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Re: Rubank daily studies

Author: Speculator Sam
Date: 2018-05-13 18:34

Good point. You are absolutely right there isn't really any one thing in the world of music that should ever be considered "done with". That adage reminds me of all those classical type recitals that professionals, like the saxophone great Yasuto Tanaka and the fine tenor Joseph Callejua, would still perform the "beginner pieces" early in their pro. careers.

Of course scales should be common sense. Michael Lowenstern said it best as well. In his "Clarinet Owner's Manual" video on scales he mentioned how you could easily get more mileage out of the Baermann book just by doing the sixteenth note exercises as quin-tuplets, hex-tuplets, sep-tuplets.

There's no such thing as perfect and one who strives for this in their playing should always stay in touch with their basics. My Mother's the closest thong I have to a clarinet teacher right now, and I remember when I finished the Accent on Achievement books and was ready to move onto Rubank Inter. she told me "Okay, now play through the entire AOA series, even the whole notes on page 1, once more. You have lungs and muscle memory now, so doing actually doing the exercises correctly shouldn't be an issue".

That was the biggest burn I've recieved in my adult life as of yet.

That being said my playing improved vastly after the weeks spent completing those books and yes I remember spending multiple days trying to play that damned Sousa march just right. I'll make sure I play through every book now two or three times if necessary. After all, skill level and technqiue is a marathon not a sprint. You can't rush these things and the body can only absorp so much in a single day and still be ready to absorp more the next day.

And according to my Mother, I still can't play "To a Wild Rose" correctly yet.

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