Klarinet Archive - Posting 000329.txt from 1995/07

From: Lou Polcari <polcari@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Memory question
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 01:35:00 -0400

Hi Anne;

Anne said this... I have a question for anyone who's ever had to
memorize music. My
darling teachers have connived to send me to a competiton this year, to which
I have agreed. Only one little thing has me worried. The major repertiore
piece (one movement of a major concerto) must be memorized. Having selected
the first movement to the Mozart Clarinet Concerto (K. 622), I dutifully have
been wracking my brains to memorize it.

It just a head thing Anne. First thing, Don't make it a drag... Say
hey this is kinda fun! Then Go on and start... The Mozart should be rather
easy as the Sonata form recaps...( with only slight variation) The other thing
to remember is that once you get your head out of the music its wonderfully
flowing melodies come to life... as far as the memorization its self...

I always work with a met. and never at the same tempo... I move it up
and down this for me grooves in the time better then creeping the tempo up click
by click. Along that line... don't be afraid of slow practice.

Learn one phrase at a time... try to understand what is happening
harmonically ( I practice from the score...). Go backwards... Start from the
the
last bar of the phrase and add a bar at a time ( or what ever fits the melody).

Listen!!!! Listen to the Concerto every day! Three or four times a day
if you can. Have at least 4 four recordings of concerto. Find out from you
teacher who he/she wants you to listen.

Work with the Er-text edition of the Mozart... and Read everything you
can get your hands on about Stadler (old Redface) and Mozart. Can you imagine
what it was like to play the concerto on Stadler's axe...! Wow...

Have fun... The older I get the harder the Mozart concerto gets... go
figure.

Lou Polcari

   
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