Klarinet Archive - Posting 000821.txt from 2001/10
From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.org> Subj: Re: [kl] Teaching Overblown Harmonics Isn't New Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:43:59 -0400
Isn't it "rote?"
At 06:12 AM 10/25/01 -0500, you rote: <snip>
>Finally - a few words about the Suzuki Method and teaching by
>wrote. <snip> Teaching by wrote is a very important tool in the overall
>scheme of teaching and learning to play a musical instrument - but by age
>10 or 11, students should be doing a lot of work in the area of reading
>music. New concepts taught by wrote are important. It is just as
>important to reinforce those new concepts with written notations and
>rhythms, and I would hope that any approach to teaching beginning band
>would keep all students, clarinetists or otherwise, actively involved to
>that end.
>
>Best,
>Roger Garrett
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George Kidder
Senior Scientist and Instrumentation Officer
Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory
Salisbury Cove, ME
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