Author: Ken Lagace
Date: 2022-01-27 06:13
An opportunity came up many, MANY years ago to perform a very difficult clarinet piece, but I had only a short time to learn it. So, I developed a new way, and it worked nicely for me.
#1 Practice the 'break' separately by itself.
And the Opperman 'Modern Daily Studies' #6 would be a great help. In my younger years I could play it at mm 150.
#2 Start practicing at the end of a difficult part first. Last 2 bars? Make a judgement call where to start. Set a playable beat on a metronome. When you can play it 3 times without mistakes at that tempo, add a few earlier bars at a time until you can play the entire section three times without mistakes at this tempo.
#3 Set the metronome up one mm marking (60 to 61 for instance) and back to #2.
#4 When can’t improve any more or you tire, quit for now.
Sometime later, hours or a day later, start at your best 'Three in a row perfectly' tempo, and start again at #2.
I have found that I increase every day by a few mm’s and in a week am amazed at my progress.
The reason this works is that as you play, you are getting more and more into spots you have practiced the most.
And practice to a tempo faster than will be needed so you can be quite relaxed when performing.
Post Edited (2022-01-27 06:19)
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