Sentence examples for master a technique from inspiring English sources

Most punk bands get less fierce, less demanding, as they learn to play better; they substitute technique for bravado, because they're so pleased to discover they can master a technique.

Habitual liars master a technique.

He mastered a technique he called chucking, a popping of the harmonica that sounded like a rim shot on a snare.

The brilliant organist Benjamin Sheen had mastered a technique called for here, in which restless, leaping themes in thick cluster chords are played by two padded blocks with handle grips.

By then he had mastered a technique of his own making, often soloing in octaves like Django Reinhardt as well as playing Charlie Christian-like bebop lines, and using his thumb instead of a pick (to avoid complaints from his neighbours), which gave his sound a unique mellowness.

Mastering a technique allows a fluent form of expression, with less and less need of subsequent refinement as one grows into the task.

Alex Bellos looks at the work of computer scientist Craig Kaplan, master of a technique called 'parquet deformation'.

He took classes there, with the monks who studied under Abbot Ajaan Saali, the famous master of a technique called Vipassana.

The instrument can be played either as an accompaniment to music or all by itself, & it is possible to master a rudimentary technique after 5 minutes' practice.

It takes time for surgeons to master a new technique, for regulation to catch up, and for patients to learn their options.

They need to master a special technique to hold their partner at arm's length, explains Royal Ballet principal Edward Watson, "because if you get up too close, you squash the woman's skirt".