赫塞斯的練習建議（節）

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關於演奏的態度

• Be consistent, and never practice but always perform.
• Picture the whole phrase before you start to play. Do this all the time.
• Listen to good artists, and know what you want.
• I would rather jump right in and make mistakes than be timid.
• Be anxious to play, not afraid to play.
• For your own personal satisfaction, Do the best job that can be done!

關於音色

• When a note sounds beautiful, it is in tune (and vice versa).
• Don’t think, just play beautifully. Your ear will tell you, and do all the work for you if you allow it to. Don’t try to place notes, but let them go where they want.
• In all technical and lyrical passages, remember that first and foremost is tone quality and musicality.
• Every note must have direction — always must be going somewhere.
• Play by sound, not by feel.

關於進步

• When encountering problems, technically or musically, sing them and play them on the mouthpiece. Then transfer this singing through the horn. Also, add words for added expressiveness, and sing these words through the horn. When a person sings, he does it in a naturally musical way.
• Put words to everything.
• WHEN YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, BE PROUD OF IT. PUT YOUR HORN DOWN AND STARE AT THE CONDUCTOR. UNLESS HIS EAR IS GREAT, HE WON’T KNOW. IF HE DOES, FINE!
• Don’t just listen to yourself on ensemble playing — let the ensemble help you on your entrances so you can be part of it and not playing along with it. All accompaniments will help you to play. Have them in your head so you just don’t play out of context.

[Originally posted on doolish23.wix.com, Jan. 22, 2014]