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Author: OboeAtHeart
Date: 2005-10-23 22:12
I've been working the Three Pieces for about three weeks now, and the second movement still won't lay easily underneath my fingers. I can't even begin to get past the first two measures of the third.
Thank god for Sabine Meyer. (I have a recording of her playing it.)
*~"The clarinet, though appropriate to the expression of the most poetic ideas and sentiments, is really an epic instrument- the voice of heroic love."~*
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Author: Max S-D
Date: 2005-10-24 00:12
It's not as hard as the third...
I'm trying to learn these for college auditions. I see many hours in the shed in the near future.
It seems the only way to learn these is very slowly, then gradually add tempo untl you're flying. Easier said than done.
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2005-10-24 00:12
Just because Sabine Meyer can play something doesn't mean its possible.
Bob Phillips
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Author: Sylvain
Date: 2005-10-24 00:23
I remember attending a masterclass by James Campbell. First, he didnt bring his A clarinet so he sight tranposed the whole thing on his Bb, then went ahead and told us he wasn't sure he had a firm grasp of this piece yet!
Anyway, I guess the point is that even if you get the notes right, there is so much in these 3 little movements that you're in for some serious practicing for some time...
I still haven't figured out the first movement...
-S
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Sylvain Bouix <sbouix@gmail.com>
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Author: donald
Date: 2005-10-24 00:24
working on Fmin and Aflat maj arppegios will possibly help- you need to be very comfortable with the left hand F/C key, and able to utilise it without a major shift in your left hand position- think of the row of (left) knuckles as a line, it's unlikely that this line is parallel to the body of the clarinet but making an angle.... get what i mean?
ok- then try to keep this angle still when you play, so that as much as possible the fingers are only having to approach holes/keys from one direction.
this advice also applies to the jump up to the high D- when sliding the first finger off the top hole try to move the finger without making the whole hand move. One way to work at this is to slide the index finger down until it is off the ring, and then up and ready to come down- in a circular motion. (note- i only reccomend this "circular" motion for legato up to altissimo notes, not to be utilised in any other circumstances).
make sure that you're not holding the clarinet too tightly, or with uneven finger pressure- this will also make this passage (and many others) hard to play up to speed. Check that you're not pushing some keys (those you're not so comfortable with especially) harder than others (left hand C and right hand Eflat cause problems for many students)
rightyoh
i'm off for a surf
keep playing the good tunes
donald
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Author: OboeAtHeart
Date: 2005-10-24 02:42
I have some really hard problems playing Bb clarinet though - little hands and short fingers, especially the pinkies. I have to stretch to reach the side keys, which is really, really annoying - mostly on the left hand C, unfortunately. I'm thinking about getting my clarinet adjusted to fit my hands - esp. the side keys. x_x;; But how much would that run?
How many people, you think, would have a heart attack if I played this on Eb?
*~"The clarinet, though appropriate to the expression of the most poetic ideas and sentiments, is really an epic instrument- the voice of heroic love."~*
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2005-10-24 04:22
If you substitute an Eb clarinet for the Bb, you must also substitute a D clarinet for the A and must play everything about 1.5 times as fast. The title of the resulting work is "Alvin and the Chipmunks meet Igor."
Best regards,
jnk
who always suspected James Campbell has a sense of humor
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2005-10-24 11:08
I started an audition once with the second piece as a way to "wow" the audience. I started too fast, too loud and the resulting effect can only be described as the sound one would hear from and impaled cat. I didn't get that gig.
The skips make the second tricky. Concetrate on the high D skips at the top (perhaps try variations of an open D) and the big skips down to low F (particularlar from clarion C to low F).
The third is all jazz. That should make is easy except for that stuff at the very end.
............Good luck,
....................Paul Aviles
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Author: Sylvain
Date: 2005-10-24 13:51
Also check Sherman Friedland's corner:
http://clarinet.cc/archives/2004/04/stravinsky_three_pieces_for_clarinet_solo.html
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Sylvain Bouix <sbouix@gmail.com>
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