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sulaiman93
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This is the starting of the second yr im playing the clarinet.
Is there a way to improve very quickly? Or any ways to help me improve to be like u guys?
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Micron
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I think you know the answer to that...
A heap of practice, and a clued-up teacher to guide you.
Practice does not just mean playing through things. It is hard slog. Intense concentration. Focusing on every little detail that is not quite perfect, and going over it 20, 20, 50, 100 times until it is, all the time resisting the temptation to play it fast before you have mastered playing it perfectly slow. For every time you play something with a blemish, make yourself play it 5 times running without blemish.
Otherwise, all you are doing is training yourself how to more reliably do it wrong! This applies particularly to finger coordination. NEVER allow messy sounds between notes, because when you eventually play faster, what you do is shorten the notes, and those unwanted sounds dominate the "music". Yucky!
Do not rely on a teacher to be your slave driver. Slave drive YOURSELF! And if you aren't exhausted before an hour is up, I don't believe you are doing all these things.
Focus on perfection rather than trying to play many pieces outside your ability level.
Also listen to great recordings, to programme your mind with appropriate goals.
Play along with recordings - anything - for practice at following and blending with others.
Spend quite a bit of time playing anything - yes anything at all - WITHOUT MUSIC. As long as you are concentrating on those little black dots, you are not focusing your full attention on how you sound. Listen hard, and allow the bio-feed back to operate.
Use a metronome for precision, then turn it off and introduce style.
Use an electronic tuner to focus attention on tuning. Then play without it, allowing those tiny nuances of intonation to give life to the music.
Play long notes, changing volume, while maintaining tone, without music. (For breath control)
Keep your body physically fit.
Make the music flow. Not in little hops, note by note, but in long phrases. Think of kangaroo hops, from one note at the beginning of a phrase, to a few bars ahead... the next phrase, where your next hop starts. Listen to recordings of Verdi, Mozart, Belini ("Norma"!), etc operatic arias! Top singers can teach us a lot about phrasing. When you listen to pop music - actually ANY music - analyse what works and what does not. Use your brain.
Get in touch with your emotions. Feel them while you play. Become passionate, about anything. Then feel that while you play.
Record yourself, and listen critically.
In other words, be your own teacher for the times you are not actually with your teacher.
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Micron
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What sort of help is that, Clarinet7?
It sounds like ignorant boasting to me.
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doug663
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Take some privite lessons from a pro. That will boost you way up like it did me.
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Hump
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Micron said it all, I totally agree. And, remember to have fun!
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SimpsonSaxGal
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Clarinet7, I do think that that was boasting. It's great that you think you're good, but do you do everything in Micron's list?
I've been playing single reeds for ten years. I've learned (or heard) most of these things, but I wish I had Micron's list eight years earlier! It would've helped me out a lot.
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-harmonic_divine
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PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE. Getting good isn't something that is done overnight. Beleive me...I know...
Regards...
AKR
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sulaiman93
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lolx... thx for the great help..^_^
one problem..lolx
i don't have teachers to guide me...
i only have seniors.
In my school, in my CCA, i mean, my seniors run the most of the things, the teachers only do preparations for music exchange and all that sort of stuff.
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sulaiman93
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yeah rite...
practice 24/7...
anyways, how do i improve my
-tongue-ing
-finger coordination
and all that sort of stuff?
basically, how do i improve my speed and side reading skills?
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laeta_puella
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the only way to improve at anything, be it clarinet, any other instrument, or baseball or cooking, is to practice. micron's tips are very good. you should work on things not until you can do it right, but until you can't do it wrong.
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H_Granger
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I'm about to go into my third year of playing. Second year was fun and my most improved year. I started my second year not being able to go from an A to a B flat without squeaks. Not I can and much more! One thing that helped me was that playing in a small band my first year didn't pressure me to much, but when I got into a band of 82 I had a ton of pressure, and being in first chair didn't help. I began to practice every night for about 20-30 minutes, which improved me and then in regular class I would improve even more because I was working hard at it. So if you just work at it, and like you really mean it, you can be awesome!
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