Klarinet Archive - Posting 000668.txt from 1997/02

From: "Diane Karius, Ph.D." <dikarius@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: help please!
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 13:42:44 -0500

>Hi everybody! I'm working on the first movement of the Weber Second
> Concerto for soloensemble and am having some trouble consistently
> hitting the really high Bb just before the end. Any suggestions?
>Any other general suggestions on the rest of the piece? If I don't
>hit the Bb, how will it affect my score? Thanks to all!!

When I had trouble with that part, I found that a significant chunk of my
problem was making my fingers go cleanly from the previous note (F) to
the Bb. I cured that part of the problem by taking the trusty old
metronome and just working the F to Bb transition (gradually bringing
that up to speed), then adding the D (so I was playing the D - F - Bb)
and repeating the process. I kept adding the preceding notes as I
became comfortable with it. That technique (aided by a lot of long
tones, I'm sure!) also seemed to help with other mental & physical
hurdles of the Bb.

Diane R. Karius, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
University of Health Sciences
2105 Independence Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64124
email: dikarius@-----.EDU