I got mine in the other day... It's going to be a lot of work, for sure.
page 29 looks so overwhelming... double and triple tonguing has not really come to me yet. The forms on this page look like they're meant to be applied over time.
I've tried the warm up #57 but I have some trouble during the middle section, I'm not crescendoing enough and by the time I think I got it, 3rd measure tells me to back way off... then when I get to the last bar I'm out of air.
On the bottom section, I'm having trouble with the different technique for measure 1 slurred and 2 legato tongued. I tend to slow down the 2nd measure and try to get some separation. the 3rd measure I have a hard time getting the accents at pianissimo. My pedal notes change! And it's scary how much air I leak (less with 6.5al, more with 11c).
Any advice? Besides lessons... those start soon.
Wow, it's been a long time since I checked in, here . . . it looked like Doug had things under control so I was laying low. Lots of great questions and lots of great answers.
I suspect that many of you have persisted with
The Reinhardt Routines and are still making progress . . . slow but steady progress is the best kind, in my opinion.
These routines are the kind that you don't sit down in one practice session and perfect every single nuance. Over a period of time, rotating through the 11 Day plan to the best of your ability each day, you will no doubt make progress. The idea of a practice journal, and even recording yourself practicing will show you things you might otherwise forget. Getting discouraged is unnecessary; persistence pays off.
My wife found
this review by Dave Sherman that I wanted to share with you. Dave states that this book is the "most usable of the Reinhardt material published to date" and I believe he's referring to an actual "method book" that you can put on your stand and chip away at over a period of time.
I don't know if any of you have noticed this phenomenon, but I've noticed that when I'm actually practicing out of this book, it's really hard for me to sound and feel as good as I think I ought to be able to, but I persist anyway (sometimes I just plain suck!). Later in my playing day, after a good hour or so rest and it's time to work on other stuff, I'm always amazed by how great it feels to play, and most of the time I sound much more like I think I ought to be sounding.
Just offering some words of hope and encouragement for those of you trudging along with me!
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