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Re: Accidental grace notes when playing

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2021-05-21 23:24

I would wait on adjusting key heights unless the difference is necessary to adjust irregularities in pitch. You want to avoid causing one.

For me, first I'd say to not "over think" the rings being in the way. In fact I think you should not really be conscious of them being there at all. When it comes right down to it I think of each note only as a fingering combination. If anything the only conscious part of that that I attempt to analyze (from time to time) is to put the least amount of effort to close the hole or push the key that is necessary to get the note.

That said, here is where slow practice can help. So break it down between the two offending notes like the A5 to F#5. Play one as a long tone (like a slow four), STOP, then play the next as a long tone. Do that a few times, then play them like that without the stop but a good healthy articulation between them. Do that for awhile. Then try the slow four into the next note slow for as a slur.........and see how that sounds. The idea is to get your ear (mind) to hear the pure, ungraced transition from one note to the other. It's surprising how much a coordination issue is really just an issue of aural training. I used to always flub augmented fourth intervals until I realized that my ear didn't like that interval.

..................Paul Aviles

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