Left Hand
- Keep fingers near the keys (limit the amount you pull them off)
- Relax left arm
- Press keys firmly
- Fingering
- Never use the same finger for two consecutive notes
- Techniques such as switching, extension, contraction to prevent this
- Trills and Ornaments
- Use two fingers for one note whilst trilling
- To accent notes, press harder on the key and pull off, to make the key flick back onto the case
Right Hand
Make sure to stretch both arms regularly.
- Keep arm relaxed
- Hold knob correctly
- Keep entire arm and wrist on the same axis
- Turning wheel slightly faster might get rid of warbling
- Don’t bend the wrist very much
- Trompette techniques
- Strokes come from the wrist and fingers
- To get coup de catre – practise 123-, then try 1—4, then put everything together
- Make sure 2 stroke is coming from the lower two fingers