Klarinet Archive - Posting 000187.txt from 1995/05

From: "Lorne G. Buick" <lgbuick@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: The Clarinet For a Late Starter
Date: Fri, 5 May 1995 05:45:30 -0400

>Fred, I too am a late 'restarter', having played 28 years ago
>in a junior high orcherstra. My 'midlife crisis ' project has been
>to get my old selmer fixed up and try to learn all over again. When I heard
>Eddie Daniels on "Benny Rides Again' I was completely mesmerized and have
>been obsessed with the clarinet ever since. I have been trying different
>method books, and trying to play at least a an hour a day. Do you
>have any thoughts on how to most effectively 'woodshed' on clarinet?
>I'm at the point of wanting a teacher, but I'm embarrased for what I've forgott
> n. >

Richard et al, I hope I speak for most of us "pros" out here when I say we
would be delighted to have a mature student with your enthusiasm and
knowledge of the clarinet, and you needn't worry at all about what you've
forgotten. I dare say it will come back that much quicker with the help of
a competent teacher. And, much as I love teaching kids and teenagers, I'm
often frustrated at the fact that it never even occurs to them to listen to
recordings and get ideas of what the clarinet can/ should sound like,
beyond the first chair of their school band. To teach someone who has at
least heard of some other clarinetists would be great for a change...

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