Getting from note to note. 22:20 on Thursday, May 29, 2003
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(Rachel)
I am working on Rossini`s "Introduction, Theme and Variations". I am finding it quite easy (all it is is scales, arpeggios etc- and in Bb major (concert), too!) but there is one problem I am having. I am having trouble jumping from C (on the stave) to G (4 lines above. I was wondering if anyone knows of a fingering that will make this easier. I find the "long F" to be very useful, and I was wondering if there was a similar "long G".
Thanks.
PS: Am I the only person in the world who cannot stand Vandoren reeds? I use Rico Grand Concert size 3 1/2, and find them ideal.
Re: Getting from note to note. 23:37 on Friday, May 30, 2003
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(ALOMARvelous12)
Ah yes, Rossini`s wonderfull Introduction Theme and Variations
I assume the C you are talking about is the 3rd line C. You run into this interval between the C and G in part two of the first variation (the one in triplets) as well as in measure 13 of the coda.
This is the fingering for C:
T R X X X / X X X C-F
This is the standard fingering for G:
T R O X O Db-Bb / O O O Gb-Eb
If you use this, then it is very likely you may have problems getting the G out clean.
Try playing the G like this
T R X O O / X X O Gb-Eb
That is the easiest solution but if you don`t like it, here`s a couple other alternate G fingerings:
T R O X X / X X O Gb-Eb
T R O X O / X O X Gb-Eb
Of course, whenever you`re in the altissimo register, using the Gb/Eb key is optional.
Re: Getting from note to note. 22:14 on Saturday, June 07, 2003
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(Rachel)
CLARInet- I don`t like Vandoren reeds because I just about kill myself getting a sound out of the damn things, and then it is a really bad sound anyway. With Rico Grand Concert, I can sound like a good professional player without too much effort.
Re: Getting from note to note. 21:45 on Tuesday, June 17, 2003
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(Rachel)
ALOMARvelous12- I was reading your post about the piece in discussion. Did you ever get that horrible run in the coda? I have almost got it but it doesn`t come out properly every time. I had the same sort of problems with high notes early last year, so I moved up a reed size and that helped, so I`m thinking of doing that now.
Did you see my post about the Martinu Sonatina? Could you help me with that? I am playing it at an audition later this year (along with the Rossini and the 2nd movement of Spohr`s 3rd concerto) and I don`t want it to seem like I don`t know anything about the piece.
Re: Getting from note to note. 12:17 on Wednesday, June 18, 2003
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(ALOMARvelous12)
Which "horrible run"? I`m guessing the one in measure 36 of the Maggiore Coda?
I`m not sure which edition you own, but in my Southern Music Company edition, it goes like a chromatic scale in sixteenth from C (2 lines above the staff) up to A. then it comes down to G, F, E, D, then up to F, then A, and finally G in the next measure before it skips down two octaves and goes up an accending scale.
This is the most difficult part of the entire piece. I really can`t think of any way to teach this other than practicing it slowly. The biggest problem part is the three notes last notes of measure 36 D-F-A.
I don`t know about yours, but my edition has a much much much easier ossia passage. Instead of the one I described above, this one has:
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