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Clarinet Secrets

100 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Clarinetist
Music Secrets for the Advanced Musician 2. Second Edition

von: Michele Gingras
48,99 €
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	24.02.2017
ISBN/EAN:	9781442276567
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	222

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Titelbeschreibung

This second edition of Clarinet Secrets is a compilation of Distinguished Professor Michele Gingras’s acclaimed books that spearheaded Rowman & Littlefield’s Music Secrets series: Clarinet Secrets and More Clarinet Secrets. It is the result of Gingras’s thirty years of hands-on experience spent in the clarinet studio working with students. Learn practical and technical secrets about rapid tonguing and double-tonguing; circular breathing; sight-reading and transposition; reed fixing and repair equipment; improving tone, intonation, technique, and musicianship; contemporary techniques; classical and non-classical performance; performance anxiety; auditioning; career planning and marketability; and more. The concepts are discussed in a straightforward way, explained clearly, and illustrated with photos, diagrams, and musical examples. Easy to use and intended for the intermediate and advanced musician, this second edition of Clarinet Secrets is perfect for students in a class or private situation, professionals, or instructors engaged in pedagogical research.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

The second edition of Clarinet Secrets provides techniques, tips, and guides based on Michele Gingras' 30 years of experience teaching in the clarinet studio. Discussed in a straightforward way, the concepts are explained clearly and illustrated with photos, diagrams, and musical examples—perfect for students, professionals, and instructors.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Terminology 
 
1 Tonguing Strategies 1. Rocket-Speed Tonguing 2. One-Motion Tonguing 3. Energy-Saving Tonguing 4. Finger-Tongue Coordination 5. Effortless Staccato across All Registers 6. Relaxed Jaw 7. The Light Tongue Exercise 8. Ping! 9. Articulation Vocabulary 10. Double Tonguing 11. Flutter Tonguing 12. Slap Tonguing 
 
2 Intonation Strategies 13. Practicing with the Drone 14. Hearing Difference Tones 15. Tuning with the Piano 16. Using Fingers to Modify Intonation 17. Flat Chin 18. Three-Step Embouchure 19. Training Wheel for Lowering the Pitch 20. Tuning Games 21. Playing with a Very Soft Reed to Eliminate Biting 22. Ear Training in Clarinetists Quick-Tips Bulletin Board—Intonation 
 
3 Tone Strategies 23. Breathing 24. Air Management 25. The Stereo Effect 26. Dissecting Tone 27. Practice Tone vs. Concert Tone 28. Tone Shopping 29. Printing Sound into Memory 30. Improving Embouchure Endurance 31. Knot in Tone 32. Playing with Fire 33. The Tone is Ringing! 34. Stopwatch Long Tones 35. Eliminating Cracking in High Registers Quick Tips Bulletin Board—Tone 
 
4 Technical Strategies 36. Natural Finger Motion 37. The Hat Trick for Scales 38. The Half-Hole Exercise for Wide Intervals 39. Half-Hole Thumb 40. Left Index Finger 41. Little Finger 42. Perfecting the Chromatic Scale 43. Perfecting the High Register 44. Play Air Clarinet 45. The Stick on a Fence 46. Working with a Practice Partner 47. Predicting Mental Concentration 48. Sight-Reading 49. Transposition 50. Unusual Transpositions in Orchestral Excerpts 51. Developing Technical Independence 52. Altissimo Chromatic Fingerings 53. Super Altissimo Register 54. Practicing in Front of a Mirror or Video Camera 55. Practicing in Front of a Mirror or Video Camera Quick Tips Bulletin Board—Tone 
 
5 Musicianship Strategies 56. Remembering Nature 57. Memorization 58. Listening to Opera Arias 59. Playing with Piano Accompaniment 60. Preparing your Music before the Performance 61. Keep a Practice Journal 62. Practice Tactics 63. Playing Posture 64. Recording Your Practice Sessions Quick-Tips Bulletin Board—Musicianship 
 
6 Reeds and Equipment 65. Breaking in a New Clarinet 66. Selecting a Mouthpiece 67. Mouthpiece Patch 68. Tool-Free Reed Prep 69. Positioning Your Reed 70. Express-Speed Reed Balancing 71. Reed Clipper 72. Reed Rush 73. Synthetic Reeds 74. Installing an Instant Neck-Strap Ring 75. Moleskin Padding 76. Tape in Tone Hole 77. Tape Types 78. Valentino Synthetic Corks 79. Swab Removal Tool 80. Emergency Equipment 81. Bore Oil 82. EZO Teeth Cushion Quick-Tips Bulletin Board—Reeds and Equipment 
 
7 Enhancing Repertoire 83. Be the First to Practice Second Clarinet Orchestral Parts 84. Eb Piccolo Clarinet 85. Bass Clarinet 86. Woodwind Doubling 87. Military Band Auditions 88. Clarinet and Organ Repertoire 89. Historic Chalumeau 90. German Clarinet 91. Jazz Clarinet 92. Playing World Music 93. Klezmer 94: Glissando à la Gershwin 95: Vibrato 96: Circular Breathing 97: Multiphonics 98: Growling 99: Braving Stage Fright 100: Technology for Clarinetists Quick-Tips Bulletin Board—Extra Tips 
 
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Autorenportrait

Michele Gingras is Distinguished Professor Emerita of clarinet at Miami University (OH), where she was named Curry Distinguished Educator and Distinguished Scholar of the graduate faculty. She has performed and taught masterclasses worldwide, released more than a dozen CDs, and written 200 articles and reviews for numerous international publications as well as two books: Clarinet Secrets (2004) and More Clarinet Secrets (2011). She is past secretary of the International Clarinet Association and is an artist clinician for Buffet Crampon and Légère Reeds.