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Re: concert preparation habits

Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2006-04-19 15:05

I generally do nothing special on concert day. I do my usual practice session(s) and get to the venue early enough to help set up.

My teacher, however has some critically important preparation advice:
**Know your part.
**Be certain that you can it perfectly enter on time, hold the rhythm.
If you want a bit of rubato, confine it to the space between the pulses. (He frequently trips me up by calling for subdividing measures in not-obvious ways, 3 pulses in 6/8).
**Practice even the not-so-hard spots if you will be under pressure as you pass through them.
**(He has the ability to play short (1 beat) riffs repeatedly with a metronome; and I often hear him repeating a single beat's rhythms like 20-50 times, non-stop.)
**Record yourself playing at random times of the day: just pick up the horn and play. Make written notes (grade yourself) after each playing but before listening to the recording. Listen to the recording and make more notes, re-grade yourself. If you have three "good" grades going into the concert, you have a good chance of doing a "good" job at the performance.

I'm glad you were on your game for your concert last night. Your confidence in the next should be bouyed by this success. Kool

Bob Phillips

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