from the music library
I went to the bookstore after my killer psychology test today and bought a bunch of flute parts, including Daphnis et Chloe, which is the one I'm assigned. I'm practicing the main solo (it's in the Jeanne Baxtresser book) and man, those G#'s in the opening are killing me. I'm trying to make them soft, but they keep cracking, or the A's directly after will crack. I am also trying to unlearn the habit of starting off my soft upper register notes with a "puh" articulation, even though I haven't gotten any comments on it; it can't be good, I know that. No one wants to hear "puh puh poooooooh." I'm probably going to go ask Dr. G about it tomorrow, after I try it some more in the morning and maybe during lunch, if I don't have orchestra.
The Burton second movement is coming along pretty well, although I think I need to spend more time on the slower parts and not the runs. And the first movement of the Martinu is pretty much under control. I should look at, run through, and maybe work on a few spots in the second and third movements.
AHH DAPHNIS IS SO DIFFICULT. I'll figure it out, though. I probably just need to figure out where to place breaths in the opening of the solo, keep my air steady and strong, and my embouchure under control.
Oh yeah, and I think (I hope) I've finally said auf Wiedersehen to the "smiley embouchure."
The Burton second movement is coming along pretty well, although I think I need to spend more time on the slower parts and not the runs. And the first movement of the Martinu is pretty much under control. I should look at, run through, and maybe work on a few spots in the second and third movements.
AHH DAPHNIS IS SO DIFFICULT. I'll figure it out, though. I probably just need to figure out where to place breaths in the opening of the solo, keep my air steady and strong, and my embouchure under control.
Oh yeah, and I think (I hope) I've finally said auf Wiedersehen to the "smiley embouchure."