Klarinet Archive - Posting 000129.txt from 1997/07

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: clarinet playing
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 1997 21:31:49 -0400

Perhaps taking up the trombone? Tuba parts are not as hard to read as
clarinet parts...that might be better!

Seems to me that you need to choose a teacher based on how he plays and
how others recommend his teaching....and then do what he says...hopefully
for more than 1 year. That many teachers can't be screwed up....perhaps
it is your ability to learn from them?

RG

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

> 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
> >
>