Klarinet Archive - Posting 000814.txt from 2002/11

From: "Bryn Sheth" <tower179@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Poulenc Sextet for Winds and Piano
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 00:00:42 -0500

Bill,

One of the ways to do research on the Internet is to ask a question to the
members of the Klarinet list, isn't it?

>From: Bi6W@-----.net (Bill Wright)
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Poulenc Sextet for Winds and Piano
>Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:30:05 -0800 (PST)
>
>Kimberly, there are two sides to your question.
>
>One side is: Some of the folks on this list resent being asked to do a
>student's assignment for them. Probably part of your teacher's intent
>was to give you practice in doing research --- how to use the library
>and periodicals, how to search creatively by reading CD liners and
>introductions that appear on sheet music, and so forth.
>
>The other side is: What's wrong with doing your research by talking with
>people on the Internet or face-to-face?
>
>The bottom line is that using libraries and developing creative sources
>of written information is where many students are weak. Hence some of
>us are reluctant to answer your question directly. We think that you
>should do the work yourself.
>
>**However**, having said this, I will tell you that I was able to answer
>most of your questions by going to Google and doing an appropriate
>search. Probably I could've found all the answers if I had been
>willing to do enough reading.
>
>Unfortunately, "salle" is the French word for "hall" or "room". You'll
>need to sort through a number of hits about Poulenc being performed in
>this-or-that "salle". But this is part of research skills also. How
>can you avoid the "hall" meaning of "salle" while you search? Do you
>have the patience to sort through extraneous material in order to find
>the particular information that you need?
>
>Cheers and good luck,
> Bill
>
>
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