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Author: krawfish3x
Date: 2003-04-26 17:05
As of right now, im an amatuer player and i want to know what exercises should i learn and do?
I know all my major and minor scales and arpeggios(memorized) and do longtones and play some etudes. Does anyone think there is anything else i should do?
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-04-26 17:24
Get a copy of Baermann III. Put it on your music stand and never remove it.
Make a habit of playing in it every day, forever.
After 6 months, you will see why...GBK
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Author: krawfish3x
Date: 2003-04-26 17:29
i have the Baerman Studies III but my private teacher advised me to learn the Klose scales before learning the Baerman. I should be on my way learning them within a month though, but is there anything else i should work on?
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Author: William
Date: 2003-04-26 18:36
I would recomend the whole tone studies of Jean-Jean. However, the Baerman is "basic." Russ Dagon--Principal Clarinet, Milwaukee Sympony Orchestra (retired) and current Northwestern Professor--once said that if things didn't go right in the symphony on any particular night, he would go home and play through the Baerman III and after doing that, "everything was better."
(how many of us go home and practice all night after a rehearsal or concert???)
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2003-04-26 21:23
Personally I think any player can advance with careful practice of the Kroepsch studies(Carl Fischer NY) and all books are excellent.
These are fine legato studies which can develop good legato and fine embouchure habits.
I never practice after orchestral concerts...a beer maybe, practice never!
David Dow
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Author: David
Date: 2003-04-26 21:39
Alfred Uhl's stuff (Schott) is quite good, but I can't say I'd ever be tempted to actually learn studies.
David
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Author: allencole
Date: 2003-04-27 15:38
Your major scales-in-thirds would be a very good next step. They provide an excellent approximation of just meandering through a given key, and they tend to expose all sorts of problems with fingerings that work just fine on scales and arpeggios. I love using them to expose the lack of versatility in some of the 'fork' and 'sliver' fingerings that we've been discussing in another thread.
They will also work your pinkies to death, particularly in 4 or more sharps or flats. For a real thrill ride, try doing them bareback without a book. Just start your pinkie alternation sequences with right-hand C#/Db (or C/B#) when going up, and with left-hand C#/Db or (C/B#) when going down.
Another thing that might enhance your skill and enjoyment would be to play simple songs by ear in various keys. It's a great way to get intimate with your scales and use them as real tools. Songs like Joy to the World, The First Noel, and My County Tis of Thee have good linear sequences of notes with minimal jumps. The song "Do-Re-Mi" breeds very good scale familiarity and also introduces some accidentals to stretch your ears a bit.
(Hint...all of these songs start and end on the root note of the major scale, except for The First Noel which starts and ends on the third note.)
Playing by ear is an eye-opening experience, and a skill that opens up a whole world of learning and performing opportunities. If you delve into it, let us know how it turns out.
Allen Cole
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Author: ctt489
Date: 2003-04-27 22:27
Meditate and Pray.
Oh and all the listed collections above to.
Never play with your abdomen sucked in - push out the air and relax!
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Author: PJ
Date: 2003-04-27 23:22
Anyone ever work out of Eugene Gay's "METHODE Progressive et Complete"? I never hear of it mentioned by anyone here, but I believe Mazzeo used it, didn't he (first person that comes to mind)? I still go back to it from time to time.
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