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Crossing the break - good news

Author: Jeff Forman
Date: 2004-06-08 01:54

Just a word of encouragment to those beginners who have trouble "crossing the break." I was practicing last night and noticed that crossing the break to B seemed to just happen. I have been waiting for this moment since I started playing.

I remember when I took up the banjo and had to physically place my fingers on the frets in chord positions. My brother (a pretty accomplished guitaraist) told me that one day, without thinking about it, you'll pick up the banjo and just throw an F Chord. It will just happen and you won't even know it until one day it strikes you that you didn't have to think about it anymore.

So last night as I ran through two octaves of the C scale and noticed that the B was as smooth and steady as the rest of the notes, I realized that day has now come on the clarinet.

So......to the beginners....take the advice of whoever said you cross the break by blowing like hell once you get past the A. But just know that if you work on it and practice, the day will come when "it just happens."

Jeff

Post Edited (2004-06-08 01:54)

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