Klarinet Archive - Posting 000322.txt from 2001/04

From: test <eliazor@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Kroepsch Studies
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 22:16:07 -0400

I do referr to the studies from time to time and I like them myself. My
former teacher Naomi Drucker work with me on them. I think Kroepsch was
with the Chicargo Symphony and he was Benny Goodman's teacher I think.

Josh
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From: "Anne Lenoir" <AnneLenoir@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Kroepsch Studies

> I recently started practicing the Kroepsch Studies after a 25-year
> "vacation" from them. I don't see how I ever lived without them. After
> having a few years to think about it, I am very pleased with the way
> they are put together. Many of the "problems" that I have in basic,
> everyday improvizational clarinet performances are COVERED in these
> exercises, which I used to think were boring.
> Does anybody know who Mr. Kroepsch is?
> Is anybody practicing all or most of them on a regular basis? Mr. Weber
> told me, a long time ago, to play all 416 of them. He said to play all
> of the "odd" numbered ones on all of the left hand side of the pages one
> day, then the "odd" ones on the right hand side of the pages the next.
> Then even #'s on L side the next day; then even #'s on the R side the
> next day.
> I confess that am only able to go through that process through one
> book at a time at this point. Mr. Weber went galavanting off to Paris
> for the week (at the age of 87) so I can't call him and ask him how he
> actually got through all 416 until he gets back. Before he left, he
> asked me what I was going to play in the masterclasses at Norman. I told
> him that I couldn't possibly perform at a masterclass because I would
> get nervous and freak out. He said that I wasn't practicing enough. I
> said nothing. Then he told me that "Practicing is like having plenty of
> money in your pocket. When you have enough money, then you can go out
> and have a great time and afford a nice dinner or whatever you want. He
> said that practicing is the same way, that when you practice enough and
> correctly, you have the confidence to play your best. That you have to
> practice a bare minimum of 1-hr a day for low-level maintenence, and
> never more than 3 hrs." He muttered something about long tones and
> Kroepsch, then took off. I looked for my Kroepsch Studies, noticed that
> they have been gone for years, re-ordered them from EBLE, got them
> yesterday.
> I am off to play book 1, R side of page, odd #'s. I will be
> absolutely delighted if I can develop the ability to get through all 416
> exercises on a regular basis in some sort of routine. ANNIE
>
>
>
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