Klarinet Archive - Posting 000135.txt from 2006/05

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] re: fingers out of control
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 11:36:33 -0400

The remarks below by Ann Satterfield, are intelligent,
thoughtful, well and clearly expressed, and indicitive of a very
imaginative mind. I salute you Ann.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

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From: Ann Satterfield [mailto:annhsatt@-----.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 8:18 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] re: fingers out of control

Gillian,

Premiere Rhapsody is such wonderful music!! Debussy calls for
flowing lines, abrupt changes of mood, reflective thoughts, darts
of action-- light on water, goldfish in a pond. Or in a word,
rhapsodic...

In addition to the excellent advice already posted, I would like
to add a couple of ideas.

Can you sing the intervals accurately? (Slow motion is OK.) I
find a lot of my 'technical' problems are not-hearing-clearly
problems.

Then the physical solution is calm, slow, accurate, *varied*
practice. Make many different rhythms and groupings. Set
metronome at tempo speed, but do most of practice at quarter and
half speed variations.
Variations of triple meter or triplets are especially good, seems
to be both reassuring & accurate. (can turn 1 e & a (4 16ths)
into 1& 2 3, 1 2& 3, 1 2 3& or 1-trip-let 2, and 1 2-trip-let.)

There are probably just a few intervals that are out of sync,
give those most attention.

Play especially tricky portions passage backwards and forwards.

With this kind of attitude and practice, the first time you play
the passage is more likely to be right, and a missed note or two
will not ruin the passage for listener.

Good lines motion Thursday...
(There isn't time to do a lot of single increment metronome
practice, but that may be fortunate for you, I find when I do
that I tend to get both tense and bored, a terrible combination).

Ann Satterfield
MM student, clarinet and saxophone
U of South Florida

>Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 22:07:41 +0100
>Subject: fingers out of control !
>
>Hi!
>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. [snip]

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