Klarinet Archive - Posting 000355.txt from 2003/06

From: "Angelina Lopez-Frank" <shadowcatofdeath@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] The Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:29:35 -0400

>And I certainly learned a lot. In a master class, Ricardo Morales was
>trying to get a student to move his fingers gently in order to avoid the
>pop
>when starting a new note when playing legato. This made me more aware of
>the phenomenon both in my playing and in others. In a later recital from
>someone who was not so careful of this it sounded like he was strolling
>over
>a field of bubble-wrap as he played.
>
Is this the technique in which the player opens the fingers and raises
them and then slowly places them down on the keys, or was it done
differently?

Angelina Lopez-Frank

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