Klarinet Archive - Posting 000822.txt from 2002/06

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] finger dexterity
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 15:36:07 -0400

on 6/23/2002 6:05 PM, Gillian Craven wrote:

>I am a second year performance student currently trying to develop my
>technical ability as much as possible over the summer period and was
>wondering if anyone has any advice for working on finger dexterity.
>I practise scales and studies and finger exerices daily as much as i can but
>was wondering if anyone on the list could recommend particular studies or
>techniques to help me build on this.
>My teacher has obviously recommended certain things but I was just wondering
>what other people have done to work on this.

Aside from the clarinetist's "Technical Bible" (Baermann 3) there is
Hamelin "Gammes et Exercises" (Leduc) and Howard Klug's book, "The
Clarinet Doctor", which has a lot of varied technical exercises.

I think it's important to not overdo the purely technical in practicing.
In my experience, the effect of this sort of practice (if done carefully)
is cumulative. So an hour a day is better than 7 hours one day a week.
This also alleviates the burnout factor - sort of like not eating only
spinach for a month to cure a Vitamin A shortage!

David

David Niethamer
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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