Klarinet Archive - Posting 000903.txt from 1998/11

From: "Scott Morrow" <scottdmorrow@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Should I..? [No, you shouldn't.]
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 10:21:50 -0500

Neil wrote (in response to Tony):
>> Particularly if you're giving advice
>> to an inexperienced player.
>
>Precisely my point again. The admonition should be communicated
>with particular emphasis with regard to the younger, less exper-
>ienced players on the list. A helpful suggestion might be to
>run all ideas by the private teacher before acting on what is
>offered via the forum. The private teacher might not have all
>of the right answers either, but they are the primary guide
>for interpretation and, as Roger Garret pointed out, younger
>players literally need clear structure and directions in order
>to move forward with greatest efficiency. With time and exper-
>ience, players develop critical minds of their own and can
>swallow their own grain of salt rather than first passing it
>through a teacher taste test.

Scott further comments:
Another side of this that I have learned in lab work that I think
applies practically everywhere:
I believe that when someone is learning a technique (instrument, lab
procedure, etc.), it is important to learn how to do it the way your
teacher instructs you FIRST: after all, there is usually a reason why it
is done that way!
THEN, when you understand WHY it is done that way, you are free to alter
the technique for your own personal situation!
Again: MY OPINION!

-Scott

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