Klarinet Archive - Posting 000369.txt from 1994/12

From: Michael Wilder <mwilder@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: new book for improving reading and ensemble
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 00:32:51 -0500

I would be very interested in additional details on your book/program.
Specifically, is it played on a cassette recorder, MIDI hookup, or what?
It sounds like a very interesting package.

On Thu, 22 Dec 1994, R. Gerry Long. Clarinetist, studied at Eastman, taught
wrote:

> NEW BOOK
> for improving your reading skills.
>
> I have just completed a book of 139 contrapuntal duets which are designed to
> improve rhythmic reading and ensemble skills. It comes with a sequencing
> program which makes the computer your duet partner--at any tempo, and in a
> variety of keys, C, Bb, F and Eb. Of course it works in the key for
> KEYBOARD, recorder, guitar, flute, oboe, harp, etc.
>
> The 139 duets are usable for treble clef orchestral instruments, or guitar,
> recorder, or keyboards. The sequencing program is as easy to operate as a
> cassette player. Either voice can be easily muted. It can be used to
> improve your technical, rhythmic and sight-reading skills, to improve
> ensemble awareness by learning to concentrate on the other (contrapuntal)
> voice or-when playing back at a very slow tempo-as an intonation trainer.
>
> The Nat'l Assoc. of Wind and Percussion Players did a review in their
> Journal, written by clarinet teacher Richard Webster of the Univ. of Toledo.
> ..."such a teaching tool is long overdue in the applied music field. It is
> well thought out, well structured, and ingeniously varied. It's fun, and it
> does the job. Highly recommended."
>
> If you would like further information, contact me through e-mail, and I'll
> see that you get further information on the book/program. G. Long
>