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Re: Rubank Intermediate Book

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-11-02 17:21

You don't say what previous woodwind experience you've had or how long you played any other instrument, but it will certainly help. If you have the music reading skills already learned from your other experiences, you've solved half of the problem beginners typically have. You can get the basics of clarinet from reading on the web or in many of the available method books, but be wary of thinking too deeply about mechanics at the beginning.

If there are competent teachers an hour away, I would also suggest arranging a monthly lesson, or maybe just an occasional session when you want help with a problem. You don't need weekly monitoring and your learning process will (should) be driven by your own interests, but having someone else objectively listen to the result of your practicing who is able to suggest improvements can be useful.

Rubank is useful for practicing basic technique and building reading (notation) skills. If you're planning to start with the Intermediate book, you must already have a fairly well developed skill set. I wouldn't go through it line by line. Pick and choose what looks like it would be useful. IMO the Intermediate book is the least well organized of the four books in the series, and the musical material isn't especially interesting. The Advanced books, once you've gotten to their level, are better organized, even if the music is still dated (it needed to be already Public Domain when the series was first published in the 1930s). You should also look for music in styles you think you'd enjoy and practice that along with the Rubank.

Karl

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