Klarinet Archive - Posting 000022.txt from 1996/10

From: Sherri Hill <sheba@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Things teachers said during lessons
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 23:54:21 -0400

On 30 Sep 96 at 8:41, Gary Van Cott wrote :

> >We ought to start a list of things our teachers have said during
> lessons
> > that only really make sense many years later. Tom Puwalski
> > >
> Ok, this was from a sign a teacher I knew (not mine) had in her studio. But
> even with these caveats it fits the category exactly:
>
> MUSIC is a hard instrument.

A high school music teacher ( also a clarinetist) said:

"It's easy to play fast notes but really hard to play the slow ones."

Basically stated : Performing on the Clarinet and being able to project the
emotions of a piece is hard.

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