Author: vboboe
Date: 2007-03-02 02:36
... stamina, yes, and it's not just embouchure, after i got some chops i've discovered air support needs lots of stamina too -- relearning how to play 3.5 yrs for me now, 21st century body's completely different and more unpredictable than it was in 1960's youth
i think it's good to just blow to start with, don't worry about articulations and dynamics right away, cheeks can't hold all that together yet, but always attempt to blow as sweetly as you can, for as long as comfortable each day, just getting to 'almost sweetly' is about half a year's work
don't overdo it any day, will be too sore to start next time, better several very short blowing sessions each day than one long session until lips collapse
lips & cheeks will get stronger, so tonguing is"easier" to do then, but before that tonguing seems like a major obstacle, how on earth flick just the tip against the reed with the mouth in this awkward position, licking ice cream it's not
a band method book 1 is OK to start with, work way through it from the beginning, lots of *** short *** melodies etc for variety, lots of practice sight-reading melodies you don't recognize, important skill
Find other sheet music songs and tunes you know well and really love already and keep going back to them, you'll really love improvements you make over the months and years
as someone musically literate, it's a real challenge to remain positive about my own slow progress, one day I WILL have the sound i want to hear, someday my fingers WILL just play that difficult passage as easy as pie, someday IT WILL all come together technically and musically ... one fine day somewhere over the rainbow :-)
must go, pull out my welsh songs to practice, it's March 1st!
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