My brother in-law says he can’t play “smoke On The Water” on this because there are no sharps and flats. I said you can in the key of C. He says there are no half steps so it’s impossible. So is it playable or not? There are no sharps and flats in the key of C.4mo ⋅ cjsleme ⋅ r/musictheory
Getting back into ear training... some weird results from an initial test7mo ⋅ foxhunt-eg ⋅ r/musictheory
Whats this chord called? I cannot find it anywhere im at verge of tears5mo ⋅ After_Consequence_41 ⋅ r/musictheory
can someone help simply this rhythm for me please i don’t get it and it’s in 3/48mo ⋅ mysticbIues ⋅ r/musictheory
Do these quarter notes without stems have the same value as normal quarter notes? What about the ones with stems on the wrong side? And why are there no measure breaks?7mo ⋅ neji_byakugan ⋅ r/musictheory
I don't understand the first three chords in this song from Mario Bros. 24mo ⋅ hardfine ⋅ r/musictheory
What does the B7(alt.) indicate? Is there a specific inversion of B7 that should be played when comping?6mo ⋅ vagueposting ⋅ r/musictheory
why is the right hand played an octave higher here? shoudnt there be an 8va?6mo ⋅ finn_da_human_ ⋅ r/musictheory
Okay guys, I’m a noob. This sounds good to me but it’s apparently not in key?2mo ⋅ AJVenom123 ⋅ r/musictheory
In Baroque dances, are there accepted rhythms for 3/8 time. The rhythm in m. 2 looks weird, but is it against any rules? Any treatises out there on this subject?4mo ⋅ Telope ⋅ r/musictheory
Why are some sheet music for film in C while in the notes it plays Cm7mo ⋅ bluetrickisme ⋅ r/musictheory
How are you supposed to play a piece without a time signature and without measures? Especially when this is a duet, how are you supposed to time it?7mo ⋅ PrayTheGovernment ⋅ r/musictheory
Can anyone explain why I got Dmaj wrong? (Writing authentic chorale cadences)3mo ⋅ Lexiii27 ⋅ r/musictheory
Does anybody here ever use a note lattice or chord lattice to visualize music?8mo ⋅ waynesworldisntgood ⋅ r/musictheory
Wouldn’t this rule (diminished 7th is one half step lower than a minor 7th) make a diminished 7th enharmonic with a major 6th?4mo ⋅ Rejected-Name-ID ⋅ r/musictheory
Don't use ChatGPT for theory! It makes mistakes when listing Blues scales.3mo ⋅ CrazyLittlePuppy ⋅ r/musictheory
In D minor, is this chord a secondary dominant ? What would be its roman numeral notation ?5mo ⋅ Ewoz ⋅ r/musictheory
What does this symbol mean? A breath mark perhaps? I couldn’t find anything on Google.8mo ⋅ KingsKraft72 ⋅ r/musictheory
I have never seen these two symbols outside of Musescore. Cut Time (Bach) and Cut Triple Time (9/8). Anyone know where they came from? Never seen the Cut Time (Bach) in Bach...6mo ⋅ ThePotentComponent ⋅ r/musictheory
Is Voodoo Child (Slight Return) by Jimi Hendrix in E Dorian? More details in comments.8mo ⋅ TarboT000 ⋅ r/musictheory
This is an ad in my hometown. Let's see if you can find the mistakes in it (other than the time signature being in elfic lol)2mo ⋅ LucidITSkyWDiamonds ⋅ r/musictheory
Found this from years ago digging in my google drive and still can not answer it... Can someone answer and explain how this works?5mo ⋅ DeyjjaVu ⋅ r/musictheory
Can someone help me figure out the order to play this with the repeats?3mo ⋅ mileshutch ⋅ r/musictheory
can somebody please explain how this is in 4/4? surely its 4 1/2 beats?4mo ⋅ HalfLifeSpacker ⋅ r/musictheory
At the top of the page is a (i-III-iv-v) chord progression in Am. Below that, shows all the notes that the chords could possibly contain, up to a 13th. Questions in body text.4mo ⋅ acousticentropy ⋅ r/musictheory
Can anyone help me understand that Bb dim7? I felt like it was an Edim7 originally, but on closer inspection I noticed the bass is playing a Bb.3mo ⋅ ImKikoMori ⋅ r/musictheory
