Klarinet Archive - Posting 000896.txt from 1997/09

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Human Decency (was: Tabutea)
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 09:15:59 -0400

LOLROF!

Sorry....a moment of pure funnieness overtook me.

RG

On Thu, 18 Sep 1997 DGross1226@-----.com wrote:

> In a message dated 97-09-18 11:14:54 EDT, 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 accomomodating 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 airstream. >>
>
> Neil,
>
> Although some semblance of reason has finally overtaken this thread, please
> let me know when your next gig is. I would be willing to fly to Texas so
> that just before your performance I can smash your best reed against the wall
> to give you the priviledge of "learning to adapt."
>
> Don Gross
> La Canada, California
>
> p.s. In all seriousness, the music educators on the list might have a better
> handle on this, but couldn't the lesson be learned just as well, while
> perserving a student's dignity and self-esteem, by simply asking the student
> to surrender his or her "best" reed for the lesson and then having he or she
> select another reed at random for the lesson?
>
> p.p.s. Wasn't Tabuea once caught on videotape "pinning" wings on Marines?
>
>
>

   
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