Klarinet Archive - Posting 000577.txt from 1998/06

From: avrahm galper <agalper@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Beginner students
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 21:13:33 -0400

Gary L Smith wrote:
>
> On Thu, 18 Jun 1998 10:27:50 +1200 (NZST) Dodgshun family
> <dodgshun@-----.nz> writes:
> >I'm hoping someone will be able to help me sort out a difficulty I
> >have.
>
> That's the problem with group lessons - keeping those little tykes
> together. Both the star and the one falling behind need private
> attention, for different reasons. If you can't do it yourself, get them
> in touch with someone who can. The best compromise possible if the
> students can't meet at other times is to steal a few minutes while the
> rest of the class is working on some exercise you've created. But the
> noise and commotion is still going to create problems.
>
> The Rubank book introduces the higher register by way of the leap from C
> to G, then continuing with the "middle" upper register for starters. Then
> the break from A to B and back. The interval E to B is not the easiest
> introduction - for one thing, it complicates matters because I find some
> beginners are still having problems with the right hand in the beginning
> stages of high register work.
>
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Why not give Galper's Clarinet Method Book 1 a try. Can be bought from
Luyben Music.Kansas City. If you click on the web page, you'll get the
complete address.
Avrahm Galper

http://www.sneezy.org/avrahm_galper/index.html

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