Klarinet Archive - Posting 000388.txt from 2004/06

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Fingering Book-clear diagrams
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:50:37 -0400

The good 'ol Rubank Elementary Method has a very good fingering chart (with
traditional alternates) in the front of the book... that can be removed for
reference. (it even includes the Albert system fingering chart on the
reverse side)

Along with this chart....reference in each line of study. Hard to beat.

Forest Aten

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ormondtoby Montoya" <ormondtoby@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Fingering Book-clear diagrams

> Gary Van Cott wrote:
>
> > While it is my personal favorite, I would not
> > recommend Clarinet Fingerings (also known
> > as 303 Clarinet Fingerings and 276 Trills) by
> > Alan Sim to Mr Wood (who doesn't play the
> > clarinet) or any beginner. It has too much
> > information. They would be better off with the
> > fingering chart in a beginning clarinet method,
> > which would also be easier to read.
>
>
>
> Gary, while I don't want to debate how many angels can dance on the head
> of a pin, I personally disagree quite strongly!
>
>
>
> First of all, if a person is going to write clarinet music, then they
> **do** owe it to their readers to understand the instrument.
>
>
>
> Second, while "303 Fingerings" does include a lot of information, the
> information is not presented in the manner of a "scholarly tome" that
> forces you to wade through 100's of pages word-by-word before you begin
> to extract whatever details are critical to you.
>
> I'm not saying that "303 Fingerings" is the only suitable book, but I
> would choose it without question over a beginner's method book.
>
>
>
> Third, I still remember my very deep frustration when my beginning
> teacher would tell me (more than once): "This beginner's book doesn't
> tell you, but since you're going to play [a certain note] immediately
> before this one, you need to know an alternate fingering for it." And
> since I didn't have a pencil handy, and since the teacher wanted me to
> learn <gasp!> three other fingerings during the same lesson, I went out
> front and I asked the store's clerk for "the real fingering book". The
> clerk replied "...well, you already have the beginner's book, it should
> be enough, and I don't have anything else except this [$45 tome that
> will take you 6 months to read]...."
>
> Now that I think about it, the first clarinet item that I bought online
> (because I couldn't find it anywhere else) was "303 Fingerings" from
> Gary. It's lying on my desk next to my clarinet right now, definitely
> thumb worn and stained with orange juice, and I still consult it every
> so often.
>
>
>
> Again, Robert, if you're going to sell me some music, I demand that you
> know a bit more about clarinet than what's in a beginner's method book.
>
>
>
> <Ormond climbs down from soap box>
>
>
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