Klarinet Archive - Posting 000202.txt from 1999/09

From: Frank Galiani <fgaliani@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: 52 year old "beginner"
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 21:50:38 -0400

Bruce, Thanks for your kind message and for your tips, which I will use. Frank

Bruce Keplinger wrote:

> Frank,
> It's great to hear from folks like you; all t often in this youth-oriented
> society we forget that just because one is 65+ doesn't mean one is washed-up
> and is unable to "learn new tricks," so to speak.
> As for the way you practice, it's pretty much my approach, too; chunk
> things into bite-size pieces, then string them together. (I also find that
> it helps to overlap phrases I'm working on, and alter rhythms, for instance,
> even 16ths become dotted 16th with 32nds.)
> Keep having fun, that's the bottom line!
> Bruce
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Frank Galiani [mailto:fgaliani@-----.net]
> > Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 5:09 PM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: [kl] re: 52 year old "beginner"
> >
> >
> > Dear Audrey, I am an age 65+ clarinet student and have been playing for
> > about 18 months. Last month at the end of my lesson, my teacher said,
> > "OK, Now we'll work on this," and placed the music for the K622 Adagio
> > on the stand. I must have walked to my car when I left, but I can't
> > remember my feet touching the ground! Getting these antique fingers to
> > work and coordinate with my perhaps pre-senile brain has been quite a
> > chore, but what fun...
>
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