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Re: Accidental grace notes when playing

Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2021-05-22 11:26

Hi Brycon,

Thanks, yes, that is exactly my problem. Those three fingers are just now ones that I have really used a lot before and so I don't have really find control over them. I have reconfigured my computer mouse so I do my main click with the fourth finger of my right hand and that is helping a lot. I do think I just need to really get control of those fingers though. I'm a fantastically speedy touch typist, with both hands, but somehow that doesn't seem to be enough. I'll try that exercise.

Karl - Yes I can completely see what you mean. I think that for me, the tension is because I am playing difficult music without having my fundementals really solid. I'm doing a lot more work on slow scales and things just now to try to get to feel relaxed on the instrument, and to have fluid relaxed movements with my fingers.

Beth - My teacher is absolutely fine thanks. He has a degree in clarinet playing and a PhD in music. I think it's good to come here and get different points of view though. I mean it seems silly to have access to the whole world's view, and only ask my nearest neighbour.

Thanks Liquorice - that's what I've been doing and it is gradually working. I'll keep at it.

Thank you all very much for these tips. It's so great to have different ideas to try and extremey therapeutic to chat about it with people who've been there.

I'll try all these things and hopefully start get some progress on it. :-)

Adult learner, Grade 3
Equipment: Yamaha Custom CX Bb, Fobes 10K CF mp,
Legere Soprano Sax American Cut #2, Vandoren Optimum German Lig.

Post Edited (2021-05-22 14:22)

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