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In this episode we talk about what beginner fundamentals we are focusing on this semester and planning when to approach them with each of our classes.
Fundamentals to be addressed:
- scales
- dynamics
- staccato
- legato
- vibrato
- tuning
- trombone slurs
- Remingtons
- enharmonics
- new rule (stagger breathing)
- range extension
- recognizing keys
- 2 count breaths
What is the “blue book” you referenced?
Foundations for Superior Performance
What supplementary materials do you use for the clarinets playing over the break?
Around minute 22, you said you introduce almost everything with “I play/You play”. Is there a time when you introduce certain rhythms that way? Say, for example, a hemiola in 6/8 (two tied eighths/two tied eighths/two tied eighths) or dotted eighth/sixteenth tied to eighth/eighth?
Could you explain Speed Band? Is it the same as “mess up/drop out”?