Klarinet Archive - Posting 000527.txt from 2001/02

From: "Sharon S. Fuller" <ssfworthy@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] beginning student
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 17:42:09 -0500

I haven't posted on the list before. I am a new general music and band
teacher in an elementary school. I agree that the mouthpieces that come with
the beginner and rental clarinets are so incredibly varied that I can't be
sure what reeds strengths are best. Next school year, I am thinking of
asking all the parents to buy the same basic mouthpiece. Does anyone have
any experience with "requiring" a mouthpiece?

> A #2 reed may or may not be appropriate, depending on the mouthpiece. If
> listers think Vandorens and other pro-oriented commercial mass-produced
> mouthpieces are inconsistent, they haven't experienced inconsistency until
> they try two or three of the same model of the mouthpieces that come with
> most beginner clarinets. Be sure to play the setup yourself. If in doubt,
> try a 2-1/2 and see if it improves the student's sound and control or
makes
> them worse.

> >I am a college student (music ed) who has taught privately in the past.
> > The school
> > of music here at EIU asked me to teach a beginning student, who
> > is in fourth
> > grade. Having never really taught a beginner, I am running into
> > difficulties, the most important being tone production. She can
> > sometimes
> > get the note out, only for about a second

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