Posted by: clariniano on: July 23, 2009
I’m kind of conflicted on the practice of long tones, I know of at least a couple of pieces that have a sustained long tone (the end of the Finzi Carol from his Five Bagatelles for clarinet and piano, and the end of the Lullaby movementof Srul Irving Glick’s Suite Hebraique. On the other hand, students [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: July 18, 2009
In Canada, many schools own a set of musical instruments. However, there are several reasons why it’s better to own your instrument, and not use a school owned one. First, in some schools, as many as four (sometimes more) people share the use of one instrument. With wind instruments, ths can be a major concern, [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: July 8, 2009
Look to see if they participate in any online forums. Typing in a teacher’s name and perhaps specifying location will often help you find out if the teacher gets involved. Look for articles they have written. My current piano teacher regularly wrote articles for a major music publication, and when I one day I saw [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: June 2, 2009
Antonio Vivaldi, a baroque composer, wrote approximately 450 certos for the violin In some Asian countries, it is mostly teenagers who attend classical concerts. H is the German name for the note B natural, and B itself is the German for B flat. Hector Berlioz, who wrote Symphonie Fantastique for symphony orchestra could not read [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: May 25, 2009
School-owned instruments are often in in poor shape, if not downright horrendous. They often have missing or loose screws, poor key alignment, deteriorating pads, broken cork tenons, sticky valves, dents, among other problems. Most schools generally fix problems only once a year, and then it often takes a relatively long time to get the instrument [...]
