Ways to use one's instrument or voice precisely to produce a desired musical effect.
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Should I lift my finger before I hit a key when playing a piano?
I've noticed, that many people are hitting keys, instead of just pressing them. It kinda looks like that before they press the note, they lift the finger a little bit, same as if you tried to hit a ...
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Best way to notationally indicate that a solo phrase in an instrumental section should end
After writing "solo" over a part intended for one instrumentalist in a section, what's the best way to indicate that the the entire section should again begin playing?
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What is the name of perfomance technique used in the chorus of Celldweller — Last Firstborn?
I am currently obsessed with the track by Celldweller called "Last Firstborn". Is there any name for the keyboard technique used in the chorus? In this YouTube video you can hear it from 1:28 right ...
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How should I dampen timpani?
I've been working on my timpani playing, and the music has it written in that I should dampen certain notes at various parts of the song. But having I'm having trouble figure out the best technique ...
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How to re-develop double tonguing?
Two years ago, I had no issue double- and triple-tonguing. After a while, however, I seem to have issues playing quickly enough. I suspect that I have gone back to single-tonguing. How can I go back ...
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How should I put my fingers on a piano / electronic keyboard?
Should the fingers be curved/bent or straight?
Should I press the key actively or let my finger fall by "using gravity"?
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Does hand perspiration prevent you from becoming a good guitarist?
My hands have a lot of perspiration (not enough to drop, but enough to become wet). I want to play guitar, but a friend of mine told me that I can't, since my hands are wet. I don't know is it true of ...
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How to avoid accents when singing?
Sometimes, on certain songs, I start to sing in an accent that kind of mimics the original vocals. One song in which I have this problem is Three Days Grace's Let It Die. How can avoid the accent ...
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Repertoire recommendation for beginning viola? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What to look for in beginner etudes for a second instrument?
[Stumbled upon this on meta. So I thought I'd attempt a trial by fire.]
I just got a shipment of necessary ...
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Finding a balance point learning to pick a guitar at a right angle?
I've been playing guitar for ten years or so and have the rather bad habit of striking across the strings diagonally. This is partly due to how I hold the guitar, and partly because I play a lot of ...
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How do I continue improving my saxophone technique?
I've started learning saxophone three weeks ago. I'm having really good fun with it and I play it whenever I can.
I already play drums, bass guitar, and trombone so I know a bit about music, but not ...
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How can I play this passage on classical guitar?
I'm trying to teach myself classical guitar. I've got a fair bit of experience chording and strumming. But this passage is giving me problems:
My problem concerns the highlighted portion. Even ...
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How do I play harp-like licks on a piano?
Many R&B songs I listen to have a similar sort of sequence of notes which flow in a manner similar to that of a harp. A good example is Beni's song 'Last Lie', in which the first chord is done in ...
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Picking hand technique and precision
I started realizing that the picking hand was actually very important (probably as much as the fretting hand): it is always moving and it has to be extremely precise. I wanted to ask a question about ...
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Belt (singing) exercises and techniques?
So, I have worked hard to develop a middle voice and head voice but it doesn't have the really powerful tone of a belt voice. Can anyone give me audio exercises or refer some source for belting ...
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Complete fingering-technique reference book for keyboard player for chords and scales?
I'm now studying harmony and since my instrument is not keyboard, I don't know how to execute complex chords such as 13 or other chords that involve more than 5 notes.
Do you play them with just one ...
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How can I play that crazy sound in Koko Taylor's “Wang Dang Doodle”?
In Koko Taylor's Wang Dang Doodle,
there's some kind of ringing arpeggio lead that almost makes you forget that the whole song has only one chord. How do you play that crazy lead?
Edit: This isn't ...
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How to replicate Joe Satriani technique in “Searching”
What is Joe Satriani doing at 0:55 onwards in "Searching" from "Is There Love In Space" in order to achieve the sounds he is making?
My first instinct is that it sounds like a synth with a glissando ...
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What left hand technique is being used to create this percussive chord transition sound?
There is a strange chord transition that I cannot figure out how to play near the beginning of this acoustic guitar song:
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Advance Plucking Lessons
Check this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA-GadOp9sA (In this video it is not me)
I like plucking a lot. Most of the time I play Blackmoor's night. I can play several famous Blackmoor's Night ...
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What is this song? [closed]
I've been hearing this song everywhere, but cannot identify it. It's the first few seconds of this video:
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