Klarinet Archive - Posting 000119.txt from 2009/09

From: Michael Nichols <mrn.clarinet@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Preparing for auditions
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:21:06 -0400

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Jay Webler <jaywebler@-----.net> wrote:
> When people think of technique they generally think in terms of
> fast fingers. =A0I tell my students that technique is the ability
> to properly and accurately play a musical passage, whether it is
> slow or fast. =A0One cannot execute a passage properly if they
> don't have good breath control or smooth movement of the
> fingers. =A0The end of practicing technical exercises should never
> be the ability to play scales real fast.

I neglected to mention that when I said "fast fingers" and "fast
tongue," by that I did mean fast *and accurate* fingers and tongue.
In my book, if it's not accurate it simply doesn't count! :)

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