Set stage: Hohne duet, that I have been working on for a few weeks now. It has my tricky G, but also some fairly fast passages all above the staff, easy to get confused on.
1. Michelle starts in on the top line, desiring to hit the first note, an E flat, pure and clean. Michelle sings the note, bringing her voice in tune with the tuner.
2. It starts beautifully, cleanly.
3. The first little run is choppy, so the second little run, containing the dreaded G, is just plain crappy.
4. Michelle pauses, holding the trombone down, to her side. Almost in tears, she analyzes the situation: I have trouble with the G, which makes this piece hard. I am falling apart on the runs because I am not practicing them enough because I have trouble with the G.
What to do? Is there no hope? Am I worthless?
Deep breath. What do they tell us to do?
PRACTICE IT SLOWLY.
5. Michelle slows the pace way down, starts at the beginning again on the top line. The fast passages, while not PERFECT, all work. All of them. The G's come, while not perfectly, in general, nicely.
6. The practice session moves on to a Good Session.
Lesson: Slow it down. Don't cry.
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Good job. (pat, pat)
By the way I thought you'd enjoy knowing the "word verification" word on this is "abbled." Seems like it should be a real word, doesn't it? :)
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