Klarinet Archive - Posting 000024.txt from 2009/01

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Eugene Gay Methode via Mazzeo
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:06:05 -0500

I have them both for sale. We sell many more copies of Vol 2 than Vol 1.

Gary
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James C Langdell wrote:
> Gay's method is published in two volumes of about 150 pages each, so I
> suspect that the first one you list (without a volume number) is the
> second volume of the method. In the early 1970s, Mazzeo had me start
> with volume two after working with Baermann 3 for a while (he remarked
> it to use the upbeat approach for scales).
>
> The first volume works up to the point of beginning a series of sections
> with scales, exercises, etudes, and melodies in specific keys, starting
> with with G, e, F, and d. The second volume picks up from there,
> starting with D, b, Bb, and g. There's about ten pages of material in
> each major key and about five pages for each minor key.
>
> --James
>
> On Jan 1, 2009, at 7:37 PM, Jacob Lindsay wrote:
>
>> In Rosario Mazzeo's book "The Clarinet: Excellence and Artistry" he
>> has a chapter dedicated to the "Methode" by Eugene Gay.
>>
>> There look to be two different books currently available:
>>
>> Methode Progrressive Et Complete
>> Theorique Et Practique. By Eugene Gay.
>> For clarinet. Solo Part. Published by Billaudot. (524013980)
>>
>> AND
>>
>> Methode Progressive Et Complete Vol. 1. By Eugene Gay. For clarinet.
>> Published by Billaudot. (524013970)
>>
>> Does anyone know to which one Mazzeo is referring?
>>
>>
>> Jacob Lindsay
>> http://www.bayimproviser.com/jacoblindsay
>>
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