Klarinet Archive - Posting 001210.txt from 1998/09

From: "Craig Earl Countryman" <cegc@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Marching band and (Concert Band also)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 22:45:34 -0400

>Sight readers are nearly an extinct breed.

>Ed Lacy

I know that around here the standard prep. for sight-reading at contest is
reading a march and a couple overtures the week before. That's it! It's a
shame because sight-reading skills spill over into other areas of your
playing, so I think we lose a lot when it is de-emphasized.

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