Questions tagged [performing]
Playing or singing in front of an audience.
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How to simulate performance volume levels in MIDI playback
I've a questions about preparing a brass band arrangement in Sibelius, although the answer would also apply preparing parts in a MIDI sequencer and then creating notation from them.
In a UK brass band ...
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Is it reasonable to expect a non-percussionist to play a simple triangle part?
If all the percussionists are occupied playing more demanding parts, would it be reasonable to expect someone in a nearby section not playing anything to, e.g., play a clear sustained triangle hit on ...
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Where can I share my guitar arrangements to get more youtube traffic? [closed]
Do you know of any sites where people would be interested in video game OST guitar arrangements?
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If the conductor went missing post-rehearsal…?
I know that the Kronos Quartet do not use a conductor, and a lot of "modern classical" music doesn't use one. For example, I don't think I've ever seen a conductor at a performance of a ...
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What are your techniques to research music basics signs, theory and for sheet music?
There are many questions about music basics, scales, keys, signs, harmony, chords etc. which could be answered by own researches if people had better strategies for searching.
This is because they don'...
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Help with live performance setup [closed]
I have been invited to play in a cafe but they don't have any sound system. I'm thinking of buying a live performance setup, so that I can use to play MJ and music for future gigs as well without ...
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Mentally prepare for performing [duplicate]
Some background: I play the violin. Next spring, I will play in school. This will be graded and part of my final grade for music class.
The problem is that I have almost no experience playing in front ...
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Conducting music written in 6/8
Can I get an illustration on how a choir master can conduct a piece of music written in 6/8 time? Thanks.
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Do classical-music performers use editions other than urtext to prepare?
Do any performer of classical music use printed editions of classical works (I mean those that published during the composer's lifetime) other than urtext editions for performing. If this is true, can ...
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Is it necessary to be a performing musician to be a music producer?
Is it necessary to be a performing musician to be a music producer?
I have some years experience playong guitar and keyboard. I just know how to play Gymnopédie nº 1 by Satie. On these two instruments ...
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Finding information on piano pieces?
I would like to know if there is a way by which I can get more information on piano pieces. For example, information about the piece itself, what the composer tried to convey through it, the story ...
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Term for One person performing a whole Arrangement with nothing else accompanying (As a Cover)
Like how "Unplugged Version" means the Original Song has been performed with 0 usage of technology-stuff (other than Microphone) [No editing, Acoustic Instruments only, No Faders, No ...
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Can Reich's Piano Phase be emulated with a delay unit?
Assuming a very clean digital delay with a "repeat n times" mode set to one repeat (like "Multi" on the EHX Canyon), mix at 50/50, and time starting at zero ms and increasing from ...
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What are the reasons to use a dust cover protector in a full concert piano while performing?
In the Liszt Piano Concerto no. 2 by L'Orchester de Paris with Khatia Buniatishvili as the soloist, they covered the top of that beautiful Steinway although they had public and were recording ... I ...
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What purpose do the question marks in the subtitles to the Met Opera's HD performances serve?
Part of our current daily social-distancing routine, has been to watch the daily Met Opera's HD streamings
https://www.metopera.org
We enable the English subtitles. Many of them, however, contain ...
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How did Kurt Cobain go straight from “Tourette's” to “Polly” in the Live at Reading concert?
In this video of Nirvana's 1992 Live at Reading performance, Kurt screams out the song "Tourette's" (35:10), and it sounds like he's absolutely destroying his vocal chords. Then, at 37:04, he's ...
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How can I prevent memorizing patterns/ muscle-memory when learning a piano piece?
I have the experience that when I learn a piano piece, what really happens is that I memorize the key patterns of the song, instead of understanding on a harmonic basis what is happening (The common ...
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Piano Repertoire List
I'm a senior in high school, getting ready to start college this fall. I'm majoring in music so I am trying to put together a repertoire list and need some advice on how to construct it.
Here are ...
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How many hours would you reccomend to master one Intermediate Classical piece for Level 5 RCM exam? [closed]
How many hours in total would you recommend for an average student, from beginning to examination, to prepare a typical Level 5 ( out of 10 ) Royal Conservatory of Music List B Classical Repertoire ...
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How much do concert pianists play from memory?
There are rock musicians like John Petrucci from Dream Theater who is said to play around 20.000 notes per concert, all from memory without looking at notes or tabs. I guess (correct me if I'm wrong) ...
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Still making mistakes in pieces after years of practising them
I think my question has been partially answered before:
How to play a song without making mistakes?
Practice to avoid mistakes or practice to cover mistakes
I am happy to take it down if it is ...
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Performing studio effects on a live ensemble
In a recent Adam Neely video he had his brass section performing as though their audio was being pumped by a side chain controlled by the bass drum - they'd manually duck their volume on each bass ...
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I am having a school piano recital next week, and I need some advice on the program
Hello I am having a 30 minute recital at my school festival next week.
I was wondering if introducing and giving some background information on each piece would be a good idea for the recital. My ...
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Starting my career as i'm not a native english speaker
i think this question is a little bit weird, but i wanted to ask it anyway.
i don't live in a country with its main language as English. so i learned it myself. my speaking is not good enough right ...
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Are ups & downs/peaks and valleys inherent in piano practice and performance?
It sounds like a weird question, but I just don't know how to describe it in words;
sometimes you are really good at performing the piece, and you feel enthusiastic and more confident, other times ...
