Klarinet Archive - Posting 000440.txt from 2000/12

From: stewart kiritz <kiritz@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] scales
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 23:43:06 -0500

I'm sure Howard's course in clarinet pedagogy must be very useful. He seems
to have a way of disecting one's playing and quickly pointing to exactly
what is needed to improve things. I studied with him over an intensive four
days to get some pointers after years away from the instrument. He started
out by complimenting me on my playing. Then, after I had a warm and fuzzy
feeling, he gently pointed out about 8 crucial areas where I could improve.
A good teacher is hard to find!

Stewart Kiritz

----- Original Message -----
From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subject: Re: [kl] scales

> on 12/7/00 3:20 PM, Tony Pay wrote:
>
> >what
> >Howard actually recommended was to do C/Eb/F#/A, C#/E/G/B, and so on.
>
> ...and to further explain the rationale, it is that you do major (C
> major) parallel minor (C minor) relative major (to C minor, which is Eb
> major) etc. It's a way of organizing the keys that helps to avoid doing
> all the easy scales, then blowing off the the harder ones, when you're
> first learning them. "The Clarinet Doctor" has lots of varied pattern
> studies based on scales, and a lot of useful information based on
> articles Howard wrote for "The Clarinet". One of my former students took
> his weekend course on teaching clarinet students, which includes a copy
> of the book, and found them both (the course and the book) very
> interesting and useful.
>
> David
>
> David Niethamer
> Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
> dnietham@-----.edu
> http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/
>
>
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