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 Re: Audition
Author: huboboe 
Date:   2011-04-15 04:53

I was already playing professionally before I learned to practice as you describe. That's exactly right. One further refinement (if you aren't already doing it) is to increase the speed a click at a time until you make errors. Then play it through slowly and correctly before putting it away. Each day you'll get a bit faster and more confident.

Stevens Hewitt says about practicing, in his book 'Method for Oboe' (which I think every oboist ought to own), "The memory of how it feels is your only method."

This is why it is so very important to start slowly, so that you will build a solid memory of how it feels to play the passage correctly.

Another Hewittism: "On the train journey the ties are blurred to invisibility, but when you laid the track you were painfully aware of the weight and place of each tie..."

Enjoy the Mozart. It's a great piece that you will continue to refine your whole life. You're gonna have a great audition!

Robert Hubbard
WestwindDoubleReed.com
1-888-579-6020
bob@westwinddoublereed.com

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