SA Lesson #2 - Question #2

MF Fan · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 6:18 am Post subject:

Question on lesson #2, part I: How long are you to rest between each of the descending arpegios? Lesson #1 says "Rest as long as you play" in part I. Lesson #2 simply says "rest as marked," which is simply a single measure of rest. I assumed "Rest as long as you play" is a univeral guideline that should be followed throughout the book, but want to make sure I'm correct.

Blue Devil · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 6:39 am Post subject:

Yes - you are supposed to rest as long as you play during the exercises throughout the whole book. There are a few inconsistencies that still remain in the lesson instructions. For example, Lesson 21 Part I (in the edition that I have) is the first lesson where Claude did not write to rest 15 minutes before going on to Part II, yet in the other lessons he did.

Resting as long as you play is a good idea with any method, not just Claude's. Using that rule, you can get so much more out of practice sessions, rather than being "shot" after the first half hour because you never took the horn off of your face. We practice to build up, not to tear down.

Mike Trzesniak

[ This Message was edited by: Blue Devil on 2003-01-16 09:39 ]

John Mohan · Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2003 2:47 am Post subject:

Yes, the rest is one measure long. So is the exercise. So however long teh measure of playing lasted, you should make the measure of rest about the same amount of time. And even more as you get to the higher notes. It's not about making yourself tired.

Sincerely,

John Mohan
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