Performance
Practice and Performance Tips
Citation: Estrin, Mitchell. Practice and Performance Tips.University of Florida. <http://www.arts.ufl.edu/music/clarinet/tips.html>
Article Title: Practice and Performance Tips
Author: Mitchell Estrin
Instrument: Clarinet
Magazine or Journal Title: None
Summary:
- Reeds
- Choose appropriate for individual player
- Soak in water
- Trying reeds
- Break in reeds slowly, have several reeds on a rotation
- Don't play in altissimo register until reed is broken in
- Rinse reeds when done
- Store reeds on glass to prevent warping
- Keep extra reeds on hand
- Know which reeds are good and bad: Trial and error
- Use proper tools for reed adjustment
- Reed Adjustment tools
- Reed knife
- Reed rush
- Waterproof silicon carbide paper
- Beveled glass
- Reed clipper
- Water
- Patience
- Tips for preparing for college
- Scales
- Prepare in advance
- Practice performing in front of others
- Record yourself
- Tips to Sight Reading
- Stay with basics
- Look at time, key and tempo first
- Check for repeats, tempo changes, difficult spots, style, dynamics, patters, etc.
- Don't back track, just keep going
- Warming up
- Long tones
- Scales
- Articulation exercises
Article Title: Practice and Performance Tips
Author: Mitchell Estrin
Instrument: Clarinet
Magazine or Journal Title: None
Summary:
- Reeds
- Choose appropriate for individual player
- Soak in water
- Trying reeds
- Break in reeds slowly, have several reeds on a rotation
- Don't play in altissimo register until reed is broken in
- Rinse reeds when done
- Store reeds on glass to prevent warping
- Keep extra reeds on hand
- Know which reeds are good and bad: Trial and error
- Use proper tools for reed adjustment
- Reed Adjustment tools
- Reed knife
- Reed rush
- Waterproof silicon carbide paper
- Beveled glass
- Reed clipper
- Water
- Patience
- Tips for preparing for college
- Scales
- Prepare in advance
- Practice performing in front of others
- Record yourself
- Tips to Sight Reading
- Stay with basics
- Look at time, key and tempo first
- Check for repeats, tempo changes, difficult spots, style, dynamics, patters, etc.
- Don't back track, just keep going
- Warming up
- Long tones
- Scales
- Articulation exercises