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Author: Corey
Date: 2001-06-03 19:15
i'm going to be in a freshmen in high school next and was wanting to know some good method books for my sightreading skills( i know that there have been alot of topics on this subject) i was first chair 8th grade and wasn't the best at sight reading i think i probably should get a metronome to help me keep the beat over the summer (without my band for backup) are the rubank books good? or what about "Hand in Hand with Hanon" or would that be a little difficult for a freshmen? ANY help or book titles would be very much appreciated .Thanx --------->>>Corey
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Author: Yim
Date: 2001-06-03 20:56
Hand in Hand with Hanon hands down!
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Author: Benny
Date: 2001-06-03 23:59
I recommend The Progressing Clarinetist or The Advancing Clarinetist, both by Leroy Lester, depending on your skill level.
Benny
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Author: William
Date: 2001-06-04 14:30
To aid your sightreading skills, you need to memorize all major and minor scales (diatonic and 3ds) arpeggios, the three diminished arpeggios, the chromatic scale and, if you can, the two whole tone scales and arpeggios. So much music is basically scales and arpeggios that if you can quickly recognize these patterns, it is not always necessary to read "every" note you play. Then, lots of playing experiance will help acquaint you with recognizing and performing correctly, most rythmmic patterns. Know where most good readers make their most misteaks???? (Answer--in losing track of time during the counting multiple-measure rests--"yawnnnnnnnn") Good luck and Good Clarineting!!!!
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Author: connie
Date: 2001-06-04 16:33
William wrote:
"Know where most good readers make their most misteaks???? (Answer--in losing track of time during the counting multiple-measure rests--"yawnnnnnnnn") "
That's why I prefer playing in band to playing in an orchestra!
connie
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Author: Bob Curtis
Date: 2001-06-05 01:23
DISCIPLINE-- this is the name of the game. No matter where you are, get a plan for your study, and go for it. Keeping regular rhythm requires steady practice and DISCIPLINE to keep the notes steady. A metronome would help, but is not absolutely necessary. You have a build in metronome and can sense how the rhythm passages go it you will just think about what you are doing. Go slowly, raise you fingers higher, over emphasize what you are doing in the placing of the fingers, get it right and then proceed to speed it up gradually. You are teaching the muscles and fingers what to do -- YOU are in control, not the HORN. Again, it is DISCIPLINE and steady, regular, controlled practice which makes the difference.
Bob Curtis
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Author: Corey
Date: 2001-06-05 01:46
OK-- but this still doesn't give me many book titles to at least look at i thought about pickjing up a copy of hand in hand with hanon
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Author: spencer
Date: 2001-06-05 02:45
learn the scales and arpeggios what do you think the books are based on 
Spencer
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Author: Kim
Date: 2001-06-05 04:03
There is no easy way to improve sightreading all except by doing it and improving your technique. If you improve your scales and arpeggios, you will be able to look at a passage and recognize that it is a C Major arpeggio without thinking about the notes. Ultimately, you will be able to group the notes rather than look at them individually.
The Klose scale page, the JB Albert scales, and the Kropesch exercises are all good for improving technique. The Albert scales and Kropesch exercises can be found in Lazarus III.
Good luck,
Kim
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