Klarinet Archive - Posting 000137.txt from 2005/05

From: "Dee Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rubank and Trills (for Paul Harris)
Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 20:26:37 -0400


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Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Rubank and Trills (for Paul Harris)

> In a message dated 5/6/2005 4:13:06 PM Central Daylight Time,
> deeflint01@-----.net writes:
> If the student has not completed the equivalent of the Ruben Beginner
> book,
> they are not ready for and should not go into the Ruben Intermediate
> book.>>
>
> What Dee said is correct. However, unless the student is really dedicated
> and a real "practicer" I usually put some supplemental material in
> between. The
> problem with the Intermediate Method is that it just gets to hard too fast
> for most, but certainly not all, kids.
>
> Walter Grabner
> www.clarinetXpress.com
> World-class clarinet mouthpieces

Speaking from my own personal experience, I found the Intermediate to be so
repetitious of material in the Rubank Beginner Book (except of course that
the Intermediate did introduce some ornamentation) that I personally sailed
through it in two months. I often recommend skipping it and going straight
from the Rubank Beginning book (a two year book by the way) right into the
Rubank Advanced Book.

The supplemental material really should be used throughout the Rubank series
as they are a deadly bore otherwise.

Dee D. Flint

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