Klarinet Archive - Posting 000678.txt from 1999/03

From: DHmorgan@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Fingers eveness! How??
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 21:20:58 -0500

In a message dated 3/11/99 1:53:10 PM Pacific Standard Time,
cbutcher@-----.edu writes:

<< Soo Khoon Goh wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I have been really frustrated lately with my practices because my
> fingers seemed to have a mind of their own. I know it is all my fault, but
> I was wondering if there are any exercises I could practice to get
> my fingers to be even on scales in running passages? Another thing is, I
>>

Slow practice. Anything you can do slowly and evenly you can eventually do
slightly faster evenly. Anything you can do slightly faster from one week or
month or year to the next will eventually reach whatever your personal top
speed is. For some reason the brain needs to learn evenness first, then
speed, never the other way around. At least that's what I learned from
fifteen years of playing the piano.

Don

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe from Klarinet, e-mail: klarinet-unsubscribe@-----.org
Subscribe to the Digest: klarinet-digest-subscribe@-----.org
Additional commands: klarinet-help@-----.org
Other problems: klarinet-owner@-----.org