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Re: Scheherazade

Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2015-04-24 17:47

Here is what Peter Hadcock had to say about this passage in "The Working Clarinetist": "...This is a good spot to put a small fold of paper under your register key so it can barely open...The first two pickup notes are usually held back a little. I think the reason Rimsky-Korsakov put the accents on the tied eighth notes was to give the music a feeling of 3/4 rather than 6/8. Be very careful to play the sixteenths accurately. If you start "throwing them off" too much, you may get into trouble in measure 4." (3 after G)

Since I am playing this piece currently, I think I'll give the paper under the register key idea a try....not sure what it will do for me, but I respect Hadcock's thoughts about playing.

John Gibson, Founder of JB Linear Music, www.music4woodwinds.com

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