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Re: Missing easy notes

Author: Bruno
Date: 2006-08-13 15:44

Here's a tip taught to me by a great flute teacher:
1. On the sheet music, parenthesize the hard phrase, then instead of playing the phrase itself, play the bar before, adding the first couple of notes in the hard phrase.
2. And play it FUNEREALLY SLOW! It has to be PERFECTLY executed. If it isn't, slow down! You brain doesn't know the difference between playing a mistake and playing it right. It will learn the mistake just as efficiently as the correctly played version.
3. Do a similar technique exiting the hard phrase; start with the last 2 or 3 notes IN the hard part and play it and the easy bar beyond.
4. When it's smooth add some more notes of the hard phrase both at the "front" end and the "exiting" end. Do this many times with each note tongued and each note not tongued (legato).
5. Finally, after you have really got the entrance and exit under your fingers, very slowly join the whole thing. You will then be playing a)the bar before, b) the hard phrase, however long, (not eight bars I hope!), and c) the bar beyond.
6. Slowly metronome it up to tempo. DO NOT ALLOW MISTAKES. slow down if you must.
What this accomplishes is to make what was previously a "hard" part into perhaps the strongest part of the piece, and it will become a well-executed anchor instead of a part you fearfully anticipate as you play through the piece (which almost guarantees a flub!).

Best of luck,

b/

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