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Re: better legato

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2023-03-03 14:48

When executing a slow, lyrical passage it helps to use a slower finger movement. Keith Stein in "The Art of Clarinet Playing" said that the fingers should move as if suspended by spider webs. You can also think of it as something akin to Tai Chi. What happens is that there is a bit less of a distinct transition from note to note.

For fast non-tungued passages it is the emphasis on longer phrases (the rise and fall of dynamic over longer segments of the the passages being played) that gives the feeling of greater connectivity.

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

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