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Jay Lichtmann
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:30 pm    Post subject: Clarke #2 Anyone! Reply with quote

My guess is if you are bothering to read this post, you have spent several years of your life working on Study #2 in the H.L. Clarke Technical Studies book. To state "it's a favorite of mine" is to admit to a high degree of masochism and possibly self loathing. Still, one cannot deny the benefits gained from woodshedding this study.

In my quest to always take something hard and make it all the harder, I have rhythmically reconfigured this study in several different ways. The first reconfiguration has the series offset by two notes. Additionally there are reconfigurations in 6/8, 5/8 and 7/8.

http://www.wwjdo.com/_sites/music/clarke2reconfig.pdf

I had been practicing these studies in this manner for many years and only decided to copy them out one year, as punishment for a troublesome student. I remember thinking "these will keep him busy!"

Rhythmically reconfiguring passages to help with their execution is a great practice technique that was highly favored by two of my teachers, Robert Nagel and Thomas Stevens. Music notation software makes this practice fun to experiment with.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks (I think!!!), Jay!!!

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 1:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

benlewis wrote:
Thanks (I think!!!), Jay!!!


Seconded (no pun intended) - I thought I was mean to myself by extending them above the staff but I see have much to expand in masochism even with Clarke 2
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been playing your reconfiguration for a few years now. Great way to make the material feel completely fresh again. Thanks for sharing it!
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Jay! Looking forward to stretching in a different challenge!

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks!!
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just when you think you've tortured yourself enough, something like this comes along.

Thanks, I think. Either way, I'll definitely check this out.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ooof as a bonus round (just ran into this video), going to apply some of the (yet more) variations/approach from Ben Wright here:


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