Can’t find what the bassoon “pr” marking is supposed to mean? Passage from Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto no.2 Movement II. ( Is it just a print error I can’t tell )9mo ⋅ The17thHeroOfTime ⋅ r/musictheory
Generally would it be good to practice a sequence like this in all 12 keys7mo ⋅ TheDarkerKniht ⋅ r/musictheory
Nothing like spreading inaccurate information to people asking questions.8mo ⋅ aabbcc42069 ⋅ r/musictheory
Degree symbol in last bar of The Fire Sermon (Rautavaara's second sonata)5mo ⋅ unapoetentium ⋅ r/musictheory
What key is this chorus from C to D in? My guitarist wrote this chorus and I can't figure out where the tonic is. I added chord symbols based on my initial guess of the tonic, but those names might be hindering me from finding the tonic themselves.6mo ⋅ nardstorm ⋅ r/musictheory
Intervals and modes are not clicking with me, how can I better understand them?6mo ⋅ alwaysstressing45 ⋅ r/musictheory
[ beginner] What does the # at the beginning of the staff do in these cases?2mo ⋅ lechecondensada ⋅ r/musictheory
Can't understand the chords of this piece (forgive the sloppy annotation)6mo ⋅ hardfine ⋅ r/musictheory
Why is the end of the answer that different from the subject of this Fugue? Shouldn't it be as close to it as possible? Could the author have made the answer exactly the same? Is it so that the 3rd voice enters easily?3mo ⋅ UnlastingSeason ⋅ r/musictheory
Am I using the correct symbols for notating the 2nd chord in this progression?5mo ⋅ Flimsy-Revenue696 ⋅ r/musictheory
Here's a little treat from my Facebook news-feed! For you to solve dear r/musictheory, a twelve-tone sudoku.12yr ⋅ TheWardrobeFromHell ⋅ r/musictheory
The two worst happy birthday arrangements combined into one. CAUTION: your eyes might bleed. (PDF in comments)13yr ⋅ kongming819 ⋅ r/musictheory
I saw this on a trumpet part in a jazz piece. What's up with the X note head?12yr ⋅ theycallmefizzy ⋅ r/musictheory
Apologies if this is the wrong place, but I'm having trouble interpreting the last measure.13yr ⋅ Tzic ⋅ r/musictheory
Please tell me it's not just me and that these quavers should not be tied and that this tattoo is so wrong13yr ⋅ christophski ⋅ r/musictheory
Seriously long implied pedal point! What are some other examples?13yr ⋅ flamingspinach_ ⋅ r/musictheory
Hey r/musictheory, I've began teaching myself strict counterpoint through the Gradus, and others. Will someone examine my first attempt and critique it?13yr ⋅ Thisglitch ⋅ r/musictheory
Learning Counterpoint--What I think of when the prof. says not to cross voices13yr ⋅ NASAmoose ⋅ r/musictheory
Colliding note heads. Which of these looks better? (Bonus points for naming the tune.)13yr ⋅ Rosco7 ⋅ r/musictheory
So I'm planning on writing a simple generic piece, using this simple generic melody, with these simple generic harmonies, however I'm afraid that it may be so simple and generic that this exact theme has been used before. Could you please take a look over it and let me know if it is familiar?13yr ⋅ W357Y ⋅ r/musictheory
Tricky metric modulation question. It certainly sounds like it is correct, but I do not know if it is exactly precise or just very very close.13yr ⋅ W357Y ⋅ r/musictheory
Hey /r/musictheory, last week I submitted my first attempt at two voice counterpoint. Here is my first attempt at 3. Please critique it.13yr ⋅ Thisglitch ⋅ r/musictheory
Piano notation in Ludovico Einaudi's Le Onde - what do 1. C and 3. C mean?12yr ⋅ ultrafez ⋅ r/musictheory
Music experts, I need some help figuring out this gif. It's supposed to be the hint to a geocache location called Majorly Easy (GC106N6). What is this supposed to tell me?12yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/musictheory
Question about keys (modes) and harmonization. Music notation supplied.12yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/musictheory
