The Importance Of Technical Exercises

introduction

The main aim of this research is to examine aspects of technical exercises and study pieces and how this is an extremely valuable method of practice .When studying a music syllabus a student will have to acquire the skills in order to successfully complete the given material and meet the examination requirements. This paper explores and researches how the method of practising technical exercises and study suites can help a student in covering all key aspects, fundamentals a music student requires and the importance of this as an outcome in music grading syllabuses. The material taught gradually increases in difficulty teaching the main fundamentals of playing music and much of the subject’s material utilises this method. The technical exercises and study pieces have been designed to improve the candidate’s musical knowledge. The gradation of the syllabuses introduce different key signatures, time signatures, intervals, there combinations to produce scales, chords, performance directions and articulations used in music notation. This approach to study provides all the practical knowledge to any desired musical choice. Certain patterns of thought and methods of approaching subject matter are important to be adopted by the student through the teacher or another source. Still there is many people that do not rely on taking music lessons and decide to teach themselves using the knowledge contained in books, magazines or pre-recorded online tutorials.

Literature review

Sources of the literature used for the completion of this document have been extracted from previous grading syllabuses. The examinations contain tests involving technical exercises and study pieces; these are also an outcome to be completed in the examinat...

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...t seems with this method of practice. Preparatory practice studies have been??? skilful attributes required of a good practitioner could be the clarity of tone production, interpretation of articulations and the use of convincing dynamic levels. Compositions explore the realms of much formula utilizing technique thus creating variations of all musical aspects. Much of this exercise can also work in cohesion for a student learning more than one instrument. A guitarist and a violinist could relate the up and down motions required in the bow to a pick. We could say that the use of 'up and down' motion is important for obtaining a fast motion with fluent passages.

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