Klarinet Archive - Posting 000840.txt from 2002/04

From: Mike Dowler <mikedowler@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Duet book for flute and clarinet
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:53:13 -0400

You are right, the "royal blue" rubank books with the 50's styling
are method books. What I would like to see is someone getting to a
music store and convincing the music store clerk to BURN them. I've
lost track of the number of students I've started to teach who have
been practising forever the C major scale and arpeggio that makes up
most of the beginning of that book. The rest of the books were
written with the same ignorance of any instrumental pedagogy specific
to any one instrument. Better to go with a book such as the Yamaha
"individual method" or the Galper "blue Book 1" End of rant.

As for the duet books, they could be described as "cyan" and
"magenta" if you'ld like.

Mike

>Not to be nit-noid, but the Rubank "blue" books are the instrument
>method books. I forget the color on the duet books, but it's got
>that same '50's styling on the cover... Just wanting to avoid
>someone getting to a music store and confusing a music store clerk
>(who are sometimes quite easily confused).
>
>>From: Mike Dowler <mikedowler@-----.com>
>>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>>To: klarinet@-----.org
>>Subject: Re: [kl] Duet book for flute and clarinet
>>Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 22:05:39 -0400
>>
>>You were probably playing out of the Rubank "blue" book out of the
>>pair of books called "78 duets". Any music store will be able to
>>order this for you, and it would be very inexpensive for you to own
>>both books. Pick up Morton Gould's book of six duets if you can find
>>it. Maybe you consider them modern, but I played them in December and
>>had a lot of fun with them!
>>
>>Mike
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>>Mike Dowler - ubc@-----.com
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