Klarinet Archive - Posting 000858.txt from 1997/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Tabutea
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 13:32:47 -0400

At 07:26 PM 9/17/97 -0500, Neil Leupold wrote:
>"Productive" because, in Tabuteau's mind, it robbed the student of
>his "good" reed, meaning that if he hoped to play his 'best' during
>that lesson, he would have to learn to adapt his breathing and muscular
>technique in order to circumvent the idiosyncrasies of a less accom-
>modating reed. Relaxation spawns control which, in turn, can be
>transmitted to each individual area of muscular technique, creating
>a unified approach to tone production/manipulation via the air
>stream.
>
I would think it would be most desireable for the student to spend as much
time as possible with this good reed, all the better to experience what the
clarinet SHOULD sound and feel like. With a concept of the ideal firmly in
mind, the student will better be able to judge in what way he is failing to
meet the ideal and will be able to learn to correct for the failings of
subsequent reeds and/or learn to adjust them to meet the ideal.

Destroying a good reed in front of a student? Why not just drown his kitty
in his presence?

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.