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 Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:29 pm
So I don't know about other states, but in Missouri we can audition to be in a state-wide orchestra, a huge honor.
Being a freshman in high school, this is the first year I can try out.
The audition requirements?
D major scale, 3 octaves (easy enough); B melodic minor scale (not too bad)
But this is where they get me:
Excerpts. Ughhh.
Overture to La Forza del Destino- Verdi
Symphony No. 4, 4th movement- Tchaikovsky
Overture to The Magic Flute- Mozart
So I'm looking through the excerpts, and they don't look so-completely-terrible.
Until I hear a recording of the Tchaikovsky excerpt. I died a little on the inside.
All on the top of the fingerboard, which isn't really hard for me anymore. BUTTTT... String crossing and lots of shifting, at 100 mph. (To be exact, sixteenth notes, quarter note= 132. Also, fortissimo. I think you can do the math.) To be honest, I'm not sure it's humanly possible.
So...
Words of encouragement?
All-State experiences/ helpful hints?
Hardest thing you've ever played?Hardest audition piece?
Help?
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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:00 pm
We have all-region, and then all-state, but I haven''t even bothered to try out for all-region since 8th grade. Don''t want to/don''t have the time/don''t feel like stressing out that much. So, I can''t say I''m a wealth of information.
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:41 am
eamane ancalime So I don't know about other states, but in Missouri we can audition to be in a state-wide orchestra, a huge honor.
Being a freshman in high school, this is the first year I can try out.
The audition requirements?
D major scale, 3 octaves (easy enough); B melodic minor scale (not too bad)
But this is where they get me:
Excerpts. Ughhh.
Overture to La Forza del Destino- Verdi
Symphony No. 4, 4th movement- Tchaikovsky
Overture to The Magic Flute- Mozart
So I'm looking through the excerpts, and they don't look so-completely-terrible.
Until I hear a recording of the Tchaikovsky excerpt. I died a little on the inside.
All on the top of the fingerboard, which isn't really hard for me anymore. BUTTTT... String crossing and lots of shifting, at 100 mph. (To be exact, sixteenth notes, quarter note= 132. Also, fortissimo. I think you can do the math.) To be honest, I'm not sure it's humanly possible.
So...
Words of encouragement?
All-State experiences/ helpful hints?
Hardest thing you've ever played?Hardest audition piece? Help? Wow! That are very nice peaces!!!
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:39 am
Tchaikowsky... I feel your pain with him. We're playing a Serenade at school by him, with lots of fast spiccatto... but pianissimo. Which kind of stinks. The actual notes aren't that hard, nothing higher than the top G in a 3 octave G major scale, but random slurs and sixteenth notes kind of stink.
Uh... I guess just practice slowly and work up to speed. That's the best advice I can give. Start out as slowly as possible, and practice it ten times well. Then take the metronome up one notch. Repeat. And just keep doing it. It might drive you crazy, since it will take a really really long time, but you'll know it forever. 3nodding
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