Klarinet Archive - Posting 000664.txt from 1998/06

From: Rich & Tani Miller <musicians@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Beginner students
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 15:12:15 -0400

Good comments Ed! You put something into words that many, including myself,
have alluded to but haven't really been able to say.

Tani

Edwin V. Lacy wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Joseph Nassar wrote:
>
> > Certainly. I did not mean to imply that a non-musician could become a
> > successful teacher. . . on any instrument. GTGallant simply stated in
> > his original post that most teachers "couldn't play their way out of a
> > wet paper bag." This is the point to which I was referring. It is
> > impossible to become a virtuoso on every instrument taught in the school
> > music programs.
>
> As is often the case, jazz musicians have a way of succinctly coming to
> the heart of the matter. A common axiom in jazz is, "No one can teach
> beyond their conception." "Conception" is a word which in jazz can mean
> various things, such as understanding, comprehension, and expertise in
> aural skills. So, in order to teach an instrument, or to teach
> improvising, or whatever it may be, the teacher must have a deep and
> comprehensive understanding of the subject being taught and the problems
> that students are likely to encounter in learning. That is not to say
> that even the teacher in the field of jazz must be able to perform at a
> high professional level of accomplishment on every instrument.
>
> Ed Lacy
> el2@-----.edu
>
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