Klarinet Archive - Posting 000096.txt from 1998/09

From: Matt Palasik <mattp169@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset Clarinet
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 18:48:56 -0400

try circular breathing :}

Antoine T Clark wrote:
>
> This semester I am playing the Basset horn. One of the pieces that I am
> playing is the Mendelssohn Concertpiece for Bb Clarinet and Basset horn #2.
> I am having a little difficulty with the second movement. It is not a
> problem of technique but rather that of breathing. I can't help but take
> breaths in the inappropriate spots. Does anyone have any recommendations on
> what I should do? I was thinking maybe speeding up the tempo but I do not
> want to kill accuracy for speed, since this part is very technical and I
> have to play a lot of low C's.
>
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> ANTOINE CLARK
> s2atclar@-----.edu
> Virginia Commonwealth
> Univ.
>
>
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