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Author: aguzz
Date: 2003-07-14 15:25
Hello I'm from italy,
Any of you have studied kalmen opperman book "Contemporary Chordal Sequences" ?
It' s a good and valuable book?
Thank you in advice and excuse me for my very bad english.
Andrea
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2003-07-14 18:39
Andrea -
I think you mean book 3 of the Opperman Studies, called "Intervallic Permutations." These are arpeggio exercises, but none of them are the familiar ones you find in, for example, Baermann Part 3. They're all altered. You feel like a beginner again when you play them, because they aren't programmed into your fingers.
These are not etudes. There's nothing melodic in them. It's what you go to after everything in Baermann 3 is familiar.
You can't just play through them -- even a page at a time. Instead, you have to work on a single exercise until it becomes familiar. This is incredibly medicinal and frustrating, but there's almost nothing that builds your technique better. Kal told me that Harold Wright used to open the book at random and work on an exercise every time he wanted something challenging.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Ben
Date: 2003-07-14 19:39
Actualy, there is ALSO a Opperman book called "Contemporary Chordal Sequences" in addition to the 3rd green book "Intervallic Permutations."
I think it came out a few years ago, which explains why it isn't yet familiar to you.
BUT IT SHOULD BE!!!
It is one damn good book (as are all of Kal's books), and should be studied by any serious clarinetist.
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2003-07-15 13:46
The two earlier books of Daily Studies are very fine, and I have no idea if they are available on the market these days...
My copies are by Samuel Baron of Oyster Bay NY and these are superb as warm ups and overall technical studies.
I have a bit a dissapointment in Kal's recent books. The technique side of them is great, but in someways they musically are uninteresting. Technque in abunadance is one thing. Music is another.
I use them as well, but I have found the typeset to be cramped and lack of dynamics something of a bore. However, I DO LIKE THEM.
I also know that these studies are challenging when played backwards as well!
David Dow
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