Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-09-19 15:06
In addition to the above comments, I'd say that RHYTHM is also an essential element. We define pulse by the length of each sound we make over time. As an easy example let's take a quarter note at the designated speed of a quarter note equals 60 beats per minute. Each legato note would be exactly 1.00 seconds long (no more no less). If you played a series like this: 1.00, .98, 1.01, .94, 1.00 - that would be an example of BAD rhythm.
So as long as every note in whatever pulse you are playing is the SAME length of sound across time, you have GOOD RHYTHM and built-in smoothness.
The good news is that if you are really listening to yourself (and your memory is good enough to recall the length of the very last note you played) this is REALLY easy!
The bad news is that for some reason we put 'stuff' in the way of this simple feedback loop: thinking about fingering, thinking about embouchure, thinking about breathing, tapping our feet, trying to be relaxed, trying not to be tense - and we forget to listen, or remember, or both.
............Paul Aviles
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