Klarinet Archive - Posting 000555.txt from 2000/02

From: "Jay D. Webler" <webler@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Rhythm training, was: daily playing
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 12:42:17 -0500

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Sorry about joining this thread late. I tried to reply while I was in =
Louisiana last week, but there is something wrong with my mailer, and =
the mail kept on coming back to me.

Anyway, as a Clarinetist who also plays percussion I would like to make =
a suggestion. When you are playing with a metronome make every effort =
to AIM for the down beat . This may sound very fundamental but I am =
surprised at how difficult is for many people to actually play with a =
metronome. Especially and older student who has never used one. With =
my students I ask them to pay special attention to which notes they are =
to play when the metronome clicks.

Secondly, I would like to suggest that you purchase a snare drum book, =
such as Alfreds Drum Method, Vol. 1. Go over the rhythms up to Solo #8, =
tapping with your hand, while counting out loud the actual rhythm. =
Counting out loud will help you to internalize the subdivision. It is =
my experience that most instrumentalist guess at what the rhythm should =
be, because they don't take the time to actually analyze the given =
rhythm. Using the above exercise will help you to think in terms of =
subdividing more easily. Two other books I would like to suggest are: =
Reading in 4/4 and Odd Time Reading Text by Louis Bellson and Gil =
Breines. You can apply these rhythms to scales or just tap them out and =
it should aid you greatly in reading rhythms accurately at a greater =
rate of speed.

Thankfully, when sight reading, rhythm is not my problem, it's those =
pesky key changes.

Jay Webler
Jay's Clarinet and Percussion.=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Dodgshun family [SMTP:dodgshun@-----.nz]
Subject: Re: [kl] Rhythm training, was: daily playing

> On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 GrabnerWG@-----.com wrote:
>
> > Try singing them with nonsense syllables. eighths note =3D Hot Dog,
sixteenths
> > @-----.
>
> While I find this appealing, and rather amusing (be certain, I'm gonna =
try
> it in my lesson today!), I think this approach garners the same =
problems
> that spurned the Eastman system of counting - you go nuts when you get
> combined rhythms.
>
>
> 8/16/16 =3D hot-sippi?
> Triplet 8/16/16 =3D hambursippi?
> Dotted 8/16 =3D haaat-sippi???
>
> I can see Dr. Van in winds tomorrow...
> "Okay band, let's make sure we're all getting this right - sing it
> one time...Jason, what on EARTH is THAT supposed to be?"

Oh, but it works so well! I had a jazz band tutor who used to make us =
sing
everything to nonsense or scat syllables - he had his own set which he
taught us - and we had very few problems with rhythm because everyone =
would
learn the rhythms as scat syllables and would mentally say them in our =
heads
as we played. Tightened the band up something chronic! The same guy =
once
told me that he'd never heard a female play baritone sax like I played
it....I think this was a compliment!

Anna

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