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Re: Comments about my playing

Author: DAVE
Date: 2006-05-25 22:37

Your tonal concept may be that of your teacher's or of the country in which you live so take the following comments for what they are worth.

IMO, the tone is too spread overall, not just the throat tones. It sounds to me as if your tongue is very low in your mouth which creates a slow air flow resulting in the spread sound that I am talking about. I believe your tone would improve instantly by simply raising the tongue to the point where the sides of your tongue touch the back molars. Leave the tongue there! Do not move it! If you do this you may think the tone loses its robust quality, and in a way you may be correct; the tone will be super focused and more concentrated. In my experiece with this issue, a spread tone is often confused with a robust tone. Do a search on this board; there will be volumes of info on this subject.

Aside from the above thoughts, I liked the performance. Be careful to use the rubato sparingly. If I begin to expect it at your phrase endings then it ceases to be musical and I will get bored. Always change it up. Don't always give the listener what is expected. Be creative.

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