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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000015.txt from 2004/10

From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] beginner bassoon
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:23:12 -0400

In the past few minutes, it has become obvious that somewhere, probably
in America, there is a professor who is teaching a woodwind techniques
or double reed techniques class, and who has decided to give his/her
students experience in using the Doublereed list and the IDRS list to
fish for information. The class must have met early this morning,
during which the professor gave the students this assignment. I think
we have had about 6 to 8 questions that appear to have been framed by
beginners on the double reed instruments.

While it obvious that these are excellent resources, when the list is
inundated in a short period of time with so many questions of an
elementary nature, no one is likely to be motivated to write at great
length about such fundamental issues.s

Perhaps the professor would have been better advised to instruct the
students in how to access the archives of the lists, where voluminous
writing about all these questions can be found.

I hope the professor is also informing the students that even on such
basic matters as adjusting commercial reeds, use of the hand rest and/or
neck strap on the bassoon, etc., conflicting advice will be found,
whether the source is the archives or what might be called the
collective wisdom of the list. The problem is to resolve these
conflicting viewpoints. That is in part what a teacher is for.

Ed Lacy
University of Evansville

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