Author: gwie
Date: 2015-04-12 06:12
Justin O'Dell did a masterclass for my students and a number of them had questions on practicing for range. He shared with them the exercise where you play five chromatic notes at forte, starting from G on top of the regular staff. The goal is to make each pitch have the quality and tone of the notes you already sound good with...from there, you nudge up in half steps (so G-Ab-A-Bb-B, then Ab-A-Bb-B-C, then A-Bb-B-C-C#, etc.). On the fifth note, you hold it as long as possible with consistent pitch and a good sound at forte.
It was a very useful addition to the practice strategy "toolbox" for working on the upper register.
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