Klarinet Archive - Posting 000687.txt from 1999/01

From: Note Staff Unlimited <notestaff@-----.ch>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rubank Elementary and crossing the break
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 19:35:25 -0500

CmdrHerel@-----.com schrieb:

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> A big pet peeve of mine is the TITLE of those lessons in the Rubank book. I
> hate the term, "Register Break"! "Break" implies something hard or something
> different. It's like saying, "Hey kids, this register BREAK is hard! So make
> sure you squeeze harder and bite more and get downright frightened!" I've
> found many of our local teachers reinforce the register break as being
> something hard. Now what do you do when you expect something hard? Grit your
> teeth, sqeeze harder, tense up and blow less... And by doing all this, they
> prove to themselves that yes, this register break IS hard.
>
> What I've worked on over the years is teaching the register crossing with a
> complete poker face - I don't give it a title, I don't make a stink, I simply
> say, "Okay, this week we have a couple new notes. All you have to do is push
> this key here..."
>
> This makes a huge difference. Most kids will shrug, press the key, and out
> pops the higher note... If it doesn't, I keep the poker face and casually
> suggest the solution to what's wrong. Usually to blow more without squeezing.
>
> Teri Herel
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Teri,

You're so right! I alway cross out that terrible word "break" and write in
"*change* of register". Actually, I'd prefer to cut it out of the book.... Whoever
thought up that name? Words can have such an impact in teaching (and writing to
the clarinet list)!

David
David Glenn
notestaff@-----.ch

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