Doublereed Archive - Posting 000039.txt from 2007/12

From: Eric Dannewitz <ericdano@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Terrible Tone?
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:06:35 -0500

Thanks for the words there. I hope hearing such things will cheer her
up. She was not a happy camper on Wednesday.

I think there is the start of some vibrato, but it is something that is
eluding her at the moment. I think some vibrato would make it sound even
more so. But, for playing oboe almost a year, it is quite good.

I've not heard of this "expert" person before. I teach and live in an
area where everyone is an "expert", or so they say. Of course the band
teacher who seems to be pressing all this runs the worst high school
band in the area, and is generally considered the "black hole" of music
by everyone who has anything to do with music (i.e. I've never heard
anyone say anything good about the instrumental program there). So....

Dan Duncan wrote:
> Eric,
>
> If the clip is your student playing, I think she is doing very well.
> More vibrato would be good and maybe the tone would be improved with a
> different reed. BUT, I would NOT characterize what I heard as a
> 'terrible tone'. And, after 8 months, I've heard few students who
> sound better.
>
> As an Emeritus professor of double reeds who plays both oboe and
> bassoon, I have to agree that the 'expert' appears to be 'student
> fishing' even if there is no collusion. I probably would not be
> bothered if I felt the 'expert' didn't think or know the student had a
> teacher but if it was KNOWN that you (or anyone else) were the
> teacher, I would be offended and tend to doubt the credentials of the
> 'expert'.
>
> Dan
>
> On Dec 8, 2007, at 2:51 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
>
>> So, I have an Oboe student who did an audition for honor band. And
>> the Oboe "expert" told her band teacher she played great, except she
>> had terrible tone. Now, she's only been playing 8 months. I think it
>> sounds pretty good (needs a little more vibrato).
>>
>> Opinions?
>>
>> http://homepage.mac.com/ericdannewitz/filechute/silentnightclip.mp3
>>
>> I really think she and this band teachers are in collusion together
>> to try to have her switch teachers. This teacher tends to take
>> students from other teachers from what I hear.
>>
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