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Author: Ted Donaldson
Date: 2002-07-24 14:39
Whoo! I got some nice music for bass yesterday, "Long, Long Ago Fantasie, "Lang, Lang ist's her." (That's all one) By Reinhold Ritter, Eight Etudes For Bass Clarinet by Bill Reddie, And the one I plan to do for solo and ensemble, Ballade by Eugene Bozza. I need some help on Ballade.There is a 19 note 32nd note run. I have no experience with 32nd notes... How do you count them? The song isn't that fast... 100 bpm.
That's the only confusing thing in ballad, but in etudes, There are two whole notes in a row, in 4/4 time with three bold lines inbetween them... What's that mean?
Thanks for helping with my stupidness,
Ted
Oh, by the way, I am currently retricted to mashed potatoes, because everything else hurts too much to chew.
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Author: beejay
Date: 2002-07-24 15:09
I can't help you with the music, except to say that I try and conceptualize complex runs by thinking of a spoken phrase that has the same characteristics, or scat if it is very fast. As to the mashed potatoes, may I suggest you mix them with Vegemite. I nearly said Marmite, but I don't want to touch off a civil war on this bulletin board.
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Author: charles
Date: 2002-07-24 15:12
well the three bold lines bewteen the two hole notes, most likely means to trill in bewteen those two hole note pitches for 4 counts is my guess. The best way that I have found to work with anything faster than 16th notes, is to group the 32nd or 64th notes into however many make up a sixteenth note, so if you had 4 32nd notes, thats 2 16ths so, I play it like im doing cut time on 16th. I dont know if this is a bad way or not, but it hasnt failed me yet. Sorry I couldnt help more.
Good luck, Charles Munden
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Author: Katfish
Date: 2002-07-24 16:53
Ted; I have the Fantasy in front of me and I don't see any 64th notes. Which page and what line are you talking about and I will try to help. In regards to your other post, the dumb bass clarinet syndrome, don't worry,as you get older you will run into lots of bass clarinetists who play bass by choice and are as talented and dedicated as an Bb player.If anyone tells you bass parts are easy, have them check out any of the Richard Strauss orchestra pieces or Daphnis and Chloe.
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Author: Katfish
Date: 2002-07-24 18:09
Ted; I see the section you are talking about. This Adagio section is quite slow, quarter note equals about 60. You might subdivide it first, eighth = 120 and think of it as dotted 16ths and 32nds. ope that helps. This piece is kind of cheezy, but it's alot of fun to play, and it sounds much harder than it is. Play it very dramaticly with lots of dynamic contrasts and big rallentandos. Play the ending as fast as you can handle it. Have fun!
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Author: Mindy's Mom
Date: 2002-07-25 18:55
TEd -- Contact Mindy is you would like some hel pon this piece (or me for that matter). She will be MORE than willing to help you out. Subdivision is the key to playing adagio movements. You might try stricking a pencil mark in the music to help you "see" the subdivision of beats until you get the hang of it. What grade is the Bozza piece for solo/ensemble (in our state). I would say to be VERY CAREFUL about not getting a piece that is to "advanced" for your age because it is looked down and sometimes you are DQ'd if you play an easier piece when you get to HS. You need to move prgressively but there are MANY pieces that you can do in one level before you go on. I'll talk to you about this more if you don't understand what I am saying. good luck this year! ( you will LOVE your new band director!!!!)
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