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 Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:41 pm
I remember when the music director of my church (then assistant) taught e to support my diaphragm. She's really hot, and only 4 years older than me, and she showed my by standing behind me and holding back my stomach. Then she let me try on her smile It was nice, lmao. Sux tho, cuz she's going with our old music director down in laguna niguel, and now IM left to step up >_> It'll be 2 years or so before I can truly be the music director, only because I can't play piano (well) and I can't direct choir (well). Bah, I hate responsibility... but yeah, diaphragm..... heh.
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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:46 am
Ash Rail That's diaphragm support. ^ ^ That's something I need to work on. I practiced for the first time since Memorial day. Whoa. Just whoa. I was really depressed after that...
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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:46 am
An easy way to work on that is making sure your tone is absolutely strait. That means NO wavers or anything in long tones. If you hear a slight wobble, start over.
I remember my sax teacher spending entire lessons supervising my long tone practicing. > <
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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:42 pm
Ash Rail An easy way to work on that is making sure your tone is absolutely strait. That means NO wavers or anything in long tones. If you hear a slight wobble, start over. I remember my sax teacher spending entire lessons supervising my long tone practicing. > < I'm a voice student, so I've allows deliberately sung through my instrument, so sometimes on sustained notes I deliberately incorporate vibrato. But that's always mistaken as a weakeness in tone. Because I've noticed (because I teach sometimes to younger students) that kids with weaker tones always have that shaky tone quality. So I was like "Oh, shiite". So now I only use vibrato in jazz.
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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:59 pm
chocovash- o.0; ookayyyyyyyy mr. a made my friend do that to me, when he was young his brother (which i found out he had only two weeks ago o.o) had to do that diaphragm thing, and he had problems cuz my teacher was so fat rofl
ash- 3nodding okies xD...woahh a whole lesson? o.0; i think once something like that happened to me xD. When I do my horrible long tones i shall try that blaugh
Emily- maybe you used vibrato the wrong way? ::shrugs:: i try to use vibrato on long notes ._.;;--but i don't use it around my teacher for i don't know what he'll say gonk
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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:03 pm
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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:15 pm
[~~Emily~~] Ash Rail An easy way to work on that is making sure your tone is absolutely strait. That means NO wavers or anything in long tones. If you hear a slight wobble, start over. I remember my sax teacher spending entire lessons supervising my long tone practicing. > < I'm a voice student, so I've allows deliberately sung through my instrument, so sometimes on sustained notes I deliberately incorporate vibrato. But that's always mistaken as a weakeness in tone. Because I've noticed (because I teach sometimes to younger students) that kids with weaker tones always have that shaky tone quality. So I was like "Oh, shiite". So now I only use vibrato in jazz. My tone is generally pretty thick with vibrato, which is why I have to be careful not to have a wavy straight tone. There's more contrast that way.
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:00 pm
i have the most absent minded teacher in the world rolleyes he's a tad bit dyslexic too o.0
he thought we had lessons today rofl when i heard him on the phone it sounded like he said, "i'll be running a bit late, i hit a student with my motorcycle" and i began to laugh XD!!!! o.0; but it sounded like that....then he called back realizing my lesson was tomorrow
once he came at twelve...i was knocked out on the couch and WHAM he appears and i dash upstairs to dress up...o_o i was like, "=_____= i thought lessons were at five" him: "well i'm absent minded...." sweatdrop
yes randomness ^_^
now i must practice teh piano burning_eyes
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:15 pm
: ) I'm in a good mood.
I found a great reed tonight. I'm very happy.
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:33 pm
XD!
i've been using my reed for a month...i should change but i keep on forgetting o_O
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:55 pm
Speaking of reeds...
How often do you have to change reeds? o_o
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:58 pm
I use my reeds for much too long,
its quite disturbing but no mold.
I promise x]
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:20 am
personally, I would rotate reeds everyday, its useful if you have a concert or audition coming up (ugh bad memories of reeds chipping during auditions....) and you aren't stuck with one reed for far too long.
i do that sometimes... sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:00 am
I run through one in anywhere from a few days to a week.
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:40 pm
I've been playing my clarinet for four years. It's fun. Hard at first 'cause I didn't understand a single note...
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