This section combines alternate stickings with one handed stickings, while stressing accents. It is essential to maintain only two dynamic levels in each exercise: the accented level and the unaccented level. Also be sure to keep an even sound when moving from alternate strokes to one handed strokes and vice versa. The following is a list of suggestions for different ways to play this section: Play without accents– make sure each stick sounds the same, as though the exercise is being played with one hand. Vary the dynamic level between the accented notes and the unaccented notes. For example: 1. unaccented notes p, accents mf. 2. unaccented notes mf, accents f. 3. Unaccented notes mp, accents ff, etc. When one handed stickings are used, fill in sixteenths with the opposite hand.

April 2024 Issue