Klarinet Archive - Posting 000007.txt from 1999/09

From: "Mark Weinstein" <cpaok@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Backsliding Student
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 13:49:39 -0400

Sand the corks (lightly) and keep on teaching. With a person ;like you for a
teacher, Rachel, she can't lose in the long run!
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From: Rachael <davidor@-----.il>
Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 12:39 PM
Subject: [kl] Backsliding Student

>I have a student who started clarinet 7 months ago. At first she was
>progressing nicely, but then two weeks ago, she dropped her clarinet,
>and the keys had to be bent back into shape. Since she got her clarinet
>back last week, all of a sudden she can't go over the break, something
>she has done well in the past.
>
>She is quite upset about this, and at the last lesson, she realized that
>she has not progressed as well as she should be. One of the problems is
>that she started school again, ( they start early in Israel) and with
>all the homework she can't eek out a half hour a day to practice. I
>told her that even 10 minutes twice a day is ok. I' ve gone back to
>exersizes to go over the break again, but rewrote them a little
>differently so she doesn't feel like she's playing the same thing that
>someone who is playing only for 2 months can play.
>
>One problem with her clarinet, a Signet wooden, brand new, is that the
>corks are too tight, that it takes real strength to put together the
>clarinet. Cork grease helps, but not much. This takes her the time is
>to set up and put away that she really needs to practice.
>
>Does any one have any suggestions?
>
>Thank you very much,
>
>Rachael Orbach
>davidor@-----.il
> http://sites.netscape.net/rachaelorbach/homepage
>
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