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Why does a clean nylon-guitar appear to be chorussed, on a cassette player?
I just bought an album which is in a compact cassette format, folk band, consist of vocals, clean acoustic-nylon guitar, double-bass, and a drum/cajon. I have the CD format too. But when I hear the cassette format, the nylon-guitar seems to have a…
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What defines cool jazz as a jazz style/sub-genre?
What separates cool jazz from other jazz styles and sub-genres? Which patterns are commonly found in it? Which are the key and defining characteristics of cool jazz? What makes a cool jazz song a cool jazz song?
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What's the difference between a record and an album?
The term record and album seemed to be used interchangeably, however, was/is there a difference between these two terms? For example, the Grammy Awards have awards for both, yet records and albums existed before the Grammy Awards. Are these merely…
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Term for instrumental music where the singer has been replaced by instrument
Is there a term for instrumental music where the song is typically sung vocally, but the singer's part has been replaced by an instrument?
I want to tell my Google Home to play instrumental music of this kind, but instead it typically plays pieces…
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What is Bass and Treble?
Can someone please explain the difference of bass and treble as if to someone with no background knowledge in music? Every time I ask I someone, they always answer as if I'm already an expert on music. They use terms like "the thinness or thickness…
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What could you do with the "Daft Club" card on daftcard.com?
My release of Daft Punk’s album Discovery contains a card (in ID-1 format):
DAFT CLUB
51… … … …
MEMBER PERSONAL ACCESS CODE
EXPIRATION 12/… www.daftcard.com
The domain daftcard.com seems to be grabbed by someone else now.
The linked…
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Origins of the acoustic guitar in Portishead's "The Rip" from the album "Third"
The acoustic guitar in Portishead's The Rip always catches my attention. The guitar take they used is filled with execution mistakes. Beth Gibbons' beautiful voice distracts away from it, but if you pay attention to the guitar part you'll find many…
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What music styles were popular in pre-bossa nova Brazil?
I've been looking into the bossa nova style and from what I've researched, bossa nova seems to have taken Brazil by storm when it was introduced. But I'm not entirely sure what the dominant style in Brazil was before bossa nova. A couple sources…
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Bands With Eponymous Album and Song
The band Black Sabbath's first album is called Black Sabbath and was released in 1970. The leading track on that album is also called "Black Sabbath." Does anybody know of any other manifestation of this phenomenon?
Are there other examples of…
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Identify these Gregorian Chant samples from Delerium's "Flatlands" and "Metaphor"
On Delerium’s Semantic Spaces album, there are a few songs that use samples of Gregorian chants.
I'd like to identify the following samples, so that I can find and listen to the full Gregorian chant…
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Which specific songs are being parodied in this segment from "The Pick Of Destiny"?
I hope this is eligible question for stack. I don't really know where to go with this, and original Stack Overflow was often helping me with programming questions, therefore - here we go:
There is an amazing movie Tenatious D and the pick of destiny…
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What was the first band considered to be punk?
Punk is a very distinctive sub genre of rock with it's own very interesting sound, look, and persona. Which band was the first band that was classified as a punk band and start this trend?
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How can I find out in which movies/games a musical work was featured?
How can I find out in which movies and video games a specific musical work was featured?
Starting from the movie/game is usually easier, as corresponding websites (like the IMDb) often list the used soundtracks (example).
It’s also more likely for…
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Johnny Dyani's "Musician's Musician": who is the reference?
South African expatriate multi-instrumental jazz musician Johnny Dyani wrote a song called "Musician's Musician." It appears on at least two albums I know of.
The title sounds as though it might be a tribute to someone. Does anyone know whom?
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Why did Ozzy Osborne choose to make "Hero" a hidden track?
When the album "No Rest For The Wicked" was released adding extra "hidden" tracks to the end of albums was the latest "thing." They are usually either an outtake or a song that doesn't fit stylistically with the album, thus they're are usually…
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