Klarinet Archive - Posting 000009.txt from 2004/11

From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Playing scales three octaves up
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 11:44:12 -0500

<<<After four years of playing, a student should have the capacity to
play all the way to a high C. With enough practice and experimentation
with reeds, the sound should free up and become less shrill.>>>

By "high C," do you mean the second C above the treble clef? If so, I
have to respond to this one. In part this depends on what is meant by
"four years of playing." If you mean four years of private lessons
under a highly-qualified teacher, then this might be reasonable
expectation for players of above average ability, and perhaps some of
average ability also. But, if you are referring to the far more common
experience of most students, meaning four years in the school band, with
no private lessons, and more than half their time spent in the marching
band, then it essentially never happens.

Ed Lacy
University of Evansville

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