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Author: tetiana
Date: 2008-05-08 16:40
This is an ultra slow study and the difficulty, for me, lies in keeping things moving and expressive, but in strict time, through the minefields of the triplets, sixteenth and thirty second notes. Any tips?
tetiana
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2008-05-08 17:41
Maybe this is not the place for this, but I have a pet peeve about subdivision (which is shared, I believe, by virtually NO ONE ELSE) that is essentially this:
If your rhythm is not steady, a subdivided poor rhythm is still poor.
Now, my simple solution to the problem is the "memory method." Surely you can recall how long the last quarter note you played was, so simply insure that the quarter note you are now playing is just as long in duration, and play the next quarter note as long as the one you are now playing.
Then it is a simple matter of ratios: half notes are twice as long, eighth notes are half as long.......etc.
At this point I should emphasise that RHYTHM is the LENGTH OF THE SOUND of one note related to the LENGTH OF THE SOUND of another [not the tick of your metronome nor the tapping of your foot].
Now to the issue at hand. Set the metronome to a comfortable tempo for the quickest notes in the etude and play those EVENLY in the manner perscribed above. Once that sounds great, take the next quickest section and practice at the SAME metronome marking as the first passage. At this point you can put those together for awhile or continue breaking it down until all the parts sound great independently of each other. The blending together of disparate sections probably is best practiced two at a time, while being most critical of the actual transition point from one to the other.
.................Paul Aviles
Post Edited (2008-05-08 17:44)
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