Klarinet Archive - Posting 000954.txt from 2000/05

From: klar-Ann-ette H Satterfield <klarann@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tone and its perception
Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 15:15:45 -0400

The irony is too good to not pass on.
My voice lesson the next day leaned almost exclusively on this aspect.

My teacher, Eugenia asked, "are you thinking about make a good sound
here?"

The newness of having volume, range, flexible color can seduce me to
stopping at this level. It is fun to make a good sound.

But when i keep my focus on the words and meaning, anticipating
(auralizing) the next
sound, have no feeling of physical effort and gut level satisfaction, I
am secure even before the reaction of the teacher or other listeners. I
feel like the music has come to life and carries me.

Now, all(!) i want to do is continue apply this for myself and students.

annhall
~~Ann Satterfield~~~
clarinetist and teacher
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The most effective bluff is to not be bluffing.

On Thu, 18 May 2000 19:44:27 -0400 klar-Ann-ette H Satterfield
<klarann@-----.com> writes:
> Claudia,
>
> The other replies have given suggestions that can help. I will add
> a
> couple more comments of a similar level.
>
>
> But paradoxically, we never know how we sound.... for all the
> reasons
> that you state.
> So, what does work?
>
> I consistently have best results when i am too busy with useful
> focus to
> 'listen to how i sound.' The order and focus on each of the 3
> levels.
>
> --Mental: pitch, rhythmic pulse.
> --Physical: awareness of the sensations/actions that are part of
> the air
> and energy ready to respond to the direction of the ...
> --Artistic/Imaginative: focus colors, emotions, shapes, gestures,
> costume, story line.
>
>
>
> For more lucid and detailed writing on ways to focus the mind and
> free
> the body to respond, see:
>
> Tony Pay's articles on subjects of Breathing and Diaphram (kl
> archives)
> give sense and philosophy that could be applied to timbre.
> and books THE INNER GAME OF MUSIC/Green, THE ART OF PRACTICING
> Bruser,
> STAGE FRIGHT, IT'S CAUSES AND CURES, and A NEW APPROACH TO VIOLIN
> PLAYING
> by Kato' Havas.
>
> Find a teacher, if only a couple of lessons, who has this kind of
> philosophy and understanding because for the most part these things
> are
> clearer demonstrated than discussed.
>
>
> As a sample of asking for information or description rather than
> judgement of knowledgeable audience, I ask about *balance*.
> The tonal information is often answered as well, and in a useful
> context.
>
>
> annhall
> ~~Ann Satterfield~~~
> clarinetist and teacher
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
>
>
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