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Re: Counting some parts of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, adagio movement

Author: donald
Date: 2018-07-26 04:57

Hi there,
When I'm teaching this piece I always start the student thinking in 6 (ie counting quavers/8th notes) and then once they are confident, and subdividing correctly, then I switch to feeling the 3 pulse (crotchets/quarter notes).
There is one exception- the sextuplets (or "6s") in bar 47. I like to play (and teach) these as 3 groups of 2 (rather than 2 groups of 3) but without pulsing the subdivision.
To help my students with this I will work with them counting 6 in bar 45, then switching to 3 in bar 46- so they can then carry the 3 into bar 47.
When I'm performing this movement (I've only performed the full concerto with an orchestra twice in all these years, but have often pulled this movement out to do with piano to fill out other concerts) I prefer to think/feel the pulse of 3, but still find it very useful to think in 6 at certain spots (esp bar 35 and bar 86 which I STILL tend to rush if I'm not careful).
Good luck! very beautiful music!
dn

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