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Author: Morrigan
Date: 2012-06-17 08:09
Hi all
I've not posted in a really long time!
I've got a very technical piece I'm working on, lots of notes basically. There's a bar that always trips me up and I can't get to the bottom of what the problem is. Most of the time you can easily figure out that the problem is and get to the bottom of it but this bit gets me every time and working on it in every way I know how yields no results!
Any suggestions???
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2012-06-17 10:14
I just recently also had a problem that I really wasn't sure how to solve, but after a while I did manage to solve it!
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2012-06-17 12:23
If the "go slowly,"....."two note at a time,"......or "think dynamic" doesn't help, then, for me, the problem is just BEFORE or AFTER what you think the problem is.
...............Paul Aviles
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2012-06-17 12:39
Have your recorded yourself?
I'm certain a lot of good advice will come as the circumstances are clearer, but in general I would add that if you can't perceive what/why the problem is -- it's because you're going faster than your brain is prepared to go.
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: davyd
Date: 2012-06-17 13:17
Are you absolutely sure there is the proper amount of notes in the bar? A dumb thing to ask perhaps, but I've seen it trip people up; trying to play a 4/4 bar that had only 15 semiquavers was problematic (a semiquaver rest was missing).
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Author: JHowell
Date: 2012-06-17 13:57
Agreed, post the bar. Then you'll get more specific suggestions. Another technique to add to the ones already mentioned is reverse chaining. Start at the end and add notes one or two at the time. Don't repeat mistakes. Work on your imagination. If you can hear it in your head, you can do it. Maybe not instantly, but you can do it.
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Author: William
Date: 2012-06-17 16:03
Most often it's simply a case of 'learning' the notes. Unless you can play every note from memory correctly (every time), you really hav'nt *learned* them.
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2012-06-17 16:04
When I trip over a bar I sometimes find it useful to draw out the bar on a sheet of paper. Draw 2 heavy vertical lines with the whole width of the page between them. These are the beginning and end of the bar. Then, depending on the time signature, draw lighter vertical lines to mark the note positions, and then vertical half lines to mark half notes. Carry on to quarter and eighth notes, or as far as is necessary.
Then write in the notes of the bar in their appropriate place.
You can then work through the bar until it is fixed in your head. You may find it useful to put the notes on the same leger-line, to get the timing without having to worry about the actual note. When you've got the timing, sort out the notes. Sometimes the problem is in the timing between one bar and the next, so if this is the case draw up 2 or 3 bars together.
Tony F.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2012-06-17 16:07
How many silly puns about musicians and bars would this thread be able to endure? ![[tongue]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie6.gif)
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Ben
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2012-06-17 20:37
Another simple, but effective, technique is to vocalize ("sing") the problem area. Or maybe you already tried that?
Susan
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