Posted by: clariniano on: May 21, 2009
Duets are commonly used with teaching intermediate and advanced clarinetists. They are rarely used in teaching beginners. Yet, it is beginners who may need duets more than intermediate and advanced students, in order to develop tone quality, rhythmic sense, and musicianship. Here are four reasons for teachers to use duets in teaching beginners. Many beginners [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: April 4, 2009
For several years, I was an extremely nervous player. My nervousness almost always affected my playing, which resulted in my not performing as well as I would have liked. In one performance, in my final year of high school, the performance component of mid-term music exam, it was so bad that I was really upset [...]
