Klarinet Archive - Posting 000229.txt from 1995/12

From: Teri Herel <Herelt@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: burn out
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 17:27:28 -0500

In a message dated 95-12-04 21:11:58 EST, you write:

>when you reach the point that you don't even want to pick up the clarinet
>some
>days, how do you deal with it.

Scales, scales, scales & Opperman studies for two days, just play, don't
think. If you're still in a rut on the third day, pull out your most beloved
work for clarinet and play it with all the emotion you can, preferably late
at night with the windows open. If you're STILL in a rut on the fourth day,
pull out you're old etudes and just play them for fun, again, don't think.
This too shall pass and when it does, you'll still have an embouchre.