Questions tagged [performing]
Playing or singing in front of an audience.
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What does it mean to interpret music? and how to develop your own musical interpretation of a piece? [closed]
I am a pianist, and I often hear the term "interpretation" in phrases like –
"you must now develop your own interpretation of the piece"
"when advancing in music, subtlety in ...
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Getting lost in music while performing [duplicate]
When I am practicing alone (or in front of my parents), I always get lost in my music and in my own world (I play piano). However, when I practice in front of people I am uncomfortable with, I ...
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How to dare to sing? [closed]
I want to sing even if there are people all around me.
I know that singing is not dangerous; it’s not physically dangerous, it’s safe. I know that I mustn’t care about others, but I don’t succeed. ...
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Baby Taylor BT1e didn't make sound at venue. The next day, it was fine [closed]
I have asked a few resources and I can't get a good answer.
I was simply doing an open mic at a venue and when I plugged my guitar into their system, no noise came out. The performer just before me ...
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What musician life I can have today if I want to quit my job and be full-time musician? [closed]
Like many people, I play music by ears and with no theoretical knowledge. I was in bands since now more than 12 years, played drums most of the times. I do play guitar/bass/keyboard (my level allows ...
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How to import sf2 file to keyboard? [closed]
How to do so??
I have searched, but couldn't find any relevant information
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How to avoid stopping when I play a wrong note on the piano
When I play any sheet music by memory, if I realize (by ear) that I play one wrong note, I always stop/get stuck and cannot continue playing. This is very bad in case I need to perform.
So how to play ...
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Learning to interact with an audience
Performing musicians practice our instruments away from the stage in order to make the best music we can. How can we practice audience interactions?
In many performances, interacting verbally and ...
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Why don't bands try to fade out songs live like they do in the studio?
I am no music expert, but I am a huge sucker for fade out songs (songs which end in a fade out) and I love a lot of them!
I just want to ask: why don't bands try this in live performances?
I am sure ...
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Why do artists sing their successful songs off-beat after many years
This is something which I have found is performed much more by European artists than American.
After many years performing, artists start to modify their songs. Speeding up some beats, and stretching ...
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Do you need to improvise to be a virtuoso? [closed]
In other words, how deeply connected with music do you have to be to be a virtuoso? Is mechanistic perfection sufficient or do you have to have proficiency in all aspects of music, imrovisation, ...
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Vocal range of a crowd
I am planning to sing a song and which has a vocal range of D3-D4.
I want the crowd to join in too. Should I raise or lower the tune of this song to better fit the crowd's range?
Which key or vocal ...
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How long can musicians perform before they get tired? [closed]
I'm conceiving a story where this might come up. How long can musicians perform before performance drops? There are hard limits imposed by biological needs (e.g. having to go to the toilet), but I'm ...
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Cords and Performance Rigs
I've got a setup with a guitar synth, looper, pedalboard and assorted flavors. Inputs are keyboard, sequencer, wind instrument, laptop and guitar. Setup isn't so bad except for the phono, MIDI and ...
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Does swaying your head like Stevie Wonder improve your musical hearing?
Stevie Wonder famously sways his head left and right when he's performing on stage. I've always thought that it was a listening technique linked to his blindness; I assume you can locate sounds easier ...
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Why do the members of one orchestra generally sway while playing, and the others don't?
I'm listening/watching to two videos on YouTube with two different orchestras, each playing a rather distinct style of music, but the members of one really seem to get into the physicality of playing
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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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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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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?
