Klarinet Archive - Posting 000032.txt from 1999/09

From: Debra Ann Thomas <bears98@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Another Teaching question (rhythm)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 22:50:14 -0400

 

Benjamin Maas wrote:

> Since we've had so many teaching questions lately, I figure I'd ask
> another....
>
> 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...
>  
>  

Ben--

I have been playing my Clarinet for about five years.  When I first started I
had the world's best teacher.  His name was Mr. Witton.  He was a tall man that
rode a motorcycle to my elementary school--a maroon motorcycle.  He used to snap
his fingers to help us keep the beats with simple songs but I never could catch
on.  So, he had me stay after one day.  He asked about the kinds of music I
listened to--at the time it was probably something I find terribly lame now
(i.e. Ace of Base).  He played some of that sort of music and asked me to clap
to the beat.  Then after about a half hour of new beats and endless tunes stuck
in my head I went home.  We repeated this everyday until I could play simple
things without him counting with me.  It was simple and fun...and probably just
as useful.
 

Stefanie

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