Author: seabreeze
Date: 2015-12-08 06:48
I had no idea of how to tongue fast and accurately on clarinet until I took some lessons from Ron deKant back in the 1960s. He showed me how to articulate Bonade-style and to play staccato across a range of note lengths, from long tenuto to super short (with each note clearly but gently stopped by the tongue). I recall him playing some articulated passages from Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite that were a revelation to me. When you think about it, it is not so surprising that young clarinetists would not pay much attention to staccato, because that musical effect isn't usually used in jazz, pop music, rock, or most of the music they listen to. For them, it comes across as a sort of exotic and burdensome special effect.
One way to get them to articulate is to have them listen, for example, to the Rose 32 performed as music peices (rather than "etudes") by a top classical professional. I really like the CD that comes with Philipe Cuper's International Music Diffusion edition of the Rose 32(available from Van Cott Music). Cuper, the first clarinetist with the Paris Opera, plays the peices over sparse but effective piano accompaniment and articulates accurately and musically throughout--a fine model for aspiring players to emulate. After hearing him, they might decide that this stacatto and articulation stuff isn't so weird after all.
Post Edited (2015-12-09 18:49)
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