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Author: moltar49
Date: 2009-06-03 22:23
Hello everyone,
I have decided to tackle 18 Études this summer and I was wondering how i should go about learning them (obviously I'll only get through six at most). Is numerical order the best way? Also my edition (Alfred) does not include tempi, is there a resource for the tempi generally used?
Thanks,
Michael
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Author: TonkaToy
Date: 2009-06-04 13:31
Lots of luck. I once spent a summer with Monsieur Jeanjean. I found him to be an exacting, querulous, and insistent traveling companion. However, when fall rolled around I was thankful for the time we had spent together. It's sort of like spending a summer with Herr Baermann.
If the french language isn't your "tasse de the" ask your teacher about tempi. Most of the the tempi can be inferred by the style markings on the etudes.
Me, I just put my head down and started at the beginning.
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Author: dtclarinet ★2017
Date: 2009-06-04 15:22
Michael- I recommend working on #1, of course, which is one of the best intense and complete clarinet warmups ever written.
Then I would go to some of the more accessible and enjoyable technical ones in this order, #8, #4, #12, #10. This group is the most rewarding musically, and can be performed as solo pieces if you have a chance to do so.
If you need more guidance, let me know. I have performed most of them. In fact, you can view my performances of some on my YouTube channel.
http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidGarnet
David Thomas
Principal Clarinetist
Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Blog- TheBuzzingReed.com
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Author: oliver sudden
Date: 2009-06-04 15:56
(David, you may or may not know that the principal clarinet of the Melbourne Symphony is also a David Thomas. There are a lot of you out there. )
I am very grateful to M. Jeanjean not so much for the Études (which for some reason have never been high on my summer practice list) as the Vade Mecum, which really does (appropriately enough given its name) accompany me (almost) everywhere, and has done for about 15 years. It's a beautifully focussed look at exactly what the fingers need to do and is great at getting them in shape quickly, when you're working so much that you don't have the time or chops to practise really thoroughly. If that describes anyone here I can heartily recommend giving it a look.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2009-06-04 17:35
David - a few questions about the "rule of accidentals" in the Jeanjean 18 Etudes as you interpret it:
1. Do added accidentals carry over an octave above or below in the same measure?
2. Do grace note accidentals carry through the measure at all octaves?
Thanks -
...GBK
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Author: dtclarinet ★2017
Date: 2009-06-04 18:46
Oliver- I had heard of another David Thomas in Australia. I went to the MSO site and sent him a hello note, from one David Thomas to another.
David Thomas
Principal Clarinetist
Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Blog- TheBuzzingReed.com
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Author: dtclarinet ★2017
Date: 2009-06-04 18:56
Accidentals definitely carry through, including grace notes, though many are marked in every octave. Just browsing, I found several octave accidentals not marked which must carry through. Etude 7, five lines before the end: the D natural must carry through the Bb arpeggio. And in the next bar, the A# carries through. Etude 12 3 bars before the end, the Db carries through.
David Thomas
Principal Clarinetist
Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Blog- TheBuzzingReed.com
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Author: dtclarinet ★2017
Date: 2009-06-04 19:03
A grace note accidental example: Etude 14, 11 bars before end, C sharp carries through from grace note in first beat to sixteenths in second beat.
David Thomas
Principal Clarinetist
Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Blog- TheBuzzingReed.com
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Author: moltar49
Date: 2009-06-04 21:01
Thank you all for u=your help, especially David. I'll definitely check out the vids when I'm done typing this.
And Oliver, I have worked out of Vade Mecum, but i don't use all the exercises as regularly as I should. I only practice the articulation exercise daily.
Thanks again,
Michael
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