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How To Prepare For a Piano Competition
So today, I participated in a piano competition (finals) with Chopin's Etude Op.25 No.11 Winter Wind, and I failed.
I was thinking maybe this was because I practiced too much during the day of the ...
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Is it possible to load and automatically play a project in Reaper?
I'm working on an art installation which features Unity, VR and Reaper. Ideally I'd like to be able to start Reaper, load a project and start it playing from the command line.
I don't have much ...
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(Vocal) Harmonizer Pedals: How do live performers use them?
I've seen plenty of live musicians singing with a guitar, but recently I've been noticing that some of them were singing in harmony with themselves! Obviously, I soon realised it was the work of a ...
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How do you stop your hands from tensing when performing solo acoustic guitar?
I've been playing guitar for around 12 years or so, but never played in front of others while learning (minus family members or friends on occasion). Recently, I convinced myself to finally start ...
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What is the technical term for this type of (“rough”) vocals?
I know that this is not live, I believe this is a scene from a film, so of-course it would have been recorded and mixed in a studio and then edited in to the film.
It sounds so nice and powerful! Can ...
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Why was no first prize awarded at a competition?
No first prize was awarded at the Sendai International Violin Competition this year.
Unfortunately the article gives no explanation for this, stating only that:
No first prize was awarded at this ...
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Vocal manipulation during live performance
I'm looking for a way to transform vocals of my performers during a live performance. The performers will be using 5 microphones in total and will sing together as a choir most of the time. I want the ...
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How to correct a shifted beat on the bandstand?
Had a potential train wreck happen at a dance performance last weekend.
The piece we were playing was 2/4 with the accented (strong) beat on 1 but with a lot of improvisation. It's a 5 piece band: ...
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Can a flute soloist sit?
I am a 60 year old flutist and I am about to perform a humble concert in my community. I have plantar fasciitis in my left foot, and I wonder if it is acceptable for me to sit on a high chair (like ...
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Forgetting the musical notes while performing in concert
Yesterday I performed my favorite piano piece "Liebestraum no.3" by Franz Liszt in an audition.
I forgot a lot of its musical notes although that I prepared it very well and I even played it a lot in ...
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How to mic a flute for live performance
Would you place the mic at the mouthpiece or the end of the flute?
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How to sample live and loop with live musicians without a laptop?
I'm a musician in a live band that plays folkadelic music. Folkadelic music is played by bands like Kila or Shooglenifty. Instrument mix is acoustic guitar, electric guitar, fiddle, bass, drum kit ...
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Why do some musicians make such weird faces when they play? [closed]
I was always a pretty sensitive person as far as emotions go. I'm always on some kind of extreme of happy, sad, angry, fearful, etc. But when I play my instrument I'm completely stoic. My face looks ...
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How to proper perform live using all my scenes from my projects?
I was wondering if anyone can point me to some tutorials or courses (maybe no more than 100 dollars or around that), that can teach me how to setup a live performance. Like everybody when I make a new ...
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who gave the titles to chopin's etudes op.10? [duplicate]
Chopin's etudes op. 10 are all named related to some features and shapes of the compositions.
Who gave these names - that may also say something about their performing - to the études?
Was it ...
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Can piano studies be played as a performance piece?
I've learned that Etudes are performance pieces, but what about piano studies like Hanon and Czerny?
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Timpani & Conga: Doit, Fall or is it something else and how is it performed?
I've been following and studying a particular orchestra score. I've never written for or played the Timpani or Conga before.
In the image below I see a Doit (on the Timpani) and a Fall (on the Conga)....
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How different can be a piece of music be if someone else performs it? [closed]
A piece of music, for example a symphony has sheet music so it's written how it should be performed.
Because different people like different performers sometime, my question is that in technical ...
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When did the practice of exiting-reentering during applause in classical concerts start?
As the title suggests, I'm looking for some information on when the practice (concerning soloists and directors) of exiting and reentering the stage during an applause after a classical performance ...
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How to “get in the zone” before performing a piano piece?
I am currently playing one of Brahms's intermezzos on the piano.
Sometimes when I perform that piece, I feel "in the zone". The music seems to flow, I play with emotion, I tell a story, it just goes ...
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When should vocal soloists memorize music?
Are there any general guidelines for modern practice about when vocal soloists should memorize their music instead of using a score? I've seen in many performances even of "standard" works like the ...
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How do I get into the music industry to become a performer?
I'm 14 turning 15 in a few weeks and I've been singing my whole life. I just started vocal training about a year ago and my voice has improved significantly. Here's a little info about meso far (you ...
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Do DJs ever use a third track to keep a third kick going for several songs or even entire sets? Or is the effect of “silkiness” achieved another way?
I listen to a lot of a specific genre, progressive house, but one DJ in particular, Hernan Cattaneo, seems to achieve a "silkiness" in his bass drum during transitions (or maybe it just stands out to ...
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What is the historically informed way of playing the 1/16 notes in Handel's Water Music suite no. 1 overture?
Handel's Water Music suite no. 1 starts with a slow overture with 1/16 notes at the middle and end of each measure:
Some performances play it "as written" [Koopman], but some play the 1/16 notes ...
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How does one really become present during practice?
When I'm practicing, I often find myself spacing out, forgetting what I had just played, or tuned back in to find that, wow, I'm already almost at the end of the piece!
This bothers me because it ...
