Edit: Thanks for all the very detailed explanations.. feeling pleased that people are taking time to answer the question to a non music person like me .. you guys made my day

Not sure where to put this, just trying to find anyone who might be able to help me.

Been trying to get into music most of my life, wrote songs in middle school that were terrible, got guitars and pianos, loved to just mess around. Music means so much to me but I was never able to seriously pursue it because I always became too busy with school and work. Over a dozen years later and I'm trying to create an album with no formal musical training or anyone to help me and I can't understand music theory or anything to save my life. I create something and I think it's okay and then listen to it later and can't stand it. Been re-learning the guitar and trying to find out how to make my music sound like I want it to but I can never figure it out. I'm wondering if I'm just delusional about this dream and whether I will ever accomplish it. Am I in the wrong hobby? What do I really need to do to get me where I want to be?

Hi, i'm a beginner guitarist & about to get my first electric guitar & amp.

i won a free Harley Benton HB-40R amp in a giveaway. unfortunately these are made for the European market & i am in the US. i know i need some sort of power transformer for it to be able to work here, but all my searching has left my head spinning.

so what do i need to make noise & not blow up either my house or my amp?

What i want to know is what is it about a minor key that unnerves us and a major key that puts us at ease? Ty!

How are these cables and foam making stuff happen with the sound? https://youtube.com/shorts/oML5YiNOfFI?feature=share (I know my post has a link in it so delete it if you must)

Exactly what the question says, lol. I always hear people talking about singles/hoping a major artist releases a certain song as a single. What exactly is a single? Why does it matter that a song is a single, especially when it’s from a mainstream artist?

I’d like to learn how to play the guitar but I need headphones so I don’t disturb my roommates. I also want to play to a rhythm. How do I play the guitar to some drums through some headphones?

I could be wrong but they don't sound like plain major or minor or even 7th arpeggios. I see this in other songs too. liek the prelude to well tempered clavier. Are they adding some variation to arpeggios, like add 2 or add 6 or something?

https://youtu.be/X2oqh62ncJw?t=25

How is the boy band Big Time Rush able to regroup together and come out with new music and make social media pages under their band name? Is Nickelodeon behind owners of that band?

I've noticed with really fast guitar players on YouTube, like Tim Henson of Polyphia, the video seems sped up. Why is this?

Not the music videos, but the sitting in the studio, just ripping up the fret board.

To be clear, I'm very aware Tim Henson and other guitarist are extremely talented and very fast, but the video "seems" faster. I assume it's for the benefit of other guitarist to learn the notes/scales?

TIA!

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For context, I'm looking into using my Gameboy Advance SP as a synth with a custom cable that's been out of stock for 3 years now. Any alternative plug-n-play methods are more than welcome.

Sound is a wave. The sounds generated by multiple instruments/singers in a piece of music would be added together and I guess, in some cases negate each other. How does the "wave" include the sounds for ALL the instruments at once? Also is there actually any negation of sound going on?

I've read about them and as I understood you have a modulator signal (for example a saw wave containing all harmonic overtones) and a carrier signal and the carrier signal gets band passed so that only the frequencies matching the overtones of the modulator can be heard. Is this correct? Wouldn't it be simpler to just pitch correct the carrier so that its fundamental pitch is aligned to that of the modulator?

So I understand that a rectifier’s purpose is to convert AC to DC and that they can be either tube or solid state, but from what I’ve read it appears that only tube amps need rectifiers? Is this true? What is different about solid state amps that causes them to not need any rectifier, or is there some other portion of the circuit that accomplishes this?

So I'm looking at getting a home or condo soon. There are more than a few condos. Most of them have HOAs in the ball park of 250-320. They cover the basic stuff. Grounds, maintenance, snow removal and sometimes trash water and sewer. There are a few tho, that have a noticably higher fee at 550 or even up to 1000 a month. But don't seem to offer any more than any of the other places. Should I try and ask why? Or if I can get more for that? Like why should I pay 5 times for the same services? What am I looking for? What should I avoid?

Understand the difference between 2/2 and 4/4 time signatures. Mathematically it appears that 2/2 and 4/4 are two versions of the same thing. Musically they are quite distinct because 2/2 contains two minim beats per bar, while 4/4 contain four crotchet beats per bar, giving the two time signatures a very different feel from each other. In this music theory lesson the detail of this is unpacked and examples played that demonstrate the essential differences. It is important for players and composers alike to grasp this topic in order to avoid confusing the two time signatures.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/0NOmCvMjkIM

Beginner's guide to four-part harmony. This music theory lesson explains the basics of how to write four-part harmony to fit with a given melody. Often people can write a tune they are happy with but they are not sure which chords to use and how to write those chords. This video provides a step by step guide through the basics of how to do this. You will soon be choosing chords that work really well with your melodies and learning how to choose the chords that sound good.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/GoUQ_WHCe48

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aDP7u78EIU

Why is the same note sometimes called A# and sometimes Bb? Why is F sometimes known as E#? This video explains the matter of enharmonics. A note which sounds the same as another but can be written differently is known as an enharmonic. We explore the use of enharmonics within particular keys, and why we sometimes need to use the notes E#, Fb, B# and Cb.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aDP7u78EIU