Core magic trick categories and sleight of hand terminology for beginner amateur magicians.
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- What is sleight of hand?
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Skilled hand movements used to manipulate objects and create illusion- What does 'palming' mean in magic?
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Hiding an object in your hand while appearing to have handed it away- What is a 'force' in magic?
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Making a spectator select a specific item while believing they have free choice- What is misdirection?
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Directing audience attention away from where the actual magic is happening- What is a 'card force'?
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Making a spectator select a specific card from a deck- What does 'false shuffle' mean?
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Shuffling a deck while keeping cards in their original positions- What is a 'peek'?
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Secretly viewing a card that a spectator has selected- What is 'culling'?
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Controlling the position of specific cards in the deck during shuffling- What is a 'false cut'?
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Cutting a deck in a way that returns it to its original order- What is 'dealing seconds'?
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Dealing the second card from the top instead of the top card- What is a 'double lift'?
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Flipping two cards as if they were one- What is a 'control' in card magic?
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Moving a selected card to a desired position in the deck- What is 'palming a coin'?
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Hiding a coin in your hand using finger position and hand technique- What is a 'coin vanish'?
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Making a coin disappear from sight using sleight of hand- What is 'production'?
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Making objects appear as if from nowhere
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