Klarinet Archive - Posting 000997.txt from 1997/10

From: Charles <chardy@-----.com>
Subj: Re: bad tone
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 13:56:52 -0400

At 12:19 PM 10/25/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Charles,
> You can't do anything. Obviously they have some reason, however
>wierd, for this belief. Just say no.
>
>Fred Jacobowitz
>Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory
>
>On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Charles wrote:
>
>> At 09:45 PM 10/24/97 -0500, you wrote:
>> >I teach woodwinds in a middle school and am lucky enough to have the
>> >beginner clarinets all by themselves. I always seem to have one clarinet
>> >player who plays very flat. The embouchure looks good and when I play with
>> >the student, she matches my pitch after some work. What is she doing to
>> >play so flat in the first place? She is on a normandy clarinet, a B45 mpc
>> >and size 3 Vandoren reeds( I didn't recommend the size, the music
>> >supervisor does that). They have all been playing for 10 weeks now.
>> >
>> >TIA
>> >
>> >Pat
>> >
>> >I think a Van Doren 3 on a B45 is much too hard for a student playing only ten weeks.
>>
>> The local middle and high school teachers (husband and wife) INSIST on a 4.5 for ALL
>> students. What can one do without offending them? (neither one plays clarinet!)
>> >
>> Charlie
>>
>Just say no to who (and how)? Charlie
>