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Homework for the Week of Feb. 27th

Jackson Thanks for your work today. Today's post is a little long because this was our last lesson together and I want to send you off well-equipped. I'd suggest copying this text somewhere for when you're interested in picking up your clarinet at home. Here are some shorter-term pieces of material that we talked about: Chromatic scale from low E [...]

2018-02-27T21:24:11-05:00February 27th, 2018|

Homework for the Week of Feb. 20th

Ryan #1. Longtones: Continue Chromatic Voicing Exercise up to D (2nd overtone of G). If you're having trouble, make each pair of notes take a whole breath, and at the end of the note either do a tone matching exercise with the fingered pitch or abruptly lower your voicing to jump down to the fundamental note. If your jaw drops [...]

2021-09-02T06:35:57-04:00February 22nd, 2018|

Homework for the week of February 13th

Ryan #1. Longtones: Continue Chromatic Voicing Exercise up to D (2nd overtone of G). If you're having trouble, make each pair of notes take a whole breath, and at the end of the note either do a tone matching exercise with the fingered pitch or abruptly lower your voicing to jump down to the fundamental note. If your jaw drops [...]

2021-08-16T07:17:23-04:00February 16th, 2018|

Homework for the week of February 6th

Jackson Try to practice using our Parts of Practice model that I wrote out on your sheet. Every session should include: tone warmup, technique and repertoire. Each section should take about the same amount of time; see if you can challenge yourself with a timer. Start small, with each section taking 3 minutes, then work up the time a minute at [...]

2018-02-06T20:46:51-05:00February 6th, 2018|

Homework for the week of Jan 30th

Ryan #1. Longtones: Continue opposite octave exercise 'Voicing' pg. 22-23 #2. Memorize F minor scale, arpeggio, and pentatonic scale. Work with a metronome at a comfortable tempo. #3. Selected Studies - whole piece with metronome at 80-90 bpm. Remember to follow written articulations closely. #4. Take Five: Practice melody with metronome Practice improvising to the track. Use one idea from [...]

2018-02-02T15:53:23-05:00February 2nd, 2018|

Homework for the Week of January 23rd

Jackson Continue: Minuet (21 in Galper Book). Remember to bring the book next week, please! Register Switch Warmup (Galper 68) Practice with a tuner this week. I use an app called n-Track Tuner. Use consistent air support as you cross the break, and aim to support the medium register with air support and high voicing so that it isn't flat. [...]

2018-01-23T18:33:41-05:00January 23rd, 2018|

Homework for the Week of January 16th

Ryan Continue warmup and technique from last week: scalar overtone exercise on Bb major whisper tones, using only F and C Aim to produce a whisper tone on the same note you're fingering C# major scale and triads with metronome Material from this week: El Camino Real Practice A minor and F major scales (one octave each) along to metronome [...]

2018-01-16T18:24:45-05:00January 16th, 2018|

Homework for the Week of January 9th

Jackson Minuet (21 in Galper Book) Good work on this in lesson! Next lesson I'd like to talk about phrasing, so aim to be able to play through the whole thing with no breaks. Register Switch Warmup (Galper 68) Practice with a tuner this week. I use an app called n-Track Tuner. Use consistent air support as you cross the break, [...]

2018-01-09T18:29:56-05:00January 9th, 2018|

Homework Post for the week of December 12th

Anthony Open triad warmup Play 3 notes to a breath, taking the biggest breaths you can. Aim for smooth transitions between notes; before changing your fingering take a moment to imagine every finger that needs to move, then move them all together. Deep breathing exercises Try to breathe into the lowest part of your lungs. You should feel your belly [...]

2017-12-14T12:15:55-05:00December 14th, 2017|

Homework for the week of December 5th

Jackson Here's our homework from last week: Longtone Warmup: Register Switch Exercise (on paper). Make sure to use full breaths on each set of notes and listen deeply to the sound. G major scale, 2 octaves. Try to keep the top few notes (D up to G) in tune; you have a tendency to go flat. Think about maintaining the [...]

2017-12-07T14:36:26-05:00December 7th, 2017|
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