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8/12/2019 RITUALS Exercises

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RITUALS

Neal Berntsen

2004

Air Attack 0 2 2

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Air Attack

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Air Attack

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Failing to Prepare is Preparing to Fail


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CICHOWICZ SLURSBig things are accomplished only through the perfection of minor details.

On the first note of each slur, alternate between air attacks and articulations

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Music is written vertically, but played horizontally


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VC II

Don't let yesterday take up to much of today.


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Selected Schlossberg Studies#14

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Tone is the result of air, not the result of articulation.


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Play with song and wind, not song and air pressure.


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Do not lock your neck, keep head and shoulders free.

Send the air to your lips and beyond


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Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress.

The tongue bounces on the constant flow of air,

like the arm of a rainbird sprinkler bounces on the

constant flow of water.


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There is someone sitting in the shade today because

someone planted a tree a long time ago.


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Have a plan for every note that you play. Create the plan

while you practice. Plan your work, then work your plan.


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You can't step in the same river twice.


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"Standards: A level of excellence that we consider our norm."

Mike Krzyzewski


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"There'll be two buses leaving the hotel for the park tomorrow. The two o'clock

bus will be for those of you who need a little extra work. The empty bus will leave

at five o'clock."-Dave Bristol, Brewers manager 1970

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