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Author: will
Date: 1999-04-17 13:51
Would anybody like to share any exercises they know of which can help improve embouchure or anything else and can be done anywhere (e.g. on the bus)? Thx!
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Author: Phillip Adams
Date: 1999-04-17 13:54
to gain speed with the fingers, tap each finger to your thumb...start slow and the work up speed
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Author: Diana
Date: 1999-04-17 17:22
Hi! I'm a high school student, and I'm involved in so many activies that there's no way at this point in my life that I can practice as long as I want. Here's the few "exercises" I do at school or wherever I am to improve my clarinet playing, hope they help ya:
-use straws whenever you drink anything and make the clarinet embouchure when drinking. :-)
-chew lotsa gum... get those mouth muscles working!!
-tongue rapidly against your teeth with your mouth closed
-and on the bus, listen to a profession recording of a solo that you may be working on, and tongue to it (with your mouth closed so you don't spit on anyone)
-exercise those pinky fingers (lifting them up and down in a curled position) during Spanish class
-lift weights, or if you don't have time, carry a really heavy bookbag... work those arm muscles so the clarinet doesn't bog you down
-oh, for embouchure practice, do your "beaver" impersonation frequently for your friends
-whistle a lot and remember what position your tongue is in.
-breath deeply during timed essays
thats all I can think of. Hopefully you'll be able to improve (even a little) when you can't get to your clarinet...they've worked for me! but beware, ppl may think you're a lunatic unless you explain why you go around making beaver faces all the time. :-) Have fun!
~Diana:)
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Author: paul
Date: 1999-04-19 15:22
Also try going over the music in your head. If you can daydream it, you can play it.
For instance, I'm working on a little waltz number from a drill book this week. I can't get the mechanical fingerings to come out smoothly when I play it, yet I can "hear" the melody in my head over and over again, much like I would hear from an old fashioned music box (or a scrathed CD in today's parlance). I'll get it right very soon because I'll know the timing and feel of the music. That's how I've approached practicing from my drill books over the years. I work on the music all day long in my head and then I put my hands and mind together for the practice session at home at night.
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Author: CeCe
Date: 1999-04-19 19:59
When you have a bit of free time, like when you are watching TV, place your hands in a slightly bent position on youe knees. Move the ring finger separately to prevent tendonitis and increase fingering speed.
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