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Author: leonardA
Date: 2004-07-12 03:16
I just had one of those days where I feel like I took a step backward in my progress. Could't keep a consistent embouchure, arpeggios were not as smooth and I was missing notes because of not completely covering the holes. In short, nothing seemed to work despite the fact that I had played the same exercises (Rubank) so much better for several days before today. Anyone else ever experience this. Is is just par for the course, or is there a way to develop more consistent upward progress.
Leonard
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Author: Bnatural
Date: 2004-07-12 03:34
we all have those days wear we aren't at our peak... on those days i tend to lean more towards playing some fun stuff just to get some time in
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Author: glin
Date: 2004-07-12 03:41
Leonard,
From my perspective, that's par for the course. Maybe others will disagree. But for me, I can have days like that: where my fingers are moving too slow, too fast, and my tonguing is not that great. On those days, I recommend you just take everthing slow, slow, slow. And then raise the tempo a notch. Keep working at it.
Another useful tip is to vary the rhythms in your arpeggios. Play a variety of long short-long short, short long-short long, triplet patterns, etc. Repeat 10 times for each pattern. After much variance in reptition, play the arperggios. You'll be amazed. Best to keep this to a few measures. And then move on to the next grouping.
In David Pino's clarinet book, he talks about progress on the clairinet not being linear. It is rather more like peaks and valleys, with hopefully, an upward trend.
Regards,
George Lin
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Author: Clarinetist
Date: 2004-07-12 16:24
Leonard, I recommend that you practice little bit less in those days...I have those days when everything seems to go wrong, a couple of times in a month, or so.
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Author: Elizabeth
Date: 2004-07-12 16:49
glin
"On those days, I recommend you just take everthing slow, slow, slow. And then raise the tempo a notch. Keep working at it."
Personally, I feel you should do that with ALL of your music. Even on the good days.
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Author: Topher
Date: 2004-07-12 18:27
That is actually a good sign in some ways. It means you are pushing your limits and trying your hardest. If you could play everything right every day you aren't challenging yourself, and therefore not growing. Like my band director says, if you're not frustrated, you're being lazy. Keep up the good work!
topher
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Author: Avie
Date: 2004-07-14 01:38
I think that hitting road blocks is okay in order to make changes in playing when necessary. It takes mucho patience to master the clarinet. Lack of concentration is something we have to deal with quite often when playing. We cant all play like A.S Or B.G and other greats but we can appreciate the gift they have and just be the best that we can be and have fun.
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Author: Brenda
Date: 2004-07-14 02:01
All of us had those times when we were in typing class. Par for the course, I'd say, when you're learning anything.
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Author: psychotic lil clarinet girl (don't as
Date: 2004-07-14 07:04
WOW!!! YOU READ MY MIND!!! I have those days an awful lot, especially when I've practiced so much one week I want to kill the clarinet, and then the next week I don't practice as much. Then I get a whole week of those days, where I can't do anything.... But before summer started, I practiced a lot like 3 to 4 hours a day, and out of every day of the week (even though I was practicing) there was always that one day where I just sounded like crap... This happens to me often though...
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