Klarinet Archive - Posting 000839.txt from 2000/03

From: "Rien Stein" <rstein@-----.nl>
Subj: [kl] Good Beginner Books
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 20:09:51 -0500

At : Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:53:28 EST Nan, Musikgator@-----.com, wrote

>>
I am getting ready to start clarinet lessons with a beginning 10 1/2 year
old
player with piano experience, but none on clarinet. Any recommendations
for
good books would be appreciated since I know there are some materials out
there that I am not personally aware of. Thanks.
<<

Dear Nan

Due to short stay abroad I am a bit late to react to your question. When I
just started to teach, a couple of years ago, I used "A tune a day" for my
pupils, a reasonable method, but rather slowly progressing. Then this year I
discovered two very good methods, one written by a very much underestimated
Dutch clarinettist, Herman Braune, which is very fine, I use it with one of
my pupils, and another one, that I am using with several other of my pupils,
also in th alto saxophone version. It is called "Horen, luisteren, spelen"
("Hear, listen, play"), of which I am even more enthusiastic, especially in
combination with "Intrada" by Jan van Beekum.

The Herman Braun method has the disadvantage, that it gives many duets, that
from the very beginning use different rhythms in the two voices. "Intrada"
goes to fast, if you use it with young pupils, I think for a ten year old it
goes too fast. Where the method by Herman Braune has been published I cannot
tell you right now. The Intrada has been published by "Harmonia", Hilversum,
The Netherlands.

The finest method however, as I said, in combination with "Intrada", IMHO is
HLS. It has been published by De Haske Music Publishers, Heerenveen. It goes
in combination with a CD, that can or cannot be used. The new subjects in
every lesson are exposed and trained in an agreeable way, there are clear
fingering charts with every new note, every new symbol is explained in a few
words - of course the teacher will have to explain a bit more - the music is
well chosen, and does not progress to fast, to be short: I am very lyrical
about it.

This method to my knowledge exists only in Dutch, but if you are interested
in it I am convinced the publishers are willing to translate it into
English. I have no share in De Haske, although I think they will know me
there, you could write them that I am willing to make the translations into
English. (Might give me some income: I am jobless).

Hope this helps

Rien

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