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Author: james
Date: 2001-10-10 17:39
I have declared that playing staccato for me as a stundent is the worse thing about playing and the thing i strunggle with the most. I know im just a high school studen't aspiring to be a profession clarinetist and i hope i gets better buts it can get frustrating, anyone have anytips on staccato who had a hard time getting the strong hold on it? (no offense but please don't reply if it came to easy, those things dont help)
Sincerely,
James
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Author: HAT
Date: 2001-10-10 18:05
Don't plan on learning this overnight.
Get Bonade's Clarinetist's Compendium, study the section on tonguing.
Practice articulation 20 minutes to an hour a day.
If you make no progress in 6 months get another teacher.
-David Hattner, NYC
www.northbranchrecords.com
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-10-10 18:53
James -
I won't tell you staccato is easy, but it can certainly be learned. The place to start is to think of it as an interruption of a existing, steady tone, rather than the start and stop of the tone.
About a year ago, I posted a method showed to me years ago by Bob Lowrey, a well-known clinician. Please go to http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=32780&t=32715 for a description and exercises. Work on them for a few days and then come back with a progress report and any problems you're having.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Bob Rausch
Date: 2001-10-10 20:21
James -
Start Slow - Work on 8th notes at slow tempo. A good exercise you don't need a book for is take some of the easier scales and play (8) 8th notes on each pitch going up and down the scale. Concentrate on manitaining air support through each octave of the scale. I would recommend the E, F, and G scales because their easy and can span 3 octaves with too much difficulty. If you have trouble with the upper 3rd octave, stick with 2 octaves first. When you master that, switch up to (8) 16th notes per pitch.
Make the T - Concentrate on making the "T" sound with the tip of your tongue. Try to maintain a strong support and let your tongue do the work. Now, don't confuse air support with volume. Start the exercise playing a medium volume. As you advance play the scales softer. Playing fast soft short notes is harder than you playing fast loud short notes.
So far we have concentrated on the playing SHORT notes with SPEED and AIR SUPPORT. The fourth element that tends to be the most trouble is COORDINATION.
A good excercise is to take those same 3 scales (E F G) and play them with ONE note per pitch going up and down. Once again start slow, with 8th notes at a slow tempo. The key here is to keep your fingers in sync with your tonguing. Its very easy as you start to go faster to "get ahead of yourself". As you get better, switch up to 16th notes.
A final excercise to do without looking at music is to change from the easy scales to harder ones with messy fingerings. The Ab and Eb scales are good ones to tackle.
I am all for using music exercises, however, sometimes its better to get back to basics, where you can focus on technique instead learning notes and fingerings.
Peace
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Author: Bob Rausch
Date: 2001-10-10 20:25
opps misprint ....I meant to recommend the E F G scales because they can span 3 octaves WITHOUT too much diffculty. Not with,,,,
sorry
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Author: HAT
Date: 2001-10-11 13:58
It occured to me that you need to hear what proper articulation sounds like. I recommend getting all of the recording of Harold Wright and Robert Marcellus you can get your hands on. These were two clarient players who understood all aspects of proper articulation and who had great staccato techniques.
You could also buy my cd. The articulation and staccato on there is pretty good too.
David Hattner, NYC
www.northbranchrecords.com
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