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dss62467
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Runs
on: March 27, 2010, 10:08:20 PM
Working on Mozart Violin Sonata #36 to play with my teacher at the June recital (he's doing the violin part). I have a solo run on the piano, followed by a chromatic scale from low c# to high c# - that part's pretty easy.... but the run.... how do I make this even? I'm going c-d-c-b flat - a-c-a-b flat-a-g-f-e-f-g-f-e you get the idea... all the way down to lower c before picking up the chromatic scale. I can't seem to keep the tempo steady. Do I just keep trying it slowly and gradually increase the speed once I can do it evenly at a slower speed, or it there a trick to it?
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stevebob
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Re: Runs
Reply #1 on: March 27, 2010, 11:04:10 PM
Although it seems counterintuitive, many people find that deliberately exaggerated unevenness promotes greater control over the eventual smooth rhythmic uniformity that's desiired. Assuming the "run" is a sequence of notes of equal value, try practicing the passage in a variety of different rhythms like these (for groupings in simple meter and compound meter, respectively):
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landru
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Re: Runs
Reply #2 on: March 29, 2010, 08:20:17 PM
Yup, I recommend what Stevebob said. Greatly exaggerating the rhthym in different ways really, really helps on these problems. I think it forces the fingers (and head) out of their rut and realigns them - sometimes it works almost like magic!
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