Klarinet Archive - Posting 000396.txt from 2000/02

From: Nicholas Yip <nyip@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] daily playing
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 11:04:42 -0500

By the way I hope that it was a little bit clearer. (^_^)

At 01:55 AM 2/8/00 GMT, you wrote:
>On Sat, 05 Feb 2000 17:35:48 GMT, I said:
>
>> On Sat, 5 Feb 2000 09:24:36 -0800 (PST), leupold_1@-----.com said:
>>
>> > --- 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?
>>
>> [snip of wise advice]
>>
>> > Best of luck, and don't hesitate to ask more questions!
>>
>> Can I just ask a question of Nicholas?
>>
>> Will you give us some examples of what you mean by, "not playing even"?
>>
>> Tony
>
>And Shouryu Nohe later wrote in a similar vein (a little edited):
>
>> I'm afraid I would need more clarification on your problem here -
>> 'playing uneven' or 'inconsistently' can be interpreted a million
>> different ways:
>>
>> Various notes pop out - your volume and voicing is uneven.
>>
>> Your playing in particular registers suffers compared to other
>> registers - your playing range is uneven (I suffer from this).
>>
>> Your rhythmic timing is inconsistent.
>>
>> Your tone quality or articulation is inconsistent.
>>
>> If you could please be a little more specific, it would be easier to
>> address the issue, and offer possible remedies.
>
>But you then wrote, in part:
>
>> I have tried taking the whole 10 bars...
>
>Of what?
>
>> ...and slowing it down with the metronome, but that failed to work.
>
>*How* did it 'fail to work'? How did you know it failed to work?
>
>> All I ended up doing was kicking and screaming at myself for days.
>
>What do you mean by this? (Surely you don't mean us to take it
>literally?)
>
>> However, I then began to swallow the phrase in slowly bar by bar. I
>> started at a slower tempo, and increased everytime I was comfortable.
>
>Comfortable in what way?
>
>> This only helped a little.
>
>How did it help a little?
>
>> What I fear the most, and this has happened, is that the next day I
>> will have to start from the beginning again, because I will forget it
>> all, or I am not focused enough.
>
>What do you mean by "not focused enough"? How do you know when you're
>focused enough?
>
>> I am the type of person, that wants to meet the expectations NOW, not
>> later.
>
>Join the club. But wanting that just doesn't work.
>
>> (Amazing since I am a music teacher!(^_^))
>
>You're in the wrong job, then, unless you get yourself sorted out.
>
>If you're actually interested in getting yourself sorted out, I'd like
>you to be even more specific -- for example, tell us about a particular
>few bars in a particular piece -- or better, just *one bar* in a
>particular piece, with details of exactly what happens.
>
>Well?
>
>Tony
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