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recovery timing

Author: Cindy
Date: 2003-04-22 04:22

I posted earlier about an injury. Well, it's basically recovered for the time being. Other than when I drive or play for a long time, it's okay. But, one problem. I have not been able to play for two weeks. I got my audition music two weeks ago. And I have an audition on friday (3 days from now) How on earth am I going to prepare for this? Thankfully I am already in, it's just chair placement but still! The music is really hard, and the patterns are quite illogical.

So many instruments to play........so little time to play them!

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Re: recovery timing

Author: William
Date: 2003-04-22 21:19

Tom Ridenour once commented, while playing my Bb during tweeking, that he hadn't practiced for the two weeks he had just spent on the convention road. He explained, "No problem--I just find a reed that matchs the strength of my embouchure and play normally." (he plays "double-lip" and made all his personal reeds on a ReDual attached to his Leblanc factory work bench)

The point--use a softer reed until your normal embouchure strength returns. Might get you bye--Good Luck!!!!!

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Re: recovery timing

Author: Tom Piercy
Date: 2003-04-22 22:18

In addition to helping out in resting and saving your embouchure as noted above, try working on the material in some of the following methods:

"Finger Practice" No horn in the mouth, just put it in your hands in front of you in as normal a playing position as possible and practice the material using your fingers.

Finger Practice without the horn. No horn, just mentally and then physically finger the notes.

Solfege: sing or talk through the material using solfege.
(sol-mi-fa-la-sol-fa-mi-mi)

Then practice the material with the clarinet and alternate amongst the methods above so as not to over tire your embouchure before the audition.

You should be pleasantly surprised how much of the material you can get into your head and hands using these methods.

I have had to learn pieces quickly this way, particulary when traveling. (Subways, planes, cars; several places, among many, where pulling out your horn to practice isn't such a great idea even when you do have time.)

"Break a reed."

Tom Piercy

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