Author: EEBaum
Date: 2007-09-01 17:09
For the tongue/fingers problem...
Your fingers are in charge. Period. Your tongue and breath should align to them.
However, if you're just thinking "now I'm on this note. Fingers in charge!" you're too late already. Thinking, reading, and looking ahead is essential. At any given point, you should already know what your fingers will be doing for the next few notes.
To get the time in your fingers, try this:
For a tricky 16th-note passage, play just the first of each grouping of 4, so you're playing quarters. Know exactly what your fingers have to do to get from each note to the next, and know as many notes ahead as you can.
Once you can do that well, add the upbeats, so you're playing 8th notes. Pay attention to what your fingers have to do to play the 8ths, but pay MORE attention to playing it just like you played the quarters, so the 8ths are just a bonus put in between.
Once you can do that well, add the other 16ths. You should still be primarily paying attention to what your fingers do to go from quarter to quarter, and be aware of 8th to 8th.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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