[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<<does anybody have ideas how to practice and to play
e''' in schumann's konzertstuck?
and about endurance: how to play from begining to end?>>
One Word: Kopprasch.
Put your metronome on 88 for the quarter note (this works for most
exercises). Play through each etude without stopping, and play a different
transposition for each one; if you need to practice hitting a high E in the context
of a piece, transpose some of the etudes into C alto. If playing Kopprasch
or playing in C alto is a problem for you, then you probably have no business
playing Schumann.
Of course, I'm most inclined to think that anyone who has any business
playing this piece wouldn't have to ask this question. Many seasoned
professionals who do play high horn on this piece -that is *play* it, not play *with*
it- choose to use a descant horn, though I once heard an up-and-coming
professional at a workshop play it on an 8D with a hole in it...and this was after a
technically flawless (and musical, to boot) performance of Strauss 2 in its
entirety. Phil Myers, giving the masterclass, had virtually no criticism of
her performance. She must've practiced her Kopprasch.
Happy Kopprasching.
Sarah Hogan
At the foot of the Rockies - soon crossing the border
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