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Author: Kontragirl
Date: 1999-09-21 04:35

Hello Everybody!

My band director has chosen me to tutor some of the clarinet players in freshman band. I'm working with this one girl that learned clarinet over the summer. She's really amazing! She's not the best player ever, but she isn't bad. She can play almost anything you give her, but when you ask her to count it, she draws a blank.

The same thing happens with note names. Apparentely she learned the notes by fingerings and what lines they're on. I have a friend that plays bass clarinet that is the same way, and I'm supposed help him too. Is there anyway to help them with their note names?

Also, does anyone have any good insentives? I think I'm going to offer to play in a clarinet choir with them for solo and ensemble, that way, I can work with everybody at once and give them something to work for. (Don't get too excited, I have music.)

I did draw a little staff on a piece of paper for her and wrote everything down and told her there was no shame at looking if she didn't know. I think I should probably do the same for the other.

Oh my gosh, this is getting long! I'm also helping her with stuff like reeds size and mouth position (I'm not even going to try to spell the evil "e" word). I can handle that stuff, but I thought I would just let you know that I was focusing on everything my teacher is telling me.

Thank you for reading my book, I better get going because I've got some third part clarinet players to work with tomorrow.

Thank you for ideas, support, asprin for headaches...just kidding.

Kontragirl

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