Music Preformance

Music performance techniques, methods, and tips for playing your music with an audience.

Music emotion has been my subject of interest lately and has made me reflect on over the past years of how the musician adds emotion to the music. As expressed before this reflection has been coming form my reading of "The Music Lesson" by Victor Wooten. The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through [...]

The mysterious idea of music emotion comes up from time to time when musicians and teachers talk about playing music for an audience. his is intriguing, when I was learning to express my music during my classical study time we were talked a lot about the feel of the music and interpretation of the melody or artist’s intent.

The study of music theory allows you to put emotion into your playing. What a bold statement! Let me explain.

Preparing for a Singing Contest? You’re probably thinking, what do I need to do to be totally ready to compete and win? First, you want to ask yourself: What type of contest is it? Are you going to be judged on your popularity or on the quality of your singing? If it’s a popularity contest, bring lots of friends.

Studied music theory and initial practice, I’m going to look at bringing a song up to a polished condition and performance worthy.

Approaching the Piano or keyboard. Some teach that the high wrist and holding your hands up is the way to start however, others believe that a relaxed light resting of the hands at the keyboard is the way to go. Here’s a couple of ideas to help you explore your approach.

The approach and attack one applies to the striking the keys on the piano can make all the difference in the world to the sound that is produced.

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