Klarinet Archive - Posting 000265.txt from 2000/02

From: Anne Bell <bell@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] daily playing
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 07:54:22 -0500

Nicholas,
You've doubtless gotten some quite good advice already. Have you tried
playing the passage intentionally _unevenly_? Someone a few years ago gave
a good explaination of this but I'll give a synapsis. You take a passage
of 16th notes (since I'm assuming that it is long passages of notes of the
same duration that are bothering your) and play as if they were dotted 16th
& 32nd. Then reverse the dot and play 32nd & dotted 16th. You can also
play them like 8th note triplets w/ 2/3 & 1/3 then 1/3, 2/3. I think this
helps because it gives you a resting place and then allows you to get the
connections between every other note down and then work on the other set.
It also lets you practice the music without stressing out over being
exactly even. Once you have this under control try playing evenly and see
what happens. I was introduced to this by a piano teacher but have heard
list members mention it as well.
Good Luck,
Anne

At 09:24 AM 2/5/00 -0800, you wrote:
>--- Nicholas Yip <nyip@-----.edu> wrote:
>
>> I assume most of us have problems playing the clarinet. However probably
>> not as severe as mine. My problem here is that I have a difficulty playing
>> even. Now, everytime I practice everyday and I practice slow, however there
>> is always an inconsistency. I would play even sometimes. This has been my
>> problem for several years, and is very frustrating to my teacher and some
>> performers too. I watch and listen to other people play perfectly, and it
>> is more frustrating to me. Please that there is something wrong with me, or
>> is there really a perfect clarinetist?

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