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 Re: Is Barret Obsolete?
Author: sylvangale 
Date:   2008-01-05 22:49

The Barret "Method":
When you're working Barret before you start any etude you should flip to the scale section and play one major and minor scale as written at 72 beats per minute everyday for a week. Plan your breathing (inhale and exhale). Change the major/minor scale you work on every week.

Then flip to the Diatonic scale section and work on an exercise there everyday for a week.

Then flip to the various scale section and work on an exercise every day of the week. Be mindful of where you tongue and where you slur, plan your breathing in pencil.

Then work on a Barret etude, one per week, every day for a week.

The value of the Barret method comes before the 40 studies. The 40 studies are the music after the practice.

The New Barret method removed the scale studies. It is however in readable print versus the old method which looks handwritten.

When I was taking lessons I was forced to use the old Barret for scales, but allowed to use Gekeler II for the 40 studies as that was modern print. I could have brought both Barret's, but that is just too much weight to lug around.

I strongly advise working on scales and other scalular etudes along with the Barret 40, you should see your playing ability improve faster than just with the Barret alone.

The Brod etudes have some great scalular studies, though I think only volume 2 is available online for purchase. If you're already a member of the IDRS you can get all Brod etudes here:
http://www.idrs.org/brod/index.html
The "Quarante Leçons Faciles et Progressives" is the precursor to the Barret 40 and there are liner notes that explain what each etude is trying to accomplish and makes some comparisons to Barret (obviously favoring Brod <g>). There is a smattering of Brod in the Andraud, but it's only a smattering.


♫ Stephen K.


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