Musical technique

Musical technique is the ability of instrumental and vocal musicians to exert optimal control of their instruments or vocal cords in order to produce the precise musical effects they desire.

Techniques such as intonation or timbre, articulation, and musical phrasing are nearly universal to all instruments.

For example, musical intervals, and fundamental patterns and of notes such as the natural, minor, major, and chromatic scales, minor and major triads, dominant and diminished sevenths, formula patterns and arpeggios.

Heinrich Schenker argued that musical technique's "most striking and distinctive characteristic" is repetition.

Rostropovich responded with the following (partial quote, see video link below for full answer to question):"...if you know which kind of sound you must produce for this composition, your muscles automatically play what is needed for that.

"[2]Alexander Markov is quoted as saying:"See I always felt about the music and the technical aspect of it, to me it's very much together, because I know some musicians, some violinists they isolate the technical aspect from playing violin and the music itself, but to me they work hand in hand so much.