In music, extended technique is unconventional, unorthodox, or non-traditional methods of singing or of playing musical instruments employed to obtain unusual sounds or timbres.
What is an extended technique in music?
Wikipedia defines extended techniques as “performance techniques used in music to describe unconventional, unorthodox, or non-traditional techniques of singing, or of playing musical instruments to obtain unusual sounds or instrumental timbres.” While this is a good general definition, what is an “unusual or ...
What is instrument technique?
Instrument Techniques allow Human Playback to take advantage of a given sound library, from basic GM to high-end samples like Garritan or EWQL. They can be actual techniques, such as pizzicato or fluttertongue, but more generally, they can be used however required to make the most of the sound library at hand.