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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2007-11-14 01:58
Stay focused absolutely on what you are doing - don't think ahead, nor look behind as that will cause even more mistakes.
Missed notes are already on their way to the Moon, you can't bring them back by reflecting on them during your audition.
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2007-11-14 02:21
You must take advantage of the things you can control: all major scales and chromatic.
You have no idea what the sight readings will be like (and in this district the sight readings were more difficult than the state sight readings last year)...but you can also develop your sight reading skills.
I am also in complete agreement with David as to staying focused. I would expand his advice to include ignoring every other clarinetist that you can in the general warmup room. Concentrate on what you can do!
Two last thoughts:
Slow perfect is better than fast badly.
It is more important to play a wrong note at the RIGHT time than it is to play the right note at the WRONG time. (Rhythm rhythm rhythm...)
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: davidsampson
Date: 2007-11-14 02:45
Scales are important, yes. Memorize them, be able to do them in your sleep, but don't overwork them. In my state, scales are a pass fail grade: you either played your Bb scale, or you didn't. There is no point in spending more time than is needed to simply memorize them perfectly.
If you have prepared pieces or selections, then these are what you need to work on most. Scales have no subjectivity, but there is a large amount of interpretive grading that goes into prepared pieces. You can impress the judges a lot by playing them well, and they are something you can put a lot of effort into. Stress these as much as possible.
If the sight reading is something that you absolutely can not play, here's a little story/advice for you:
A few years back, at the district tryouts, the horn sight reading for high school and junior high was accidentally switched up. The people trying out for Jr. High had to play the Sr. High sight reading, and vice versa. It was insanely difficult. One very bright horn player had an idea. Throughout the entire piece, he played a concert F. The same note, the whole time. He followed the rhythms perfectly, did the accents, dynamics, and articulations very well. The judges gave him a 30/45 for sight reading, because he had covered the sections of the grading sheet for rhythms and musicality. It was a bit of a risk, but it worked. You may want to remember that.
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Author: samohan245
Date: 2007-11-14 21:29
scales no problem only need work with the... haha wow
i was just looking at the scales we have to do im not worried at all!!!
the sight reading on the other hand....
one piece easy as cake.
haha the other one *cough cough* need a little help
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2007-11-14 23:27
David,
In some states (Va) scales are not pass/fail. They are a substantive portion of the audition.
James
Gnothi Seauton
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