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Post by princessmoose on May 20, 2006 10:58:25 GMT
Mine is not good enough, I can't cope with crotchet 120 staccato semiquavers! The exercises I use, are to set the metronome at crotchet 60 and first just tongue crotchets, then quavers, then triplets, then semiquavers etcetc and once I can do them at that tempo I increase the metronome. I can just about do it semiquavers at crotchet 104 now..on a good day!
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Post by saxophonist on May 20, 2006 13:48:47 GMT
I cant manage them that fast either, I use the same methoud as you but it doesnt seem to e working........
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Post by princessmoose on May 20, 2006 13:50:22 GMT
How often do you do them?
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Post by saxophonist on May 20, 2006 13:52:09 GMT
bout once a week, I can never reallt be bothered
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Post by princessmoose on May 20, 2006 13:53:17 GMT
There's why . I got from crotchet 60 to 92 in a day..well one practice session.
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Post by elmo on May 20, 2006 15:18:32 GMT
Oh man you're making me depressed! I'm gonna set myself a holiday routine and stick to it!
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Post by princessmoose on May 20, 2006 15:19:51 GMT
I haven't done it in a while but it really does work. I didn't think it did, but it is worth perservering with.
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Post by elmo on May 20, 2006 15:22:51 GMT
I can't staccato anything- it just screeches and then I get fed up !
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Post by princessmoose on May 20, 2006 15:23:33 GMT
I know the feeling! But once you can comfortable tongue normally at different speeds, then go back to a really slow tempo and try it staccato.
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Post by elmo on May 20, 2006 15:25:57 GMT
ahhhh righty. I'm really going to get technical work down this summer, it really needs done. Any other exercises I should be doing on anything?
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Post by princessmoose on May 20, 2006 15:28:32 GMT
Erm, I sent my clarinet technique books home this morning, but I'll have a look. Another good thing I've been told to do is to slur between notes in different octaves. I can't remember the exact exercise, but Ill try to remember!
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Post by anacrusis on May 20, 2006 19:52:34 GMT
Is double-tonguing allowed as a way of getting speed up? Or are you doing that anyway?
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Post by saxophonist on May 20, 2006 21:49:56 GMT
whats double tonguing?
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Post by anacrusis on May 20, 2006 23:56:06 GMT
instead of going t-t-t-t or d-d-d-d, you go d-g-d-g-d-g or t-k-t-k. I know that oboists use this, and I use a softer version, d-d'll-d-d'll, on the recorder. It allows you to go much faster, and you tire less quickly. Brass players use the technique too. I just didn't know if the single reeds did. It took me quite a long time to learn to do it, because you have to train yourself to co-ordinate the different bits of the tonguing with your fingers - I find it difficult to learn new tricks!
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Post by elmo on May 21, 2006 8:51:18 GMT
I hate double tonguing! I can't even do single tonguing propelry yet!
I could do it better on the cornet than I could on the clarinet!
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