Klarinet Archive - Posting 000405.txt from 2004/10

From: Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Anticipation
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:24:49 -0400

Tony,

It is common sense. It is not commonly taught (at least in my experience in
the US). Additionally, there is also a very significant school of playing
which believes you should never use the tongue to stop the air for an
attack. Understanding the technique and its origins can only help to
clarify what we know from common sense and perhaps allow us to better
articulate how and why this technique is better. And, honestly, I'm just
curious.

My interests are in bridging the gap between what professional musicians
such as yourself consider "simple" and what the music education world
(specifically, the K-12 US system) is teaching. Much of what we both take
for granted is simply unknown to the world of music education, this being a
very good example. Anyone who has ever worked in the world of education
knows you have to cite sources. Common sense just isn't enough. I'm not
saying this is good or bad, just the way it is.

-Adam

At 02:37 PM 10/15/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>On 15 Oct, Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear List,
> >
> > I am curious if any of you have heard the term "anticipation" used in
> > reference to what Daniel Bonade referred to as the stopped staccato
> > technique (stopping the note with the tongue, moving the fingers prior to
> > playing the next note, and then releasing the tongue for the new note). I
> > have talked with several Bonade students as well as students of students
> > and never heard this term used. I am fairly confident Mr. Bonade did not
> > use this term.
>
>[snip]
>
> > Any thoughts on the origin of this technique would be greatly appreciated.
>
>It's the technique of articulation that recommends itself to anyone who
>thinks carefully about what is involved, surely.
>
>I think of it that way, and explain it that way to my students, despite never
>having been taught it explicitly myself, nor even heard of Daniel Bonade
>until well into my playing maturity.
>
>Let's not create a mystique about something so simple.
>
>Tony
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