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Klarinet Archive - Posting 000024.txt from 1999/09

From: "Brent A Eresman" <beresman@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Another Teaching question (rhythm)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 18:34:14 -0400

Benjamin Maas pisat:
>
> I have a student who just entered 7th grade. He has been studying sax
with
> me for about 10 months by now. He is extremely dedicated and a joy to
> teach. HOWEVER, he has absolutely no sense of pulse, time, beat, etc...
>
Try having him play while he is walking across the room. We can hope that
he will walk with a fairly steady rhythm and with that cue very prominent
in his body already it may not be hard to play to the rhythm of his
walking. Other steps can follow that (pun only partially intended).

Brent Eresman

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