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As a non-musician, could you explain why?

• jjulius 6y ago
  How you place your hands, bend your wrists, stretch your fingers and generally hold your instrument can greatly impact how you play it. Depending on the instrument, a simple bend of a wrist can lead you to consistently play out of tune, or make it hard for you to hit a specific note. Even just touching strings in different ways can produce wildly different results; think playing a harmonic note on a bass guitar, which is how you get such a low-sounding instrument to play a high-pitched note. How you blow air through your horn can greatly change the timbre and mood of your music. There are a lot more examples, and they are all difficult to correct if you aren't able to see what the musican is doing.
  • spoonjim 6y ago
    The exception here is at the MasterClass level. Fuck the world for autocorrecting that to camelcase.
  • Bud 6y ago
    It's similarly essential for teaching voice.
• Igelau 6y ago
  Physical matters of technique. Depending on the instrument or lack thereof: grip, placement of fingers, posture, breathing, lip embouchure, and more. Heck, you could even have it put together wrong or be holding it upside down. A remote teacher cannot easily convey this things in a timely manner without seeing the student.