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Re: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2016-06-20 20:26
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Lots of really good advice here and I would add: 1) everyone comments about how hard it is, but a better attitude is that it is all fun....and good luck! 2) slow practice and judiciously leaving out some parts is excellent advice and to that I add my favorite difficult (but fun) passage method which is based on practicing at the fastest tempo you can play, but pausing on the last easy note before completing the passage. Of course, you mayneed to break some passages up into small bits.

So for example I have attached the section before (53). Let's say that you crash when you get to 2 before (53). Play the passage to the last note of the previous measure (E natural in this example) and hold that note for enough time for you to process what you need to do next for the upcoming measure. Then continue at tempo. What you are doing is giving your mind time to train itself. Most of the time I find multiple places where I have to pause so I just keep changing pausing places as I practice. This is similar to another good method where you change the rhythm of the passage in order to emphasize different finger movements.

Good luck with your performance and keep having fun playing!

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

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