Klarinet Archive - Posting 000263.txt from 1997/08

From: Nicholas Yip <nyip@-----.edu>
Subj: synchronized practicing
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 19:16:56 -0400

I was just browsing along in may latest edition of the Clarinet and
Saxophone magazine, when I came up upon this article, by Paul Harvey, about
practicing. If you had a twin that plays the same instrument how could you
practice? In this case the twins play the clarinet.There were three ways
that struck me the most.

1) One of the twins could play the solo part, while the other could play a
transcribed version of the piano part or a second clarinet part. By doing
this they could learn each others parts.

2) Both can play parallel twelfths while working on their little finger and
learning the rhythm.

3) Playing the second clarinet or piano part on a completely different
instrument while playing the solo part on the clarinet.

I do not understand the third way. Why not play the second clarinet part
with a clarinet? If it were a piano part and could not play the piano well,
I could not understand. However, this technique seems to work. I guess
having twins is an advantage.

Nicholas Yip
nyip@-----.edu
Kresege