Klarinet Archive - Posting 000560.txt from 2000/05

From: Spike Spiegel <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Beginner books revisited
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 17:14:32 -0400

On Tue, 9 May 2000, Kevin Callahan wrote:

> I use the "Accent On" series myself. I have found it quite effective,
> colorful, with a diverse number of song-excercises from around the world.
> Only thing I noticed that was weird was the fact that the first note you are
> introduced to is E, G is the second, F is the third, and so on.

This really isn't 'weird' at all - E is typically the first note a solid
private instructor should start you on (unless you count high f#, by
practicing embouchure first with mpc, reed, lig, and barrel). It's more
stable than open G, and on most clarinets dead on in intonation, or at
least better in intonation than open G.

Your better clarinet methods will teach the same. If you're starting on
open G, my bet is that rather than being a clarinet method, it's a BAND
method for a clarinet player. BIG difference.

(Quick note - once I got to NMSU, I also learned that there's no such
thing as open G. Throat G is finger R1-3. ^_- Talk about a BIG
difference in sound! Another good reason not to teach that as the first
note. I've glanced through several methods, most of them band, but none
ever mention throat shadings. Does anyone know of a method that does
teach them?)

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"I don't know, and I don't have an opinion." - Jet Black

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