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Author: Betsy
Date: 2002-01-31 22:17
I recently purchased a book of solos with CD with accompianment. I thought it was kind of silly, after all it amounts to the equivalent of karioke. But, much to my amusement, I am diggin' it.
Okay, okay, I know it is not the same as live, you can't control tempo, intonation may not be perfect, but who cares in the privacy of your own home. Afterall, how many of us can find an orchestra willing to backup an amatuer for an hour or so a week.
Anyone else found this to be true? Do you have a fav. book/CD? Or is karioke-clarinet the devil's work and I am being lead astray?
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Author: ~ jerry
Date: 2002-01-31 22:34
Betsy, I guess you've read the responses to my post "KARIOKE", earlier this week.
~ jerry
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Author: Bob Arney
Date: 2002-02-01 00:21
Betsy, go for it! See the original posting and what I am going to do. Will keep you and the BB posted on the results.
Bob A
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2002-02-01 00:24
MMO Laureate series is marvelous. Stanley Drucker, Harold Wright, and Jerome Bunke perform clarinet teaching solos. The whole series was made in the early 1970's gathering soloists of US major orchestras. Dr. Jerome Bunke is the director. I think there would be almost no chance in future, when they renew this series again since it would be too costly. See http://www.minusone.com/
By the way, I heard some PC software can change tempo without changing tuning. Karioke is Karaoke, right? Kara=empty, Oke=orchestra, in Japanese.
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Author: William Hughes
Date: 2002-02-01 03:40
The Canadian Brass Christmas Solos for Tuba and Piano...played on my Eb contra alto! Great fun!
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Author: Jim E.
Date: 2002-02-01 03:55
There are numerous midi (.mid) files available for download of most of the standard clarinet literature. Some are available without the solo line, and identified with a specific edition. A good midi program (Cakewalk is one) can often allow the removal of the solo track. Also, tempo can be varied without any effect on pitch. Audition these files carefully, some are much better than others.
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Author: allencole
Date: 2002-02-01 06:19
Some particularly good CD play-along sets are available from Dowani. Each $20 box set has the music in octavo size, and offers accompaniment at three different speeds. Plenty of student stuff plus Baermann, Brahms, Weber & Mozart. There is now a US distributor in Missoula, MT. You can get more info at http://www.dowani.com.
For the really young--or just for fun--there's a British series called "Take the Lead." A seventh grader of mine just received a copy of their classical collection, and the pieces are terrific. Plus the CD has demo tracks played by a clarinetist.
Also a great book is Master Solos (Intermediate Level) from Hal Leonard. Terrific pieces, a clarinetist playing on the CD demo tracks, extensive performance notes, and relatively easy piano accompaniments make this one a winner. All my high school age students use it, and you never outgrow it.
Is claraoke of the devil? Maybe so. It feels good enough to be. Anyway, welcome to the cult!
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Author: beejay
Date: 2002-02-01 08:33
I second the recommendation for the Dowani series. I am working on the Mozart concerto and I find it absolutely wonderful to be able to play it with a professional (Russian) orchestra whenever I want. The recording quality, I think, is superior to the MMO records I've heard I've heard. I am also very impressed with the Music Partner series in Germany. I bought the Peters Edition of the Mozart lieder, which came with an excellent piano accompaniment. I downloaded midi files of the songs, extracted the voice line, wrote in the appropriate ornamentation, and transposed for my basset horn (all on the inexpensive shareware program Noteworthy Composer). It took me an evening, and the result is very enjoyable. It means that I can read the score spot on when I play with a real pianist. Noteworthy also enables you easily to change the instrumentation on midi files, so that you can turn that awful jangling noise into a rough estimation of a piano. I find this feature useful for practicing difficult orchestral passages, as I am now doing with the kyrie from the Mozart Requiem. I can vary the speed, just as I can on a metronome, allowing me to start slow and work up. Once I get to the correct tempo I simply play along with a CD. It is no substitute for playing with real people, but I find playing along with a record to be a useful addition to my practice schedule, as well as being quite enjoyable sometimes.
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Author: Betsy
Date: 2002-02-02 15:37
Boy do I feel silly. I didn't go back and check the other postings!And I guess both my typing and spelling leaves something to be desired.
As far as the dowani site- that's pretty cool, especially if you're not familiar with the piece since you can download a page of the sheet music. Hey Alan! I'll see you at Thursday's rehearsal.
Thanks guys for not completely dumping on me! Betsy
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