Klarinet Archive - Posting 000575.txt from 1999/12

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] standard of excellence band method.
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 18:22:32 -0500

ANY lesson text you use will probably have the same problem. I've used
Yamaha, Standard of Excellence, Ed Sueta, Learn To Play (which isn't a
"band" - i.e. heterogeneous method) and a couple of different Alfred method
books. They all have the same _kind_ of music in them (the kind that you
don't need to pay royalties or ASCAP fees for). The differences have more to
do with how techniques and notation concepts are sequenced and how easy the
steps are from easy to difficult. You can always skip steps for quick
kids/classes - it becomes a major hassle when you have to fill in smaller
steps for the average kids because the book jumps too quickly (most books
do). I've never worked with a method book (winds or strings) that I really
liked, and as a result I'm constantly writing or finding supplementary
material.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexander [mailto:blanerne@-----.au]
> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 1999 3:40 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] standard of excellence band method.
>
>
> Hi All. I have been teaching from the set text book "standard of
> excellence" in a number of primary schools for brass and woodwind. I
> find that it is VERY BOORING for the young children and almost any other
> music I give them as a supplement they will play with gratitude and
> enthusiasm. What do you think about this text?????
> Thanks.
> Christina
> VIVACE MUSIC STUDIO
>
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