Questions tagged [technique]
For questions about ways to use one's instrument or voice precisely to produce a desired musical effect.
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Is the Violin Sonata No. 9 a particularly difficult Beethoven violin part to play? If so, what is it that makes it particularly challenging?
In The Daily Show's April 14, 2022 video CP Time: The History of Black Classical Music comedian (among other titles) Roy Wood Jr. mentions George Bridgetower:
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What's the best technique for C major scale?
I'm currently learning C major scale using acoustic guitar and I can play one note at a time on top of a Song. The challenge is,it doesn't sound like a music. How can I achieve good solo with it?
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Piano fingering for left hand figure
What would be the generally recommended fingering for the following left hand figure?
(5-2-1-3-2-3-1-2 works nicely starting on a white key, but not so much on a black key.)
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Tips on finding a comfortable position to hold a guitar?
I have an ES-339, and play sitting down with a strap, right leg on a footstool (or the bar of the chair/stool I'm on). Even though I use the strap, the guitar's body still slightly moves away from me ...
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Does anyone have any suggestions for some cello pieces to improve my comfort with treble clef/higher positions? [closed]
I've just finished playing "Allegro Appassionato" by Saint-Saëns and the first movement of Cello Concerto No. 1 in E Minor by Brahms. My teacher suggested I start playing Eduoard Lalo's ...
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What does ABRSM mean by Musical Shape and Musical Tone?
The marking criteria for ABRSM Performance exams comprises Pitch, Rhythm, Tone, Shape and Performance.
What is (Musical) Shape?
What is (Musical) Tone?
For context, I'm learning to play piano, ...
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How to make Big beat drum from scratch? [closed]
I'm a beginner producer and I have difficulty with making drum for my records.
Generally, I go to YouTube to learn how to create drum beats, but this time when I came across Big beat, there was no ...
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How do I teach high positions for double bass?
I am self-taught on electric bass and I'm currently working with a double bassist who learned to play in a much more conventional sense than I did. My musical education consists of watching videos of ...
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I don't know how to deal with the trills in Bach's Fugue in D Minor
(Included from comment: the fugue is from well-tempered clavier, vol. 1 BWV 851)
All research I do gives me a different answer. One example said to use the auxiliary note first - more in keeping with ...
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What are some common patterns used when playing the piano/keyboard in a pop/rock band setting?
I've been trying to learn to play the keyboard for a few years now and think it would be cool to eventually get to the point where am able to play as part of a group. The problem is that I really ...
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Jazz guitar: thin tone on strings 1-2
Hi jazz guitar experts -
I'm able to get a nice warm, muted, jazzy tone on strings 3-6, but not 1-2. This persists across different guitars, amps, and tone settings. For example, I've tried
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Are 4 part chorales supposed to be played on piano using 2 voices for each hand?
Sometimes the bass and tenor have a 10th or 12th interval so obviously I cant reach that with one hand on some chords but is the general way to play a chorale on piano using two notes per hand? Most ...
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Singing: Head and Chest Voice, let them come naturally or intentionally?
I am taking Singing lessons, and starting to read about Head Voice and Chest Voice. I was told to sing from the Diaphragm. Does this also mean I should
start singing from the head and chest voice ...
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Recording technique: not letting the crash cymbals ring out
I listened to the following song this morning on the way into work. I heard something I hadn't heard before.
Each of the crash cymbals were very minimal, almost gated, or maybe miked from a distance.
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Fingerings in Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 Nr. 5
According to the sheet music, the G minor chord and the octaves in the beginning of the piece should be split between both hands
And I see most people performing the piece like this as well (for ...
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Artificial harmonic pitch
When playing an artificial harmonic, does it matter where the stopping finger is placed? Leaving tone quality aside, will the same pitch class be produced regardless the stopping location?
I performed ...
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Term for flute-like sound made by increasing volume after picking? [duplicate]
What's the term for the electric guitar technique that results in a smooth sound (like that of a wind instrument) by:
Decreasing the volume (usually to mute; typically with the pinky finger)
Striking ...
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How to play 3 notes at the same time on the violin? (Der Erlkonig)
I'm trying to play Der Erlkonig by Ernst, and in the first lines it seems possible, but you get to the 3rd, 4th, and 5th lines, I lose all hope in being able to play the piece.
To start, a violin has ...
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Glissando, fall, and lip bends on trumpet, what are some good exersices?
I had an artist get recommended to me by another trumpet player, his name is Brandon Ridenour. I just listened to him perform a really clear glissando like the one in Rhapsody in blue. Are there any ...
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Is my voice damaged? Is the last note falsetto, head voice or something else? [closed]
Disclaimer: I feel that the recording I attached is pretty loud, so bear that in mind.
I'm sorry if I'm doing something wrong, but I am really desperate and I created an account here just to ask about ...
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Why do snare players only have one drum?
In marching drum lines, like Blue Devils, it's common that there are some tenor drum players with 4-6 drums, but the snare players only have 1 drum. To me, that seems like a waste. Sure, more drums/...
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Piano parallel chord jump technique?
Trying to learn blues piano, there are lots of times both left and right hands make the same jump, say from I to V.
Besides "keep practicing", are there any helpful tricks to landing in the ...
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Are there different rules for double notes fingering (piano) for legato vs. staccato?
If the double notes are legato, is it a rule not to involve the same finger when playing two double notes in a row? If so, is staccato subject to such rule?
In particular, in the following Bar 45 of ...
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what piano pedal technique is being used here and does it have a conventional name/notation?
characterized by loud kinda unnatural sounding "stab" followed immediately by a softer sustain. my working theory is that it involves playing a chord staccato then pressing the sustain pedal ...
