Klarinet Archive - Posting 000845.txt from 2000/03

From: webler1 <webler1@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Studies (was re: Beginner books)
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 21:09:28 -0500

I was considering skipping the Advanced one and two if I continued to use
the Intermediate method while augmenting it with the duet book and the
Perez' scales. One of the things I do not like about the Intermediate
method is the fact that it does not include as much scale work and yet it
does include a lot of arpeggios and broken chord studies. It seems as if
the cart has been put before the horse. You suggestion to skip the
intermediate and go to the Advanced method is a good one, which I will
consider. Especially since the Perez scales are similar to the scales in
the Advanced Methods.

Jay Webler

Jay's Clarinet and Percussion.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dee D. Hays [SMTP:deehays@-----.com]
Subject: [kl] Studies (was re: Beginner books)

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From: "webler1" <webler1@-----.com>
Subject: RE: [kl] Re: good beginner books

> I did not use the entire Rubank system when I was young. I started out
on
> the Universal system in the sixth grade. I graduated into the Advanced
> method in my first year. I am not sure when I started the Rubank
Advanced
> I. But I ended up not finishing the Advanced II because I became so
> interested in drums. I didn't know about everything else that was out
> there. Baerman, Lengenaus, Lazarus, Rose until I joined an Air Force
Band,
> then I saw the other literature. I wish I had that other material
> available to me, perhaps I would not have become so bored. I do believe
> that the system did help me establish a good foundation, but it doesn't
> provide enough of a challenge for some students. I am presently using
this
> system on the students I have now. And, as was suggested below, I
augment
> the methods with the Rubank duets for my beginning and Intermediate
> students. The students seem to really enjoy the duets, because they get
to
> play with a better player, which gives them something to shoot for. I
have
> also decided that I will need to add some solo work, depending on the
> level.
>
> The intermediate Rubank is the one which I dislike the most. I am
> augmenting that with the duets and the Perez' scales. The way things are
> turning out, I will probably skip right by the Rubank Advanced I and II,
by
> the time my beginning and Intermediate students are ready for something
> more. Frankly I'm sure what that will be at this point. But I probably
> have another year before I have to make that decision, at this point.
>
> No central point was intended. Just felt like talking.
>
> Jay Webler
> Jay's Clarinet and Percussion.
>

I'd suggest skipping the Rubank Intermediate. There is very little new
material presented there. However, that is not the case with the Advanced
books. If you choose not to use these, you will need to find something
else
that is as thorough in introducing and drilling on trills, mordents,
appoggiatura, grace notes, and gruppettos. Very few method books do
justice
to these and they are an essential part of the study of the clarinet (or
any
other instrument) and should be considered part of the fundamentals of
music. Too many supposedly advanced students have no idea what these are
or
how to play them correctly or how to decide if an ornament is a short grace
note to be played ahead of the beat or an appoggiatura to be played on the
beat (or the proper duration of an appoggiatura for that matter). They
don't know what are the typical guidelines on whether to start a trill on
the note or on the note above or whether it might be appropriate to end the
trill with a little "flourish."

One of the best recommended courses of study is given in Daniel Bonade's
"Clarinetist's Compendium." I interpret his lead in paragraph to mean that
a student should have completed the equivalent of the material included in
the Rubank Advanced volumes *before* embarking on this course of study.

The following is quoted from the Bonade booklet.

"The following works are used by the author, after the student has learned
all correct fingerings, slurring, scales, proper staccato and fundamentals
of music:

"I believe this to be an ideal progression of etudes. Of course, other
books might be interpolated as desired."

Studies

Rose 40 Etudes (2 books)
Rose 32 Etudes
Rose 20 Grandes Etudes
Stark Apreggios
Baermann Book IV
Baermann Book V
Cavallini Thirty Caprices
Stark 24 Studies in All Tonalities
Jeanjean 18 Etudes
Jeanjean 16 Modern Etudes
Stark 24 Grand Virtuoso Studies (2 books)
Capelle 20 Grandes Etudes (2 books)
Perier 20 Etudes de Virtuosite
Perier 22 Etudes Modernes
Perier 30 Etudes d'apres Bach, Paganini, etc.
Jeanjean Etudes Progressives et Melodiques (3 books)

Have I completed all this? Nope. But I have worked in several of these
and
I thank my lucky stars that I had completed the Rubank series before
tackling them. The books on this list assume that you already know what
the
ornamentation symbols mean. They assume that you know fingerings to
altissimo G and that you already have access to fingering charts to the C
above that. For the most part, they do not come with information on
fingerings or alternates or interpretration of ornaments.

Dee D. Hays
Canton, SD

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