Musical technique

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Musical technique refers to the ability of instrumental and vocal
musicians to exert optimal control of the their instrument or vocal chords in
order to produce the precise musical effects they desire. Improving one's
technique generally entails practicing exercises that improve one's muscular
sensitivity and agility. Technique is independent of musicality, so a performers
have been criticized for having is often considered evidence of superior
technique.

To improve their technique, musicians often practice fundamental patterns of
notes such as the natural, minor,
major, and chromatic scales, minor and major triads, dominant and diminished sevenths,
formula patterns and arpeggios. For example, triads and sevenths teach how to play
chords with accuracy and speed. Scales teach how to move
quickly and gracefully from one note to another (usually by step). Arpeggios
teach how to play broken chords over larger
intervals. Many of these components of music are found in difficult
compositions, for example, a large tuple chromatic scale is a very common
element to classical and romantic era compositions
as part of the end of a phrase.

Etudes, or exercises, such as the piano etudes Op. 10 and Op. 25 by Chopin,
are also frequently used for the improvement of technique.

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