Klarinet Archive - Posting 000127.txt from 1997/07

From: Nicholas Yuk Sing Yip <nyip@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: clarinet playing
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 1997 21:31:47 -0400

On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, Nicholas Yuk Sing Yip wrote:

> I just recently subscribed to your discussions group and it seems like
> it has alot of information that can be very useful. I am glad to have
> found this group. I hope you keep it going.
> Well, anyway, I have been playing the clarinet for the past nine - ten
> years. For the past five years I have been taking lessons with four
> different instructors and they seemed to have many different perspectives
> on how to play the clarinet. For instance one of my instructors thought
> that I should tighten up my embrochure while my other thinks I should not
> bite at all. One instructor thought that I should not consider the
> position of my left hand while the others were picky about it. If I play
> one way to one of my past clarinet instructors my current one may not like
> it. At the end of the summer I wil be changing instructors again. I have
> been so confused for the past five years that I do not know what to do or
> how to play the clarinet. What should I do? What is the proper way to play
> the clarinet?
> Also, when I sightread, I mess up alot. I know my keys, and I do go
> over troublesome parts and slow the tempo down if necessary, but
> sometimes that does not help, and I sightread all the time. What should I do?
>
> Nick Yip
>
> nyip@-----.edu
>