Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2014-09-19 08:55
In addition to good and consistent breath support and a stable embouchure, the keys to smooth scales--or any other passages for that matter--are total coordination of the fingers and a fluid ("gentle") progression between notes.
To achieve this, with proper air support and a stable embouchure, every change in fingering between two notes must be exact and smooth. To get every change in fingering exact and smooth, you must practice VERY SLOWLY, concentrating on each pitch change so that are no "bumps" between notes. That comes from exact coordination of the fingers, and by LAYING the fingers down or PICKING them up, not slapping them down or flinging them up.
I don't know of any recordings of scales that demonstrate this, but listen to a recording of Ricardo Morales's playing.
B.
P.S. Again and again, SLOW! Not many people, especially students, have the patience to repeatedly practice slowly enough for long enough to develop fine legato playing. But speed comes later, not first.
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