Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2009-04-10 22:32
I've never seen the advantage of playing long tones either all by themselves. I give my students other exercises like 12ths, octaves, slow scares and another slow interval study I use to practice, beginning pp, playing slowly, listening to the "attach" to enter without an accent, making a good crescendo and diminuendo, listening to intonation, a good connection between registers and intervals, practicing good voicing, eliminating any grunt sound or air escaping. Everything but more, that they would get from practicing a long tone. Of course I don't discourage them from playing long tones if they wish, I just think there's more value in doing the other things I ask them to practice. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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