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loweredsixth
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 Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 4:34 pm Post subject: Mitchell Tone and Attack Study |
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Does anyone else practice a Tone and Attack Study from the Mitchell books everyday?
If so, do you always play them with a bold, firm attack, or do you try different attacks?
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Denny Schreffler
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 2:55 pm Post subject: Re: Mitchell Tone and Attack Study |
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| loweredsixth wrote: | Does anyone else practice a Tone and Attack Study from the Mitchell books everyday?
If so, do you always play them with a bold, firm attack, or do you try different attacks? |
I don't play them every day, but I teach them.
I teach them as "full and singing," accentato.
My goal with them is to have the student 100% sure of the pitch and the sound that they want in their mind as they're playing -- no pussyfooting or waffling.
If a kid gets a little less bold than I want, I'll sing along in an exaggerated "opera" voice for a couple of bars (something that no one ever wants to hear).
There are plenty of articulation studies in the Mitchell books and elsewhere -- use these exercises to find the exact resonance of your body and your horn operating together.
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I alternate articulation patterns: slurred, then clear, distinctive staccato, then legato and connected with a very light touch. The legato is the most difficult and humbling, I think, but very worthwhile. Works with exercises in Mitchell and many other books too.
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