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Re: HS Audition Fundamentals

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2015-12-08 07:12

What clarinet setup are you playing on? Some players that play the saxes often use a more open clarinet mouthpiece. Added the clarinet is much more resistant, so be careful with trying to match the volume of air. This can screw up your clarinet sound a lot.

Don't make any instrument setup changes now.

It's always best to slur, compared to wrecking a passage. With the Concertino sometimes you can slur 2 note tongue 2, then slur the rest of the 16th note passage. When you hit the last top note you can try tonguing it and accenting it. When you start the run start the first note with confidence. It's almost like you are holding it very slightly. This actually shows the judges that you have complete control over the instrument.

When your fingers and tongue don't line up it's almost always, like 95 percent of the time or more, your fingers are late and your tongue is ahead of your fingers. Often players think that their tongue is too slow.

Most judges know the Weber pieces well, along with the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. These are played all of the time at auditions, so it's best to play the piece as clean as you can. Forget about the other players. Worry about your rhythm most of all. Keep the tempo steady. Don't play some of the hard parts at 100 BPM then suddenly pick up the speed to 120 for the easy parts. So slur with confidence if needed.

Hope this helps, best of luck, and let us know how it went.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

Post Edited (2015-12-08 07:22)

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