Klarinet Archive - Posting 000191.txt from 2009/10

From: Jhzkr@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Coolest
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:02:09 -0400

For what it worth, most of the ten year olds I've worked with are
fascinated by springs . . . and how the keys work on alternate fingerings for E/B,
F/C and Fsharp/C sharp. . . the more they examine how the instrument works,
the " cooler" they think it is.

Judy

In a message dated 10/18/2009 11:01:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
mark.thiel@-----.com writes:

Thanks for the Cool ideas so far. The level of sophistication of some of
the replies leads me to believe that some of you are even less acquainted
with 10-year-olds than I am! I can also use help in interpreting thing on a
beginning level. For example how do I explain why I have an A clarinet?
I could say it makes certain keys easier but it will be a while before I
introduce the concept of key to them. I guess I'll have to stick to tone
color -- even a 10-year-old can understand that the A is darker, right? (OK
OK OK, I'll answer that myself and save you from having to -- Only a
mentally deficient 10-year-old would think of using a term like "dark".)

Someone also thought I was being overly clarinet-chauvinistic. Well it
IS a clarinet class so it's just a bit of cheering for the home team.
Personally, I vacillate between whether the clarinet or the bass clarinet is THE
best instrument.

Someone reminded me offlist about glissandos. That should be easy and fun
to demonstrate.

Mark Thiel

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