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RE: Super-Mega Practice Schedule!!!

Author: HAT
Date: 2001-09-07 03:01

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David Hattner
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I still think long tones represent an unnecessary stealing of time away from scale practice as part of a proper warm up. The difference between a working clarinetist and someone who can't get work almost always comes down to rhythm, intonation and technique. Minute colors in tone are almost impossible to hear under most circumstances one would encounter professionally (we don't play concertos and chamber music every day. certainly never etudes on the job). In any case, clarinet players are more sensitive to this sort of thing and most others will not even notice things other clarinet players find very obvious.

The only clarinet players who mostly play for other clarinetists are professors and students. Thus the importance of what I call 'clarinet player issues' is greatly magnified when one is in school.

I realized far later than I might have that it is much more important to play well and make a lot of music than to worry about what other clarinet players might say about something I was doing. Thoughts like those can put limitations one what you can express musically.

On the other hand, not having great technique, excellent intonation and perfect rhythm will inhibit what you want to do musically more, because no one wants to listen to a player who does not posess all of these things,

If you practice 20 extra minutes of scales every day at age 15-18 you will save an hour or more of technical practice when you are in college.In addition, you will have to practice every piece you play longer because you have less basic technique.

If you listen to recordings of great clarinet players like Marcellus and Wright, that tonal concept will get into your ears and help you produce it far more efficiently than anything else you can do.

Should you ultimately become a professional, you will discover that you have almost no time to practice anyway, and you certainly won't want to squander any extra time on long tones.

David Hattner, NYC

www.northbranchrecords.com

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