He mastered a technique he called chucking, a popping of the harmonica that sounded like a rim shot on a snare.
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.
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.
Although it can sometimes feel great to exchange the rapids of the panic zone for the slower waters of mastering a particular scientific technique, the opportunity to shuttle between challenge and mastery keeps a job interesting.
This requires an increased openness and visibility where it is accepted that faculty regularly observe teaching in the classroom in the same manner used when mastering a new research technique.
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".
China's ambitions to lead the world in nuclear power were boosted today by reports that its scientists had mastered a key technique in the reprocessing of spent uranium.
