Author: thedean
Date: 2009-02-19 22:32
I find that all of what is mentioned is great when you can't physically play the clarinet.
Studying the music, noticing difficulties and oddities in the music is a must too, then they don't come as too much of a surprise when you are playing. I used to study the music before i'd even played it once so that my sight reading could improve. which it has by a huge margin.
I also find, trying to listen to different interpretations of pieces you are playing helps, to give you ideas for your own interpretation of pieces. Put them on your iPod or similar and just sit on the plane/car/bus/train whatever.. and listen to them so you get a greater understanding of the piece.
I have students who find it difficult to practice with school work, especially coming towards the end of their schooling, so it becomes their travel practice, listening to and imagining the fingering and how each phrase should sound, musically, dynamically, and how each should be articulated. This help me a lot when i was playing some pieces, like both Weber Concerto's and Concertino and his Introdution, Theme and Variations.
But nothing beats a good long practice, putting all these ideas into one!
Enjoy,
Dean
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