Klarinet Archive - Posting 000120.txt from 2009/09

From: "Jay Webler" <jaywebler@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Preparing for auditions
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:57:25 -0400

< mrn.clarinet@-----.com> wrote:
> In my book, if it's not accurate it simply doesn't count! :)

Absolutely! Trying to get this concept into Students is quite a
challenge. It takes me a long time when I get a new student to
convince them that I do not want to hear fast and sloppy. Slow
and accurate is much better when preparing a piece. The speed
will come much quicker when accuracy is achieved.

I also agree with your earlier assessment of the need to listen
apart from the instrument. I wrote what I did because, over the
years, I have had to deal with a great deal of technophobia.

Thanks,

Jay

Jay Webler
Jay's Clarinet and Percussion
678-315-3782
www.jaywebler.com
jaywebler@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Nichols [mailto:mrn.clarinet@-----.com]=20
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:21 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Preparing for auditions

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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