Klarinet Archive - Posting 000970.txt from 1998/11

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: flat fingers
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 14:37:06 -0500

>I studied Piano (pedagogy) with one of Horowitz's 5 (he only taught 5
>students his whole life), and he did not teach , nor use the flat
fingers
>technique.
So? My point being that if in fact a student does better using an
unorthodox technique, and "standard" techniques do not improve the
students abilities, then the good teacher will learn from this and help
the student using those abilities that the student has, or will refer
the student to a teacher who can work with those abilities. (OB run-on
sentence).
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Mark Charette@-----.org
Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet
All-around good guy and devil-may-care flying fool.
"There can be no freedom without discipline." - Nadia Boulanger

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My point was that one his own students did not teach the flat fingers
technique. We all do what works best for us, and not a carbon copy of others
(hopefully).
David Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Music/Blumberg.html
http://members.aol.com/cwindz/galper.html

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