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Author: Alex K.
Date: 2015-05-16 05:36
Hey guys, I have to play the Weber Concertino for my high school allcity orchestra (not the full thing). Can anyone share their experience with this piece, especially the runs between the intro and the end of theme.
~Thank you!
-Alex
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Author: ClarinetRobt
Date: 2015-05-16 06:34
Alex:
I assume you're talking the runs half way through the theme that start on the f# (m60). Of course take it slow, but I utilize 'practice' rhythms to help technique.
1) Dotted eight, sixteenth "day to, day to ,to day"
2) Sixteenth, Dotted eight "today, today"
3) Eighth, Two Sixteenths
4) Two Sixteenths, Eighth
5) Triplets...I always slur in groups of three. It'll be awkward, but that's the point.
Do all rhythms, perfectly, slowly...say 10 times. The click up the metronome and repeat.
Also try the first beat (1-1/2 in this case) + the first note of the following beat. (F# to D). Just that ten times slowly, repeat, getting quicker. Then the third beat + the first beat of four (D to F).
Several practice sessions will give you amazing muscle memory. Put it all together again slowly. Some people will go ahead and put their right hand down, starting on the f#. (I find that questionable due to intonation, but it all happens so fast few will notice. It's your call.)
The tongued runs in m64 & m67: it's completely cool to add a slur on beat three between the B and C if it helps. If your tonguing is not super quick, slur two, tongue two. It will sound impressive no matter what. ~good luck!
~Robt L Schwebel
Mthpc: Behn Vintage
Lig: Ishimori, Behn Delrin
Reed: Legere French Cut 3.75/4, Behn Brio 4
Horns: Uebel Superior (Bb,A), Ridenour Lyrique, Buffet R13 (Eb)
Post Edited (2015-05-16 06:46)
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Author: ClarinetRobt
Date: 2015-05-16 16:11
That's brilliant Ken...great read. Thanks!
~Robt L Schwebel
Mthpc: Behn Vintage
Lig: Ishimori, Behn Delrin
Reed: Legere French Cut 3.75/4, Behn Brio 4
Horns: Uebel Superior (Bb,A), Ridenour Lyrique, Buffet R13 (Eb)
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Author: damusikfreak
Date: 2015-05-16 18:57
I myself actually played this solo most recently. Some ways I personally approached this solo is..
- listening to a recording of it, along with your practicing. So you get the jist of what it sounds like. A Great recording of the piece if you'd like!: http://safeshare.tv/w/XgwewlRiVm
-Some of the really fast passages, I'd take at a much slower rate, and like practice them slowly while warming up for other things so you can get in your fingers and muscle memory.
- My Clarinet instructor gave me many long tones, articulation tech sheets(staccato and slurring), and like F major tech sheets (3rds, 4ths, 5ths, etc.. it was in F right..? I can't fully remember!). Which if you have the scale in your fingers like that, it'll make all the changes much easier for your fingers, due to muscle memory. I strongly recommend this.
- A way I sped it up, was I played the fast sections in different melodies, for instance instead of 16ths, I'd take it in many different forms of a melody, random Like dotted 8ths and like 16ths, and messed around. Then play it as 16th notes. It enabled me to play it much faster.
- The triplet groupings I took in groups of three. It helped me get the tonging where it was suppose to be
Those are things that I personally did to help myself with this solo, hopefully they are of help to you!
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