Klarinet Archive - Posting 000551.txt from 1998/07

From: "Jay D. Webler" <webler@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rubank Question (Clarinet Question). Please Read!
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 00:39:22 -0400

The first question I would like to ask, is can you play through this Rubank Method without any errors? Are the
articulation exercises performed clearly and accurately? Are you familiar with all of the major scales in this method.
Have you learned all the major arpeggios. If you have not achieved any of this than the Rubank Intermediate method
will work very well. If you can do all of the above, and you can't find the Baermann, then look for the Rubank Advanced
I & II. These will work quite well until you can find other more difficult methods. I have known of the Rubank Methods
since I started to play Clarinet over 30 years ago, and many High School teachers still use them. IMHO if it has scales,
arpeggios, and articulation exercises; and is also interlaced with duets and melodies which apply the exercises, than it
can only help you. As long as you practice it diligently.

Jay Webler
On Sun, 19 Jul 1998 20:28:40 -0400 (EDT), Eugene Chan wrote:

>Hello, I just bought th Rubank Intermediate Studies for Clarinet. Is it
>any good? I tried to find Baermann's, but I couldn't find it. I went to
>three stores in toronto, and still, nothing. Is Rubank any good?
>
>"There is no gene for the human spirit" Genio Chan

-------------------------------------------------------------------------