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Author: SecondTry
Date: 2022-01-27 00:12
Oh, I forgot to mention, as I'm not a fan of circular breathing nor double tonging I tend to do this entire thing on one breath and single tongued...
...only faster, much faster
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-01-27 00:48
Ok, I can't tell by these posts how much of this is pure humor.......
BUT
For the benefit of a serious context, I ALWAYS default to basics when time is short or my playing has temporarily gone out the window. By basics I mean scales, scale like exercises, Kroepsch Books I, II, III and IV, and doing everything S-L-O-W-LY.
Alexey's video on double tonguing is simply one of my favorite video tutorials out there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoInFr4b8kQ
...............Paul Aviles
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Author: SecondTry
Date: 2022-01-27 03:23
Paul Aviles wrote:
> Ok, I can't tell by these posts how much of this is pure
> humor.......
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...all of it Paul. Martin Frost finds this too challenging on a bad day.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-01-27 08:59
I guess I just mean that OTHER readers may want some idea how to address an off day. The specific examples are obvious exaggerations though I doubt Martin Frost has difficulty with anything.
Many many years ago I heard a fine trumpet player address this question. He said he puts his horn back in the case and slips it back under his bed. He was serious.
..................Paul Aviles
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Author: Tom H
Date: 2022-01-28 02:41
I have a series of scales and other thingees that I do from memory when away from any music. Like sitting in the car waiting for something. Looks funny.
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Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2022-01-28 05:14
Why are there bad days? - days when coordination and muscle memory is impaired, or energy won't focus, or your practical imagination bogs down? And then some days are just the opposite, when you play better than ever, better than you realized you could, and practice goes on and on past scheduled finish. I can't predict either bad days or great ones by how I feel beforehand, or how much sleep I got the night before, or how stressful the day has been. Bad or good, it's nearly always a surprise. (When I used to exercise hard, the same was true of weightlifting or running.)
Gorokholinsky's Paganini video is awesome, and I'm always blown away to hear it. It's one of my bookmarked favorites. Two points, though, for purism's sake - caveats that I don't see as detracting from the performance in any significant way . . .
First, at the beginning and end the high ends of the arpeggios are played down an octave from what is printed. That's pretty obvious when the music is shown as the video proceeds.
Second, rapid passages that go higher than about G5 are slurred (or slowed down.) Most multi-tongue practitioners I've listened to do the same, for example Adam Viduvier (in the same piece) and Martin Frost in various performances. Not a multi-tongue player myself, I'm curious as to why.
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Author: JTJC
Date: 2022-01-28 14:29
Philip, on your first point and if you weren’t joking, I think what’s shown is the violin original, rather than the usual clarinet adaptation. I think that’s fine and nobody would be expected to play as high as the original requires. Playing that high on clarinet will have to wait a few years. On your second point, I can’t help as I can’t double tongue up there.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-01-28 17:21
So, I must admit to using a "lower" back of the tongue position for altissimo notes. There seems to be a necessary pocket of air needed further back in the oral cavity to allow a more stable and full sounding altissimo. Now, the double tonguing technique requires using that area for the "kah" of the "tah-kah." The smaller you can make that pocket, the higher in the altissimo you can double tongue. I am still limited to the "C" two ledger lines above the staff, but determined to make ground on that.
Oh, and though this was never intended as a serious thread, one CANNOT predict a non-productive day, but it is good to have some way to deal with one if it comes up. I must add that with synthetic reeds this just doesn't seem to happen to me any more.
..............Paul Aviles
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