Klarinet Archive - Posting 000312.txt from 2004/09

From: "Stephen C. Moore" <stephen.c.moore@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Franck Symphony 3 bass clarinet in TC?
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 16:44:32 -0400

I understand all of that. I know it is something that every player
should learn. But on your first run, you're going to make mistakes.
It is not fair to his ensemble for him to be giving it a trial run
right now. If he had started working on it earlier, then it might
have not been a problem. But he shouldn't have to sound bad or
embarass himself at a concert just to prove a point.

I learned this the hard way too. I really embarassed myself with the
bass clarinet part to Prokofiev Symphony No. 5. So I rewrote the
part, and after the ordeal was over, I decided I didn't want that to
happen to me again, so I learned how to read bass cleff.....

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 16:06:59 -0400, Karl Krelove
<karlkrelove@-----.net> wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen C. Moore [mailto:stephen.c.moore@-----.com]
> >
> > I'm all for learning transposition, but don't you think its a little
> > too late in this instance? I don't think its very fair to the group
> > he's playing with for him to start experimenting with that if he has a
> > concert coming up - especially since 99% of the part is in bass clef.
> >
> >
>
> The flip side is that without a performance looming close by, most players
> wouldn't ever get around to practicing this kind of skill on their own. I
> think a lot depends on whether or not he's otherwise comfortable with the
> instrument and the actual content of the part (which, as I remember it,
> isn't very hard technically). Most of us learn new skills best when we *have
> to* for a particular occasion.
>
> One of the hardest things about trying to teach students (children or
> adults) in an organized, systematic way is that the teacher is constantly
> being asked the question "why do I need to know that?" The stock answer
> always used to be (when I was growing up - nowadays it doesn't seem to work
> as well) "because you'll need it later" which tends to be another way of
> saying "because I said so." This person has an opportunity to practice a
> skill that is not fundamentally difficult but will have lasting benefit, and
> the reason why is right there in his date book. In the long run, transposing
> a part like this is far less trouble than keying or scanning it into a
> notation program to print a transposition. There's still Finale or Sibelius
> or whatever for the tricky couple of measures here and there that need a
> little extra security.
>
> Karl Krelove
>
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