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Author: Lyn
Date: 2000-01-29 20:03
Well, im a freshman..yeah i know..im a youngin...lol, well the music we play is much more faster then the stuff i am used to from Middle School. does anyone have any tips on how i can tongue faster? Thanx a bunch - Lyn
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Author: andrea
Date: 2000-01-29 22:17
just make sure you completely understand the mechanics of clarinet articulation. know that it is when you lift your tounge off the reed there is sound. not when you hit the reed. that is the most important thing. control is the hardest thing, not speed. play all on the same note with a metronome, if you have one, just to keep the beat the same and play 16th notes as slow as you have to to make them even. people are amazed at my articulation, but i think it's because i have a big tounge! play something by weber, that's what i tell people when they ask how i do it. although, maybe not as a freshman, but i don't know how you play. get a copy of the second concerto, first movement by c.m. von weber and play it pretty slow, but that will challenge you to articulate better. take advice from everyone and find out what works best, without starting bad habits though! articulation is hard because there are so many styles, but your concern is a great step inthe right direction. a hint, if you listen to recordings of pros play fast passages it will scare you into practicing more and sounding better, well maybe not scare, but..
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Author: Sara
Date: 2000-01-30 02:33
Well theres probably tons of ways to practice tonguging you just have to find the one that best works for you. The one that jkust so happens to work for me is this: Pick your favorite note(this way you aren't worrying about the note instead your focusing on tonguging) then set your metrenome or pick a steady tempo, to an extremely slow beat. Then play a whole note, 2 half notes, 4 quarter notes, 8 eighth notes and 16 sixteenth notes. Gradually increase the tempo with each round. This really helped me, I think now I'm at 150 right now and still working at it. Oh I suggest that if you try this that you pick a note under the break. Hope I could help!
Sara
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Author: Katherine Pincock
Date: 2000-01-30 11:57
There are two very good exercises in the Langenus method book, volume three: numbers 11 and 12 are especially good. The best way to work on these is to start very slowly, making sure that you really articulate correctly and keep the air going. Then, go up a notch on the metronome and do it again (for each of them, start with only the first half of the exercise to do this, and add the rest later.) Continue increasing the speed until you feel like you can't keep up with the metronome. Then, put the metronome up two notches, and give it your best shot. Go back down one notch and that will suddenly feel easier. Keep doing this daily, raising your initial speed as your upper speed gets higher, and you'll find a definite improvement.
Another good exercise is in the Jeanjean Vademecum daily exercises book. That book in general is a terrific one to have; do the first four exercises in it every day, and you'll see an amazing increase in all your technique.
If you'd like another good exercise, I have a booklet my teacher gave me that someone did as his thesis. It's a roughly 20-week step by step program to increase tonguing speed and endurance. Unfortunately, for that, you'll have to e-mail me your address so I can mail it to you; it's not published anywhere, as far as I can find out.
Take heart! Articulation has always been my biggest problem. But by doing these exercises, I've really improved--and since I'm in third year of a performance program, that improvement must be audible. Sometimes you hit a plateau like that, and it'll take a while to get past it, but you will eventually. Hope all this helps!
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Author: eugene
Date: 2000-01-30 17:20
I'd be interestedin the booklet this 20 week idea sounds interesting
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