Klarinet Archive - Posting 000809.txt from 1997/07

From: cray@-----.net (Christie Ray)
Subj: Re: clarinetist taking from a flutist
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 17:08:22 -0400

Hi - =

In response to your message - some of the best lessons I had in my col=
lege experience were from non clarinetists. The think for me in takin=
g from non clarinetists - i even took from a violin teacher - is that =
they couldn't make excuses for the instrument - "well that goes over t=
he break, or that's a hard note seaquence on the clarinet". The teach=
ers knew what they wanted certain phrases to sound like and that's wha=
t they expected regardless. However - I also took from a clarinet tea=
cher full time and I believe that that was really important. There ar=
e "tricks" of the trade, fingerings etc. that you might not find out f=
rom your reading. I took full time from my clarinet teacher and just =
on occasion, or before a recital, took from one of the other teachers =
and I believe that balanced out well. I would urge you to try to get =
in with some clarinet teacher. If you can find a really fine clarinet=
teacher he/she will be worth the extra money.
C.Ray

In message <01BC9912.A1C47880@-----. Grabow=
ski" <ralph@-----.com> wrote:
> I feel that as a result of this, I end up being even
> more musically well rounded then my peers who take from clarinetists=
. Yet,
> others still press upon me the importance of a teacher who actually =
plays the
> clarinet.
>
> Has anyone else here had similar experiences? What are your opinion=
s on what
> I should do?
>
> Juliet
> Ape@-----.net
>
> PS: I should note, that despite his virtuosity, he does not charge =
that much
> for lessons. If I were to get any other teacher (clarinet or no) of=
the same
> caliber, I would have to end up spending 2-4 times as much on lesson=
s.
>
>