Klarinet Archive - Posting 000051.txt from 1997/11

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: long tones
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 18:47:18 -0500

On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Jacqueline Eastwood wrote:

> Well, fortunately there are other teachers in this world. Long tone
> exercises do not negate intervallic content; on the contrary, the
> exercise I mentioned before was given to me by Russ Dagon and spans three
> octaves (lowest E to E three lines above the staff). My copy of Baermann
> III has virtually no cover left on it (but I refuse to buy a new one
> because it's full of character!); nevertheless, I still believe that
> this warm-up is an excellent one FOR ME. Some teachers are very hard-line
> and close-minded when it comes to individual needs; what works for some
> may not work for all.

There is a wonderful set of exercises, Flexibility Studies, in the book by
Stubbins called Essentials of Technical Dexterity that help alleviate some
of the boredom of long tones....not replace.....just augment. I believe
it parallels what Jacqueline has written above.

Uh....what about that c major scale again and the holy grail? You mean,
you didn't learn the C major scale perfectly?????

Roger Garrett