Fingering Issues
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Fingering Issues
I have a dilemma... I have been playing the flute for about 6 years now and no one ever corrected me on my fingering for the notes D and Eb (I played them with the first finger down). I had lessons the first two years that I started playing, and I can't believe that he didn't say anything. Recently, I started taking up lessons to help me with getting ready for college auditions, and to my surprise, my teacher told me that I was fingering those notes wrong. So now I have been making a concious effort to change this habit, but I keep on tripping on the notes because my fingers want to play the way they always had been playing. Is there any way to help kick this bad habit in a short among of time?
Re: Fingering Issues
Yes, it is annoying to have this problem when you had a teacher. My only advice would be to drill just those notes and around them. Try diffent scales but concentrate on just doing around those notes. Up from them, down from them, and back up over them. Maj, min, chrom, in thirds, in an arpeggio. Play some octaves to get your brain to recognise that it the lower D and Eb is different etc.
But I wouldn't stress about it too much, especially with your auditions coming up. I think with habits, the more you stress about them, the more you're actually thinking about doing something the wrong way, and the you're likely to play it wrong or cramp up. Just do what you can in your practice drills, and try to relax for your pieces. I'm sure there are other more important aspects of your pieces.
Hope that helps
But I wouldn't stress about it too much, especially with your auditions coming up. I think with habits, the more you stress about them, the more you're actually thinking about doing something the wrong way, and the you're likely to play it wrong or cramp up. Just do what you can in your practice drills, and try to relax for your pieces. I'm sure there are other more important aspects of your pieces.
Hope that helps-
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Re: Fingering Issues
No short way.
1000 movements to correct it.
Up to 1 million to master it.
Those of us who play sax or clarinet sympathize.
Just pick some exercises (ie Taffanel) and get your 1000s of movements in. The more time spent doing that the better. And when not practicing do it softly while in front of the TV.
John Coltrane used to do finger exercises while NOT blowing to get his reps in.
"There is no substitute for time under your fingers. This will gain facility like nothing else. No substitutes. No shortcuts" - me.
Example: Kobe Bryant shoots 800 "makes" a day. Thats completed shots. Misses dont count.
Thats the equivalent of us playing 800 quality scales a day. No mistakes.
Break a leg-
1000 movements to correct it.
Up to 1 million to master it.
Those of us who play sax or clarinet sympathize.
Just pick some exercises (ie Taffanel) and get your 1000s of movements in. The more time spent doing that the better. And when not practicing do it softly while in front of the TV.
John Coltrane used to do finger exercises while NOT blowing to get his reps in.
"There is no substitute for time under your fingers. This will gain facility like nothing else. No substitutes. No shortcuts" - me.
Example: Kobe Bryant shoots 800 "makes" a day. Thats completed shots. Misses dont count.
Thats the equivalent of us playing 800 quality scales a day. No mistakes.
Break a leg-