Klarinet Archive - Posting 000039.txt from 2004/02

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] Rhythmic Help Needed
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 02:23:16 -0500

It may be (?) that your difficulty is related more to "multi-tasking"
than to the basic concept of "counting". That is, too many things may
be going on at once.

Have you tried to focus on the counting problem alone --- by just
clapping the rhythm with your hands or by tapping a finger? No need to
have the clarinet in your hands.

Or perhaps play a long tone --- constant pitch, no fingering, no need to
use part of your mind for judging intonation --- and then tongue the
rhythm at constant pitch?

Are you using a metronome, such that you _hear_ (rather than imagine)
where the note divisions should be?

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