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Author: DougR
Date: 2006-11-07 18:55
the post below on "books you work out of" made me wonder what everyone actually PRACTICES on a daily basis, and for what purpose. Here's me (and I certainly don't represent this as an ideal scenario):
Flute: always begin w/ the Moyse "Tone Development Through Interpretation", esp. the low-note etudes; then a symphonic flute part (e.g. Till Eulenspiegel) OR flute solo (Hindemith, Debussy etc.) OR orch. excerpt
CLAR: always begin with several pages from Baermann 3 or an old Buddy deFranco scales/chords/chromatics book I've got, then same as flute: excerpts, solo (Brahms chamber pieces & the Schubert Octet are faves) etc.
BASS CLAR: Several pages from deFranco or Baermann 3, then something challenging (e.g. Bach cello suites) then playing off changes (mostly standards) to maintain my miniscule improvisatory skill
SAX: well, I never usually get around to sax, unless I have a gig to practice it FOR.
SIGHT-READING: Advanced Rhythms by Joe Allard, Modern Reading Text in 4/4 by Louis Bellson
In asking the question, though, I'm esp. interested in which books you find helpful for what problem (e.g. I use the Moyse because it seems to set my flute emb. correctly,and obviously the scale books for clar/b-clar promote finger flexibility).
And I'll appreciate suggestions for what I can improve, BUT--what does YOUR practice day look like, esp. if you're a frequently working doubler.
thanks.
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Author: kfrank1
Date: 2006-11-08 00:34
I used to rotate between sax, clarinet, and flute on a daily basis i.e. play sax on day 1, clarinet on day 2 etc. But on the suggestion of my clarinet teacher I just started up with, I now play sax & clarinet on day 1, clarinet and flute on day 2, flute and sax on day 3, etc.
After a 15 year hiatus in lessons, I am in the process of getting tuition started again on all instruments, so whatever books I will be working out of will probably be dictated by whatever the teacher uses. For example on bass clarinet my teacher is giving me assignments out of "35 technical studies" by W. Rhodes. It has some useful exercises for working across the break.
Other books I use are posted in the earlier thread that you referred to.
My 1 hr practice routine is:
Instrument 1
5 -10 minutes: long notes
15-20 minutes: scales and appegios
5 minutes: basic jazz technical exercise e.g. ii-V-I pattern ascending chromatically, bebop scales, etc
Instrument 2
10 minutes: Technical study out of a book
20 minutes: Mainly jazz improvisation related practice (learning a tune, ear traiining, transcriptions, sight-reading, or patterns)
BTW that Joe Allard sight-reading book sounds interesting.
Post Edited (2006-11-08 00:37)
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