Questions tagged [practice]
For questions about practicing or practice techniques.
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How to practice when my hands are tired
I'm prepping for my RCM Level 8 piano exam this Thursday, and I have been practicing for an hour every day since last week, with a few exceptions, so I would have thought I would have been more ...
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What should I practise to reach my guitar goals and stay motivated?
I have been playing guitar off and on since I was 12 [6 years ago].
Originally I started playing guitar because I desperately wanted to be like my hero Tom Petty. So, for about two years I studied ...
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Tips for learning and memorizing passages consisting of groups of only slightly different notes?
Not sure how to word it better. I give two examples below. On the right hand (treble clef), the small groups of notes have similar patterns but vary slightly, sometimes just an accidental's difference....
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Do you have to completely master each Pumping Nylon exercises thoroughly?
Presently I am working on Pumping Nylon exercises, but I cannot play as fast as the exercise asks me to.
Do I have to completely master each piece or can I just move on after playing through it ...
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Why do I have trouble staying within a narrow range of notes when singing songs that are toned down?
My voice is very high, naturally, and carries a slight operatic tone. I'm unable to drop it. You can hear it in my voice even when I just talking or humming. I can produce an operatic sound with my ...
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How do I maintain my skill level when I won't be practicing for a good while?
violin player here. I've been playing for 5 years, and soon, I will be on a three-week trip where I will be unable to bring my violin with me. I have been practicing almost every day, but I am worried ...
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How can I practice this part to play it evenly at higher bpm?
I'm practicing this piece and I'm having trouble playing the 75th bar evenly at 125 bpm. The problem occurs on the right hand on the finger change at D♭. I'm playing this bar (right hand) 1235 1235 ...
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Can Bluetooth mix input from guitar and send it to headphones?
I want my smartphone mp3 player to mix a bluetooth input from guitar and send out to bluetooth headphones. If that's too difficult, just mix so I can hear on headphones. This is just for practice and ...
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Bach Partita II Allemande, Practice Advice
I am a student on the violin for about 3 years now, and currently practicing Bach's Partita II Allemande.
I would like to ask for some practice advice on how to play the chord.
How do you practice ...
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Why does my Hand hurt when i play fast things on piano? [closed]
So im am trying to prepare for my Examination and my hands hurt whenever im playing something fast or with a lot of notes. I tryied relaxing a little bit it doesn't help. Also i have to practice a lot ...
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How to play left hand bass patterns on the piano
I am trying to play the following passage on the piano in the left hand
Now while playing this, I notice some difficulties
I hit inaccurate notes in the octaves, especially in the middle bar's last ...
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Is it true that classical musicians are not rhythmical?
I keep hearing that classical musicians are not rhythmical, that they have problems with complicated rhythm patterns. I especially hear it often from jazz musicians. Is that true? If yes, how is that ...
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Does energy in Spotify api featrue mean arousal? [closed]
I have a question about the spotify api feature.
The spotify api has valence and energy features. Is it correct that energy means the arousal of valence-arousal?
Thank you for your reply.
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Drum kit muting for practising
I've tried the plastic rings which rest on the batter heads, also the 4mm rubber which cover the whole head. Neither does a good job in making them quiet enough for practising.
In the end, I glued the ...
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How to restart my guitar studies from scratch?
I have being playing the guitar for quiet a while now(12+ years but more dormant years within this). I am able to deduce guitar tabs of a given song on my own(mostly with some minor errors). I have ...
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How do I recognize the key of a song that doesn't have a "home chord"?
I've just started learning music theory so i don't know if my question is understandable.
I've been searching on google, youtube, and here how to be able to recognize the key a song is in by ear, or ...
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Practice routine as a self-taught, I have about 1000 hours to invest, what to focus on? [duplicate]
Assuming that talent does not exist and that the skill of a musician is directly related to the time spent learning, it follows that investing 1000 hours into learning, with a daily practice routine ...
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What tips would you give to a beginner violinist to execute these pieces well? [closed]
I am practicing these two pieces to enter orchestra, but I am having difficulty practicing it. Specifically, as I am quite a beginner, I am not sure about many things technique wise. For example, how ...
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How should I approach getting used to a wonky syncopation?
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My question is part general, and part specific, because I'm having a hard time with a specific song, but my question is on how to approach the more general problem.
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I'm learning ...
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Anatomy of plucking hand's motions for a bass guitar
The (following) questions came from analyzing my plucking hand technique. Consider playing 16th notes on one string with two fingers. It is accessible for me to play 8th notes with one finger (...
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How to develop perfect pitch [duplicate]
If someone would play a random note I'll know what it is but I can't just hear a song and play it.
How am I spouse to do that?
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Piano scale fingering difference between one and multiple octave target
I'm a piano beginner and trying to practice scales correctly. What confuses me is that all guides mention how important it is to practice scales, but none are explaining the difference in fingering ...
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Tips for Animenz Unravel (piano)
I am having some issues in playing certain parts of Unravel by Animenz. The main issue is with the right hand, I can’t keep up with the tempo and make mistakes again and again. I have practiced this ...
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Drumming rudiments & distribution
I have recently gotten into rudiments in order to gain better grip control. My practice pad works great for this and I can sit and watch tv or listen to music while going over the 40.
