Klarinet Archive - Posting 000077.txt from 1998/09

From: "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.us>
Subj: RE: [kl] re:Kinder Clari
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 16:27:14 -0400

If the commitment is there and the child can handle the instrument, then
let him/her play. How many of you learned to ride a bicycle that was
appropriate for your body size? If one really wants to do something,
success is waiting to be had.

Nancy

Nancy Buckman
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD USA
nebuckman@-----.us

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> From: David C. Blumberg[SMTP:reedman@-----.com]
> Reply To: klarinet@-----.org
> Sent: 2. syyskuuta 1998 17:40
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] re:Kinder Clari
>
> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 10:12:46 -0500 (CDT)
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
> Subject: Re: [kl] Children and Clarinet Playing
> Message-ID:
> <Pine.A32.3.96.980902100259.36418A-100000@-----.edu>
>
> On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Jack Kissinger wrote:
>
> > Matt Palasik wrote:
> >
> > > Eb are more dificult to play then a Bb. Just becase they are
> smaller
> > > doesn't make them better for smaller people.
> >
> > I have to disagree here. Eb clarinets have the same fingering
> system,
> > don't they.
>
> I believe that what is being referred to is not that the Eb is any
> more
> diffcult because of the fingering system, but because the smaller
> instrument makes control of pitch, tone and response more critical.
> The
> tolerances as to variability are greater on a larger instrument. The
> same
> holds true, for example, in the piccolo as compared to the flute or
> even
> the alto flute, the contrabassoon as compared to the bassoon, the
> English
> horn as compared to the oboe, etc.
>
> Any parallels to Suzuki violin are tenuous at best, because of the
> fact
> that the breathing mechanism is required to produce a sound on a wind
> instrument, and a certain degree of physical maturity is required in
> order
> to control the inhalation and exhalation, the pressure and velocity of
> the
> air. Suzuki-type instruction exists for the flute, but my observation
> is
> that the jury is still out on this one. Some believe strongly in it,
> some
> others question its effectiveness. Even so, the breath pressure
> required
> to play the flute is very different than that required for the
> clarinet
> and even more so the Eb clarinet.
>
> > [.....] despite all I've said above, I think children are better
> served
> > starting young on the piano for an instrument and/or a recorder for
> a
> > wind instrument.
>
> Here I am completely in agreement.
>
> Ed Lacy
> el2@-----.edu
>
> ==================================================================
>
> My daughter started on the KinderClarinet when she was 5. The blowing
> resistance is much, much, MUCH less that a regular Eb. This thing is
> very
> easy for her to blow. The control is there! I was one of the first
> (serial
> #7) people to get one. A great book to use with it (also comes with
> one by
> Denman) is the Galper Clarinet Method (book 1). Luyben Music carries
> it
> (Galper's web page has info). It is quite thorough in the below the
> break
> studies, as that is critical for proper tone development.
>
> David C. Blumberg
> reedman@-----.com
> http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Music/Blumberg.html
> http://www.sneezy.org/avrahm_galper/index.html
> http://www.sneezy.org/OCR/reviews/reviews.html
> http://laurasmidiheaven.simplenet.com/
>
>
>
> David Blumberg
> reedman@-----.com
> http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Music/Blumberg.html
>
>
>
>
>
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