instrumental technique
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinstrumentalandtechnique
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instrumental
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.təl/us/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.t̬əl/
formal
If someone or something is instrumental in a process, plan, or system, that person or thing is one of the most important influences in causing it ...
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technique
noun[C or U]
uk/tekˈniːk/us/tekˈniːk/
a way of doing an activity that ...
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A wide range of instruments is deployed and, throughout, the frontiers ofinstrumentaltechniqueare explored.
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Forinstrumentaltechniqueyou need many years, because it's a mechanical process.
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The principal aim was to explore ways in which the conscious development ofinstrumentaltechniquemight form an integral part of the learning and memorisation process.
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The player always has the sense of reaching in and sculpting aspects of the output sound, even as the hands sculpt theinstrumentaltechnique. 10.
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Primarily aninstrumentaltechnique, the sawaal-javaab occurs between two artists.
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Music that is written for performance generally does not focus oninstrumentaltechnique.
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At his death he was a beloved and universally respected and admired artist and pedagogue whose conservative and highly disciplined approach toinstrumentaltechniqueinfluenced generations of clarinetists.
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When extended instrumental techniques are combined with electroacoustic processing, source-bonding is again challenged.
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Altenburg's work is associated with contemporaryinstrumentaltechnique.
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Much of the humor derives from the basic contradictions between the formality and highly developed vocal andinstrumentaltechniqueof classical musicians and the sheer silliness of their show.
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She started recording in 1986 and by 1990 her unique vocal andinstrumentaltechniquegained her international recognition.
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He had no formal instruction as a clarinettist, but discovered music and worked out aninstrumentaltechniquefor himself.
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No educational works specifically devoted to the cello existed before the 18th century, and those that do exist contain little value to the performer beyond simple accounts ofinstrumentaltechnique.
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He established a new school ofinstrumentaltechnique, incorporating a fresh approach to seating and playing the guitar, based on anatomical principles.
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Some of these works are based on instrumental techniques, and constitute a valuable source for future comparisons, in spite of the use of different terminologies.
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These debates are not mere footnotes to the engineering choice of architectures, but in some cases may invalidate whole approaches-except as purely instrumental techniques.
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Considering the complexities of established instrumental techniques and natural inter-performer communication may have benefits to reducing the learning curves for enhanced instruments in this context.
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Although it uses a wide variety of instrumental techniques entirely seriously, there is also a definite sense of f un beneath the surface.
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While performers have evolved characteristic instrumental techniques, we can recognise a continual process of refinement and extension of the sound.
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