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Author: acusado
Date: 2023-08-10 16:46
I am currently playing the third clarinet concerto by Carl Stamitz which isn't that hard but I am very bad with articulation and im trying to improve it. Is there any harder concertos but with less staccato?
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Author: Hunter_100
Date: 2023-08-10 17:57
Fantasy Pieces by Schumann, six studies in english folk song by V. Williams (except maybe the 6th one).
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Author: kdk
Date: 2023-08-10 18:10
acusado wrote:
> I am currently playing the third clarinet concerto by Carl
> Stamitz which isn't that hard but I am very bad with
> articulation and im trying to improve it. Is there any harder
> concertos but with less staccato?
Any concerto is going to have a lot of articulated passages, or at least a lot of published articulations. There is the thought that you don't *have to* follow what's printed. Sometimes they're put in by an editor and not by the composer. If you want to work on a specific area like staccato, it might be a good thing that the piece isn't so difficult in other respects, allowing you to concentrate on your particular weakness.
Do you have an idea of what needs to be improved in your staccato? Do you know what to do to try to correct it? This is an area of playing where a couple of sessions with a skilled teacher can be very useful in keeping you from going down a lot of rabbit holes.
Karl
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Author: lmliberson
Date: 2023-08-10 18:50
Well, first, neither the Schumann or Vaughan-Williams is a concerto so if it’s a concerto you need or want, these won’t do.
But really, if you want to approach ANY kind of viable repertoire, it’s time to devote yourself to all aspects of clarinet playing, articulation being among the most important of all.
As Karl already mentioned, guidance with a fine teacher is the road you should be traveling right now.
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Author: acusado
Date: 2023-08-10 19:14
My problem with staccato is that I recently changed the way I articulate because I didn't used the tongue to articulate, and with the tongue its hard to do staccatos.
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Author: graham
Date: 2023-08-10 23:33
Joseph Phibbs’ superb concerto has only a little that requires rapid articulation, but it’s not really ideal to try to slur those parts (there’s some repeated note passages). So you have the same problem, that the lack of articulation is noticeable even when only rarely needed. Nor is this in any way an “easier concerto”. It needs a very decent orchestra and conductor.
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Author: m1964
Date: 2023-08-13 09:13
acusado wrote:
"My problem with staccato is that I recently changed the way I articulate because I didn't used the tongue to articulate, and with the tongue its hard to do staccatos."
I was in the same situation- my staccato/articulation was poor and the teachers I had at the time accommodated my deficit by giving me repertoire that had no or minimal staccato.
That bit me back when I was playing in an orchestra and was unable to play staccato passages with other instruments (flute, oboe, bassoon) in tempo.
Unfortunately, I was unable to correct the problem myself at the time.
Years later, when I restarted playing and read some books, I was able to identify my problem as anchored tongue, and started to correct it.
Two years later, and I am still struggling with fast staccato passages but now I have a great teacher and I can feel/hear the difference in my articulation compared to how I played a few years ago.
I definitely agree with advice to get a competent teacher. No YT videos will replace that.
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