technique

IPA: tɛknˈik

(uncountable) The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
(uncountable) Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill.
(countable) A method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge.

Examples of "technique" in Sentences

The disadvantage of this technique is the number of variables.
This technique is about solving back pain caused by poor posture.
The second part of the technique is a strike to the brachial plexus origin.
Further reading should then make clear that the basis of this technique is as described above.
The photos above show printed-out pages, but this technique is also useful for attaching blank pages for handwritten notes.
So why this distrust of virtuosity, this assumption that somehow, if your technique is astonishingly good, your emotional connection with the music must necessarily suffer?