This has me ...
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Should I be consciously moving larynx when doing vibrato?
Aspiring classical singer here. Lately I've been experimenting with vibrato when singing by essentially just moving my larynx up and down gently but rapidly. I've certainly been able to produce a ...
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Diatonic harmonica: draw bends from Hole 1 to Hole 6 - principles
Why the diatonic harmonica have different draw bends available? What is the principle behind this setup?
Like:
Hole 1 draw bend has only 1 semitone down.
Hole 2 draw bend has 2 choices of semitones ...
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Diatonic harmonica: How to play the draw bend with the three semitones down (effectively)?
For the diatonic harmonica, in the 3rd draw position B, how to play the draw bend with the three semitones down (marked in blue rectangle) B, Bb, A?
I could play a semitones down, most easily in the ...
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Is timing with left foot (weak foot) a fundamental skill?
I have been playing drum for years (not but close to 8 years), self-learning most of the time, with really not enough practicing. Yet I am able to play some intermediate songs without much pressure. ...
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Ideal Wrist and Finger Technique for Large Interval Ostinatos
A lot of songs I play have ostinatos with riffs over large intervals and include a changing a middle note.
The treble clef in the image below is a good example.
I have been trying to play this with ...
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What part of fingertip should touch the strings - Guitar
Before posting here, I have searched the net but could not find any related posts. I have been attempting to play guitar for a few years now. While I am a total amateur, right from the time I started ...
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Do you find it easier nowadays to practice and learn music that what it used to be years ago? [closed]
Judging from my own experience, I believe that nowadays is much easier to find good teachers and material to practice and become really good.
For example, I am middle aged and was a fan of Queensryche ...
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Do I need to practice recovery from confusion? How?
I am going to do a live performance soon. I'll have sheet music; no improvisation.
I have practiced my part fairly well at home, but I am sure I'll get confused and make mistakes during the ...
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Can anyone tell me how to play triplets in rhythm with eighth notes? [duplicate]
I'm having difficulty performing these series of triplets in tandem with my eighth notes? Does anyone know any cues or practice I can do to learn? I'm thinking I should try to just aim to aim to time ...
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How can I improve my ear for intonation?
I play tenor trombone, possibly switching to bass trombone. I need to improve my ear for tuning and noticing whether or not I am either sharp or flat. How can I practice in this area?
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How to practice improving intonation (singing) [duplicate]
I am an experienced musician, I'm a music ed major, having studied piano for over 10 years and singing for 4 years. I have sang in a couple musicals, a vocal jazz ensemble, and a choir. I also passed ...
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How or What to Practice to Get Consistent?
This might seem like a strange question. I've read a lot of books about deliberate practice and the history of music pedagogy, and I'm still a bit puzzled by this:
How do I get more consistent?
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What should I focus my guitar practice on? [closed]
As an aspiring guitarist, I would like to have some direction as to what my goals should be. Right now I've been playing guitar for a little over 8 months, and have around 500 hours under my belt.
I'...
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Am I right in playing this notes? [closed]
I am a piano learner without a teacher. I learn by practice and think.
I came across a difficult note and don’t know how to play.
I have attached the photos.
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Godowski's touch
There was a book on learning piano playing that I must have seen near 50 years ago.
In there there was a detailed description of some all-time great -- I think Godowski.
The story as I remember it ran ...
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Too slow growth for violin?
I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I am wondering about the pace of learning of typical working adult (~ 30 years old) learning violin.
I have work (PhD research work, really) ...
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thirteen within 4 beats? [duplicate]
How would you go about executing the rhythm pattern in bar 15 of Frank Zappa's "The Black Page #2"?
"The Page" is in 4/4 time; how does one practice making 13 regular strokes ...
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How to practice effectively when your time is limited [duplicate]
This is a theoretical question based on things I hear a lot
Often I hear things such as "I'm really busy and don't always have time to practice". The feedback I usually give is for a ...
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Is it normal to have memorized a piece by the time you can play it?
I've been playing piano for 5 months and have been having tremendous success (it helps that I've played clarinet for years and can read music).
By the time I can play a Level 4 piece from start to ...
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Playing mandolin just strumming [closed]
I don't understand how to play chords on mandolin, the most of the tabs avaiable are with mandolin chords but I know it is possible to play a song just strumming, and I find that way so much easier... ...
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How to practise exact timing on the piano?
I have learned a piece (an arrangement I have made myself). When I record it, I notice that the timing is not exact (overall it is exact, I'm recording to a metronome). But when I open the recorded ...
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Music Practice, jamming and chord changes [closed]
I do like jamming along with some music majorly softrocks and POP on youtube which have chords and lyrics with my accoustic guitar. I comfortably jam do okay in Key of G and still struggling a bit in ...
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After learning a piano song, it sounds boring after practicing over and over
When I hear a cool piano song, I buy the sheet music and learn it. But after perfecting it for days, it sounds boring and it gets annoying to play. It gets less interesting, and doesn't sound as good ...
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How to improve my technique while learning Yann Tiersen's "Pern"?
I'm a self learner, unfortunately I did not have any lessons. I try to work on scales, keys, articulation, tempo, etc. myself. And I also try to curve my fingers whenever I can.
I can't read notes ...
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