Author: NorbertTheParrot
Date: 2008-12-17 11:37
"My teacher insists that I keep trying saying that if I miss the note 10 times I'll play it correctly on 11th time."
This is a bad way to learn. So far as possible, never play anything wrongly. Certainly, never play something wrongly ten times in a row. If you do this, all you are doing is practising playing it wrongly.
I know this might seem like crazy advice, but let me tell you what I mean.
First - and this is obvious, I think - you need to concentrate on the notes that are giving you problems. If you have a passage where you can play 90% of it, and the remaining 10% is causing problems, you need to concentrate on the 10%. Don't keep playing the whole passage.
Play these difficult notes really slowly. If you have a problem playing something slurred, learn to play it tongued, then put the slurs in. (Conversely, if you have a problem playing something tongued, learn to play it slurred, then take the slurs out.)
Don't be in a hurry. If you play something wrong, then play it one more time. If it's wrong a second time, then slow it down, or simplify it, so that you can play it correctly.
Once you can play the difficult bits really slowly, then start to speed them up, and to add the easy bits that precede and follow them.
With a longer piece, don't feel you have to learn the beginning before you learn the end. Often, it is easier to learn the end first. Then, as you learn the beginning, you aren't worrying about the really difficult passage that's coming next, because you already know it.
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Sometimes, problems playing over the break are caused by the instrument, not the player. Do make sure your clarinet is correctly adjusted. If you tell us EXACTLY what you are finding difficult, we can tell you what to check on the clarinet.
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