Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-08-17 04:11
Dear Mr. Pay,
I like the idea that the transition from one note to another has no speed. This is very much along the lines of what you were saying some time ago about 'velocity.'
The practicing of the individual fingers is similar to what I just had a second day student do in an attempt to familiarize the student with the "feel" of the tone holes and their gross positions along the horn.
Yes, I over-simplified again, but I am still queazy with making a regular regimen out of a consciously uncoordinated approach to finger movement. If you do that occasionally to "find your parameters," that's perfectly fine. But if it is over done, you may find yourself with an ingrained habit that's hard to break.
Also, I recall the "grabbing the clarinet" thing differently. It may not have been Russianoff, but the lesson was exactly the opposite, if the clarinet did not yield to the 'aggressor,' it meant the student was using the 'ol "DEATH GRIP." I remember this indirectly due to a moment at a new ensemble where right in the middle of some unnerving passage, my clarinet just fell from my hands and would have hit the floor bell first if not for a desperate grab. The kind section leader said,"well, the fact that that COULD happen, is a good thing."
...........Paul Aviles
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