Klarinet Archive - Posting 000124.txt from 2006/05

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Claudia=20Zornow?=" <claudia@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] fingers out of control !
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 12:43:53 -0400

Gillian Craven wrote:

> I am doing a recital/exam on thursday and have a huge problem with the
> Debussy premiere rhapsodie. Every time I get to to the semiquaver runs my
> fingers lose control, I rush and it all gets very messy. I practise them for
> hours with metronome slowly, then faster but still mess it up when I put the
> piece altogether.
> Just wondering if anyone has any other advice apart from doing them slowly
> with a metronome. This is obviously very worrying!

Peter Hadcock recommends a good practice technique in his book "The Working
Clarinetist," called "five and one." You practice the passage at a metronome
setting so slow that you can easily play it correctly. Do this five times. Then
move the metronome setting up three clicks (e.g. 12 b.p.m.) and play the
passage once. Move the setting back two clicks (e.g. 8 b.p.m.) and play
the passage five times. Keep going three clicks forward for one iteration
and two clicks back for five iterations.

Was it Mitchell Lurie who said "It's never too late to practice slowly"?

Claudia

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