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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It looks like both hands play the same notes (E and F), how do you play this? [duplicate]
How do you play the E and F with each hand? Do both hands play the same exact key?
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Is this a common harpsichord technique in Bach's WTC 1 C-major Prelude?
In Wanda Landowska's recording of the opening prelude to J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, at the moment of dominant prolongation (shortly after the cued recording begins) she doubles the bass one ...
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How to do pitched screams across the passagio?
Connecting chest and head voice (mixed voice) in clean singing and false chord modulation ("grit/rasp") works rather well for me. Pitched false chord screams work fine both in the chest and ...
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How should I practice the piano piece Fantaisie-Impromptu?
It has always been a childhood dream of mine
to play well the piano piece Fantaisie-Impromptu.
Unfortunately, I was not able to learn the piece with my piano teacher
while I was learning the piano.
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How do I become better at "playing outside"?
One can spend an enormous amount of time playing melodies "in" the tonic. For example if you are in A major, you might favor A major or A lydian. However, there is a term called "...
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How to play forte-piano chord on piano?
In Beethoven's Pathetique, how do you play the fortepiano chords in the third movement (rondo)? I can easily do this on a wind instrument by changing wind speed, but on piano, I have no idea how to ...
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Why can't I whistle and hum different notes at the same time?
I can whistle and hum at the same time, by making the breath from my humming go out through lips formed into a whistling pucker. I've found that no matter how hard I try to do otherwise, whatever note ...
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How can I expand the range of my whistle register?
My current highest whistle note is B6 but I want to expand it to D7 or E7. Any tips on how to do that safely? Thank you!
(p.s., I can't see a vocal coach because I have social anxiety.)
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Can the trombone be played left-handed?
Conventionally a tenor trombone is held in the left hand, with the bell crook over the left shoulder, and the slide is moved with the right hand.
Is there any reason a left-handed player shouldn't ...
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Tips and tricks for turning pages without noise
I'm singing in a choir of 50 singers. We will be recording, and want to eliminate the sound of swishing pages when turning them. (Of course it would be better to memorize the music, but we haven't ...
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Right hand wrist & forearm soreness
I’m new to piano and experiencing soreness in the wrist and forearm of my right hand when I play. I can’t tell whether this is “building new muscles” pain or “doing something wrong” pain.
I’m ...
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Tuba technique using chords in Dixieland
When one has lost their place in a tune, how can one play a non-specific note sound on the tuba to replace an actual note – to keep the rhythm/tempo going until they find where they are?
I have ...
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Overblown octaves on a tenor recorder
I have a brand new Aulos 511 tenor recorder and can achieve perfect overblown octaves without changing my fingering, just adjusting the position of my tongue and directing the stream of air. Why are ...
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Alternative fingering for high B-flat to D, on the oboe
Does anybody know of an alternative way to finger high B-flat to D on the oboe?
In Malcom Arnold's Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet, there is a vivace 16th note section alternating between B-...
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Violin: How to change left hand position without hearing the change?
Let's say you are shifting from 1st position on the G string with 3rd finger C to third position, 3rd finger E.
Are you shifting position:
Before changing bow direction or
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Why is my flute squeaking when moving bottom finger
I just bought a Native American flute and it plays beautifully with one problem. When I remove the finger from the bottom hole, sometimes there is a loud squeaking and the flute goes high pitched. I ...
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How do I stop the sound of a recorder cleanly and without the pitch falling?
When I end a note on recorder the pitch falls. This is great for certain styles of music, but on others it just doesn't get it. I'm looking for a nice clean release. I've tried a sharp blast of air ...
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Piano fingering for fast right hand arpeggio (B-A#-F#-C# in 3 octaves)
What would be the recommended fingering for this descending arpeggio?
(I'm currently using 5-4-2-1 but it's tricky to shift between positions.)
The tempo is somewhere around 1/4 @ 135 bpm.
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How to improve Left Hand Discipline when drumming (right Handedly)
I am right cross handed drummer, this will give you an idea of the drum layout (Hi-Hat on the left). Now I have been trying to swap hands to Left open handed and I have realized an obvious lapse in ...
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Should I retrain myself to be a right handed drummer?
I'm in a slightly strange situation. I have been playing the piano ever since I was a kid, and have in recent years taken an interest in drumming. Not having consistent access to a real drum kit, I ...
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Any tips on making pentatonic climbing more fluid (electric guitar)
I've been practicing pentatonic scales on my electric guitar and sometimes it'll be very fluid and smooth sounding and other times it'll be very choppy and static. Is making the climb-up and climb-...
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What's the name of the "warbling" vocal technique in "The Tale of Jenny and Screech"?
In a song by Ren, called The Tale of Jenny and Screech, there's a musical technique that I've heard a few times over the years, but never known the name of it (if it has one, as I'm sure it does). It'...
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What technique was most likely used when demonstrating how a mariachi group played rapidly?
