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 "Improve your doubling" book
Author: melearly 
Date:   2006-07-24 13:20

Improve Your Doubling
Advanced Studies For Doublers
Saxophone-Clarinet-Flute
BY CHRIS VADALA
http://www.dornpub.com/dornbook.html#Vadala

Anyone tried it? Any good?
Looks like it could be a good idea

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 Re: "Improve your doubling" book
Author: Bret Pimentel 
Date:   2006-07-24 18:48

I have looked through it a few times, but never felt the need to buy it. The etudes are interesting and challenging (this is NOT a book for someone who is still struggling with basic fingering and tone production issues on any of the instruments). But I'm not sure why a serious doubler would buy this book instead of getting some of the tried-and-true etude books that flutists, clarinetists, and saxophonists use. Many of these are quite inexpensive and readily available.

I guess I'm always suspicious of anything "for doublers"--I would rather study flute like a flutist than study flute like a saxophonist.

Bret

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 Re: "Improve your doubling" book
Author: Merlin 
Date:   2006-07-25 19:52

I think the point with Vadala's book is the short amount of time given to change horns AND concepts.

You can't get that just from regular etude books.

I was playing a show book today, and I had to go from big band lead alto to legit flute, to a notated Dixie clarinet solo to picc in two pages.



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 Re: "Improve your doubling" book
Author: Jaysne 
Date:   2006-08-09 03:06

I bought the book because I love to double. I played out of it maybe twice. I found it too overwhelming--the parts were too hard and weren't much fun to play.

So I just went back to playing my etude and legit/jazz method books for sax, clarinet and flute, and have been fine ever since.

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