Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2022-01-08 21:26
Hi SecondTry.
Yes I see what you mean. I hadn't thought about building confidence and skill as two different things.
I'll try to explain better what I'm doing. I do think it is actually sensible.
I've been working up through the music medal curriculum over the last week and I've settled at a level where the exercises to be done are exactly what is needed to get one of my fundemental skill problems fixed up.
The problem is that I'm having trouble with my left hand position. If I have my index finger knuckles sitting nicely over the G# and A keys, I can't reach the pinkie B key. That really makes everything very difficult, as I can't do the Gade passage without moving my left hand up and down repeatedly, and then losing my bearings when I try to find the keys.
In order to sort out my Gade problem, I need to get that hand position sorted and get my movements so fluid that I don't need to think about them. This silver medal curriculum is helping me by providing passages that I can sight read easily, which means I can really focus on the hand position problem, while everything else is easy.
I think I may need to ask a technician to fit an extension on the B key, but before I commit to that, I really need to do a ton of exercises to be sure. It may be that I just need to move my hand round to the front of the instrument very slightly.
That's what I'm getting from this silver medal set of exercises. I suspect when I solve that problem, I will find another set of problems that are exposed by the Gold medal pieces.
I hope that clarifies what I mean a bit.
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 (2022-01-08 21:28)
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