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Kenneth Murray |

Dear Leslie,
Thank you for the unstinting help you gave me with my embouchure problems, I am now enjoying my playing again and really appreciate the advice you gave, especially as my previous two teachers had both failed to identify where I was going wrong,
Best wishes,
Kenneth Murray

27 December 2007 - U,K,

Webmaster comments Kenneth - delighted to be of help and thanks for buying the book
Leslie

Cedric Jones |

Dear Leslie Craven

Your book arrived today and I have spent a couple of hours having an initial look at it , very well presented and for someone who is not paying any tuition fees fantastic value,

I have Mr Ridenours book but your is quite complementary saying often the same thing in a different way so that it increases the likelihood of understanding what one should do, The first chapter alone is for me worth the price,

1 December 2007 - Germany

Webmaster comments Cedric thank you for the endorsement - yes Tom Ridenour and I have very similar views on teaching and we both have great respect for each other's method.

Paul Feeney |

Thank you for the book and CD, I am enjoying them very much - and learning a huge amount, (I am also enjoying your performance of Ball's concerto!)
With very best wishes Paul Feeney

10 September 2007 - Ireland

Elinor Tolfree |

Dear Leslie
Your book is written with a wonderful awareness of how pupils learn - I have a masters in psychology of education (as well as a music degree) and take a great interest in searching out the ideal learning set-up for children, both physically and emotionally, so that they may progress and enjoy playing their instruments,

Don't you wish that Buffet would bring out a plastic orchestral C clarinet like the B12 but in the key of C? I will often ask students to wait until their fingers can reach the little finger keys but some cannot wait and are desperate to play the clarinet, so we get a Leblanc spirit C nowadays, but they are so expensive, I find that Graham Lyons' C is 'outgrown' so quickly by bright children as they need to learn about L/R alternative fingering fairly early on if they speed on in their learning process, Very soon they need the full orchestral version and I just wish that the manufacturers would listen to us teachers and bring out a cheaper but good quality full orchestral C,

9 April 2007 - Cheltenham

Webmaster comments Dear Elinor thank you for such a glowing endorsement of my book. The C Clarinet issue is addressed by Tom Ridenour who markets a beautiful inexpensive clarinet called Arioso made of pure hard rubber and I have one. It is excellent. I hope this helps.

Mary and Jeremy Goldberg |

Hello Leslie
The new Christopher Ball CD is great, Listening to it is a thoroughly enjoyable experience, We would highly recommend it to anyone,

Best wishes

Mary and Jeremy Goldberg

29 December 2006 - Plymouth UK

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