Klarinet Archive - Posting 000137.txt from 1997/07

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: clarinet playing
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 1997 21:31:57 -0400

By the way Niel...next time you quote....do so without editing material
to fint your needs. To take out the important message to assert your own
ego is self-serving...and unecessary. Here is the original.......try to
look at the second section and not eliminate it...present it to the
listserv with missing sections and call it my words.....that has a
name....it is called lying! You misrepresented my words...and I find that
to make you a hypocritical snob.

RGarrett

On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, Roger Garrett wrote:

> 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
> > >
> >
>
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