Klarinet Archive - Posting 000451.txt from 2003/10

From: "Lelia Loban" <lelialoban@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] 32nd notes
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:15:29 -0400

Carlinda Boyles wrote,
>...I have a question about 32nd notes. I know how to
>play them, I can state "duh-duh-duh...etc.", but I don't
>know how to explain them to someone. [snip] I know
>how to explain 16th notes..."one-e-and-uh" but have
>no clue for the 32nd notes.

It's easier for me to keep track of where I am in a bar of repeated notes
or repeated patterns if I use a sentence, instead of just syllables. This
nonsense phrase of sixteen syllables is easy to remember and easy to
pronounce:

Lock a sticky toga in a ticky-tacky knicky-knacky.

One repetition is a 4/4 bar of 16th notes. Two repetitions makes a 4/4 bar
of 32nd notes. I invented that one all by myself -- quit booing! --
because it helps me to double tongue with just about the same mouth and
tongue movements, while keeping my place in the bar. I use the
eight-syllable "ticky-tacky knicky-knacky" by itself a lot, too.

Lelia Loban
E-mail: lelialoban@-----.net
Web site (original music scores as audio or print-out):
http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/LeliaLoban

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