Klarinet Archive - Posting 000480.txt from 2000/02

From: klar-ANN-ette H Satterfield <klarann@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rhythm training, was: daily playing
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 20:40:59 -0500

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000 01:57:46 +0100 "Rien Stein" <rstein@-----.nl>
writes:
>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.

I strongly agree, IF you change the term 'relaxation' to flexible motion

>
>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.
I also like working from the end to beginning.

> 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.

One of the best things i find when i get to a clarinet coach is the
varied ways to solve complications.

>My two cents
>
>Rien (note the correct spelling)

add my two cents too(grin) are we up to 4?

annhall

~Ann H Satterfield~
Principal Clarinet
Imperial Sym.Orch.
Lakeland, Florida

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