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Why was a question about compositional practice migrated to music fans?
A question about compositional practice was migrated to music fans, even though it complies with the first two bullet points on our topics page:
practice or performance technique
music theory, ...
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Are questions about the knowledge to know what type of music to use/listen to on-topic?
From What topics can I ask about here?, it's clear that "recommendations of pieces to listen to, study, or play, or that meet particular criteria" are off-topic. However, would asking what ...