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How long can a pianist maintain a repeated, fast figure in one hand?
I'm working on an atmospheric/minimalist piece for Pierrot ensemble. I have the following figure in the piano part. I know that while the tempo is rather brisk (it's in 6/8 time, dotted quarter note ...
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In flute technique, is it common to use the throat to change octaves?
I am a beginning flute player with a background in harmonica playing. For those unfamiliar, it is possible to play a diatonic harmonica chromatically by adjusting the shape of your mouth and throat. ...
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How to play two voices with a very wide span [duplicate]
From image 1, the left hand of 2nd or 3rd measure has two voices if my understanding is correct. But when I watched the author playing, she played just as in image 2 which has only one voice.
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Trouble double tonguing on trumpet
I am a "come-back" trumpet player. Consider being Intermediate level. Have a Yamaha YTR 3335 Trumpet. I try to warm-up and practice daily for 1 hour.
I have been concentrating on Single and ...
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Weird warbling Pick technique in song. What is it?
I'm a newbie to guitar but I'm trying to learn as many things as I can. I was listening to this song:
Megalovania -RichaadEB
At 2:06 there is a specific note played where he picks and drags the pick ...
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How to highlight top note while playing triads / intervals
I am trying to learn funeral march op 35 by Chopin and the initial motive is played using some intervals in which the top note should be the melody thus should be louder then the other notes you are ...
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What embouchure and mouth configuration is the best for singing soul music?
I only started singing soul music well when I started keeping a large horizontal embouchure and I started pushing the back of my tongue up and the soft palate down, sounding more "nasal". ...
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Slap and strum technique question
I am trying to learn Bella Ciao arranged by Rodrigo Yukio. How do you play when a part requires you play slap and strum at the same time? (See the image below) Do you use:
only the index finger?
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On trombone is there a counterpart of "half valve"?
Players of brass instruments with piston valves can smear a note by depressing the valves slightly, which broadens the "slot" allowing the player to portamento smoothly between two notes.
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How effective is a "glancing blow" technique at preserving crash cymbals?
I've heard it said hundreds of times that hitting a crash cymbal with a "glancing blow", rather than straight on, will extend its life and help prevent it from cracking.
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What is taught in lessons using the CVT method?
I'm interested in doing some vocal lessons with a Complete Vocal Technique (CVT) coach. I've read around the concept and seen a few exercises, even had a taster session but what if one was taking ...
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Gregorian Chant vocal technique
What are the following vocal techniques?
on the word Quantus at 0:17
on the word mi-rum at 0:36
on the word mundus at 1:30
on the word ju-dex at 3:14
on the word Et at 3:59
on the word O-ro at 3:12
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What technique is used for the opening of this Soundgarden song?
The song Loud Love by Soundgarden opens with several single notes on the guitar. They sound almost like bowed notes on a cello.
I'm not sure if maybe Kim Thayil is working the volume knob, or if this ...
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Is shredding on bass possible? [closed]
I am just asking if guitar-style shredding is possible on a 4-string electric bass.
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Guitar - strumming / palm muting -tops of fingers hurt
First off, I'm very new to guitar, and pretty sure my strumming is not working. The thing is, after a few months I never noticed any issues with my right-hand fingers while I strum. Then recently, ...
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How do you play a low Eb on a double bass?
The opera Das Rheingold starts with four of the double basses playing a low E-flat, one half step below the lowest E on a bass with standard tuning. In the sheet music, there is the instruction that ...
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How to indicate flutter technique in a score?
And so the question:
I would like to indicate a certain bar in a trombone score using the flutter technique. How can I label and remove it correctly?
I mean labels like for strings pizz and arco
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How to unlearn incorrect muscle memory
So I've been learning to play piano for a few months now. And there's this one, very easy piece, which I have absolutely no difficulties playing, except for. one. freaking. transition. which I somehow ...
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What's the technique called where a singer forcefully breaks their voice?
I'm sorry that I'm approaching this as a novice so I can't describe it in correct terminology. However; every time I hear this song, from the point heard in the below video ...
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Double thirds, fourths, fifths and sixths piano fingering?
I have absolutely no idea how to finger things like this. I don't really know what sort of guidelines to follow or what books to practice that combine double thirds, fourths and fifths consecutively ...
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How to synchronize fingers/notes in piano chords
I'm getting back into piano (background: trained in classical from age 4 to 14; finished RCM 7) and am having some trouble synchronizing my solid chords, particularly with sharps/flats using my pinky.
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Can you get tennis elbow from practicing repeated notes on the piano? [closed]
Yesterday I noticed a sharp pain in the tip of my left elbow (I am right-handed) along with some swelling and I am trying to narrow down the cause. I spent several hours working on my computer ...
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Best way to practice difficult runs
Runs are very common in music; a typical run is a sequence of quick, short, slurred (not always) notes that either ascend or descend and often involve multiple shifts.
The approaches
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How to approach the collé bowstroke?
This section is from the bottom of the second page of the First Movement of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. A specific bowstroke called collé is to be utilized in this section.
I am not a ...
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How to differentiate interpretively similar sections in Satie's Gnossienne #1
I’m learning Gnossienne #1 by Erik Satie. Earlier the composer instructs ‘Du bout de la pensée’ which I have no problem performing. The problem occurs when I reach the end of the piece with the ...
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The use of finger substitution to execute a slurred fifth
Upon performing the theme from the 2nd movement of the Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 (1st violin) part, I came upon a slur that went from a B flat on the D string with a fourth finger to an F on the A ...
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