Sometime when I was around nine years old, my music teacher brought in an audio-visual aid into our classroom and showed us a half-hour film documentary about what made up a mariachi band. I=The ...
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Can anyone please tell me how to play this in "La Campanella"?
I can't play the grace notes. Either it gets out of sync or there is a noticeable delay.
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How can I improve my playing of faster finger runs?
I am just preparing for my grade 8 piano exam. I'm struggling with quick runs in the 3rd movement of Beethoven's Sonate Pathetique. It really doesn't sound right. When I play I can't do it smothly and ...
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How Can I Make a Chuck Berry Inspired Piece? [closed]
I'm thinking about making an unofficial Club Penguin Music Jam song for the Pizza Parlor, and I want to make it inspired by Chuck Berry, the king of Rock and Roll. What can I do to achieve the Chuck ...
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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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What is the name of this bowing technique for strings?
https://www.vsl.co.at/en/Playing_Techniques-Right_Hand/Violin-Ricochet
It is basically playing all 4 strings consecutively creating an "undulation". HOWEVER, not in the staccato slurred ...
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Bending techniques in 16-hole Chromatic harmonicas (like Hohner 64)
Obviously, diatonic harmonica requires bending a note to get a chromatic scale.
Chromatic harmonica (16-hole like Hohner 64) can get a full chromatic scale by pressing or releasing the side button.
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How to play this part clear and coodinated?
I can't play this part clear and coordinated. My left hand and right hand are fighting.
How can I fix this? Is my fingering wrong? Or have I not practiced enough?
Béla Bartók - Suite for Piano, Op. ...
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How to avoid certain notes ringing out when played with distortion
When I play a certain note like the 9th fret on the G string or the 8th fret on the B string (it is more prominent with higher notes) it seems to ring out almost like reverb but I have no reverb on my ...
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Trills, Tremolo and forearm movement on the piano
I still don't understand what the proper way is to playing trills and tremolos, even though I've read a lot about them and watched a lot of videos. Worse it seems like all the people explaining it do ...
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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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Is burying the beater a bad thing?
I've been playing the drums (acoustic set) for almost a year now and I tend to lightly rest my kick foot on the pedal in-between notes.
This means that my beater is on my drumhead in these cases.
Is ...
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Guitar Strumming and the High E string
I'm relatively new to playing guitar and I am currently learning on an acoustic. I am adding strumming to my skillset at the moment (as there's only so far downstrokes can take me), but I'm having a ...
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Playing ghost notes on the drums
I've been playing the drums (acoustic set) for almost a year now and have made good progress. I am learning from online lessons and loving it, but this has got me stuck.
I'm finding it hard getting ...
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Is it ok just to play the Melody instead of the main grand Staff?
As A total novice I'm attempting to play the look of love by Bacharach. I have the music in front of me and I notice a Treble Clef above the Grand Staff.
I quickly Google this and find it is the ...
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What techniques can be used to get a bigger, more resonant orchestral bass drum sound?
In college we had a conductor who really like deep, resonant bass drum sounds (think movie explosions). What are some ways to get more oomph out of a concert bass in a live setting?
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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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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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Granados' Goyescas finger wide chords
I'm learning the "el Fango del Candil" by E. Granados and I am struggling with the following two parts:
Measure 9
Measures 22-23
For the first one: how can I make the three chords so ...
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How to practice trumpet with mouthpiece alone?
I heard that trumpeters in a mariachi band are not allowed to pick up the trumpet until they have mastered playing with just the mouthpiece. How would I go about replicating this technique of ...
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How to pluck fast 16th notes on cello
I play the cello, and in my orchestra group, we are playing The Planets by Holst.
There is a passage with about 20 bars of 16th notes, at about quarter note = 120. They are played pizzicato on the ...
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Violin bowing techniques
Okay, so I was about to use a violin for my next composition but I would have plans on using pizzicato and legato. But is it possible for one to notate pizzicato in some parts and then notate legato ...
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Double stopping pizzicato on the violin
So recently I watched a video on double stopping on the violin, you can watch it here.
In the video when she started to play pizzicato and hit those two notes, she hit them one after another, sort of ...
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Violin pizzicato with other fingers
Usually, chords on the violin played using pizzicato are done using the index finger.
In this recording by Perlman of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, however, he is shown to play the three ...
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How to practice this kind of complex tuplet structures appeared in Scriabin's Poem Op.32 and his Etude Op.42 No.2?
Recently, I have put a lot of efforts in practicing Scriabin's Poem Op.32 No.1 and his Etude Op.42 No.2. But I've found it really hard to master the complex rhythm structures.
In bar 16 of his poem ...
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Correct octave technique
I am an amateur pianist (of about 17 years) and I'm not sure if I ever learned correct octave technique.
I just "finished" Chopin's first ballad and there are several sections which require some ...
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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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Hammer on and pull off barring the same fret
I have the riff shown in the image and I'm not sure if I should be just barring the 8th fret, partial barre, or moving my index finger as I walk across the strings. It seems faster to barre it, but ...
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