Klarinet Archive - Posting 000430.txt from 2000/02

From: "Rien Stein" <rstein@-----.nl>
Subj: [kl] Rhythm training, was: daily playing
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 19:57:46 -0500

At Wed, 09 Feb 2000 11:26:11 GMT Tony Pay commented finger movements when
playing.

Tony, I must thank you. You have made explicit to me, what I have been
trying to teach my students, but never could say so well. I printed your
remarks, I am quite sure I will re-read them often. One point in your
comment I missed however, IMHO the most important thing of playing clarinet,
or, as to me, any instrument: relaxation. Sometimes, especially in difficult
passages, I notice, that my students not only are lifting their fingers
unduly high (but see your notes), but also stretch them out as far as
possible. And then afterwards press them down as if they had to go through
the instrument with their fingers.

As to the remarks by Walter Grabner, Wed, 9 Feb 2000 12:11:52 EST I must say
his technique is the same David Pino in his book promotes, and is what I
think we all know. What I often tell my students, is, when they encounter a
particularly awkward passage, to play it from the back: first the last two
notes, then the last three notes, and so on, always starting at a low speed,
but accelerating, till it can be played at a tempo that is experienced as
the correct one. It helped me master almost everything that is up to my (for
you pro players of course low) level, but sometimes I had, and will have, to
find different ways. It requires some creativity, and that is why, I think,
what makes playing more interesting, than listening.

My two cents

Rien (note the correct spelling)

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