Klarinet Archive - Posting 001463.txt from 1997/10

From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Long Tones Question
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:44:55 -0500

The most basic form of long tones is simply to play a note and hold it as
long as you can. While you do this, listen to yourself and try to make that
single note sound as beautiful as you can at this point in your
development. In any one practice session, do this with several notes. In
another practice session, do this with a different group of notes.

As you advance, you can do more with the note. One exercise is to hold the
note and crescendo and decrescendo. Another exercise is to do a slow whole
note scale. When you do this, you want to make the scale smooth, beautiful,
and even with good intonation throughout.

Long tones make a good warm up for a practice session. Of course you need
to keep your practice sessions balanced as there are many things that a
person needs to work on.

Laine wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have been reading the posts of discussions on long tones. Being a
> recovering clarinetist and without a teacher, could someone explain what
> this long tones playing is?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Laine

   
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