Klarinet Archive - Posting 000515.txt from 1999/12

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Teachers and Music
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 12:53:55 -0500

In a message dated 12/17/99 10:16:32 AM Central Standard Time,
leupold_1@-----.com writes:

<<
This may not be what you had in mind, but frankly, I recommend treating
your bass regimen very similarly to your soprano routine. Play the Baer-
mann scales, Rose etudes, Kell staccato studies, long tones, etc. on bass
just as you would on soprano.>>

Exactly...the repertoire for the bass has become so exacting, that there is
practically no difference between what a composer will ask a bass vs. a
soprano. Anything you play on soprano you should be able to play on
bass....if you're serious...

<< As a college music major, I spent twice as much time in the practice room
as any of my clarinet-playing colleagues, primarily because I went through
my entire practice routine twice a day -- once on soprano, once on bass. >>

Good way to assure that you'll get a gig when you're out of school! Larry
Liberson did something like this at Michigan, played on every clarinet, every
day. Bb, A, Eb, Bass...he went right into the Detroit Symphony.

Walter Grabner
ClarinetXpress
Mouthpieces & More!!!!
http://www.clarinetxpress.com

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