Klarinet Archive - Posting 000662.txt from 1998/06

From: "Mr. Sheim" <fsheim@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Beginner students
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 14:14:09 -0400

I see and agree with your point- but THIS teacher CAN sing. Her physical
ability to do so has failed, but (to repeat my belief as to what makes a
great player great), her ability comes from within, and she still has that.
She KNOWS how to and has experienced making great music. My
interpretation of "If you can't play" is a person who never had the talent
to achieve a high level ability.

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

At 11:21 AM 6/19/98 -0400, you wrote:
>At 09:49 AM 6/19/98 -0400, Mr. Sheim wrote:
>>I tend to disagree with this. "If you can't play, then you can't teach" is
>>quite different from "If you can't teach, then you can't play."
>>[snip]
>>So "If you can't play, then you can't
>>teach" really IS a valid statement.
>
>Sorry, but I have to provide a (qualified) counterexample. My daughter just
>spent the past four years studying with a voice teacher who cannot sing.
>But, wow, can she teach! The teacher is an older woman who was a vocalist
>in her younger days. Unfortunately she suffered a stroke, and now speaks
>with a very raspy voice. She is not able to demonstrate what she wants her
>students to do, but she apparently has no trouble describing it.
>
>The results speak for themselves. An example of an outstanding teacher who
>know longer can use her instrument.
>
>Mitch Bassman
>Burke, Virginia, USA
>
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