Klarinet Archive - Posting 000294.txt from 2000/02

From: klar-ANN-ette H Satterfield <klarann@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] mouthpieces
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 20:45:32 -0500

Patty,

On Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:45:34 -0800 "Patricia Smith"
<david-patty@-----.net> writes:

> This is indeed true for students who are really serious about their
>playing. This is also more likely to take place when they know how to
>practice properly. If practice is not done intelligently, no change
will
>take place. For young people, I enlist parents as my allies; then they
have
>nowhere to hide when it comes to practicing and the parents can usually
>listen for the really bottom line basics, such as what tunes are to be
>played and what exercises, etc.

I see this clearly when i work sectionals in hs or middle school
sections. I can get 9 out of 10 students to get a good sound within a
couple of minutes apiece. And 2 or 3 at most take that information and
use the process to tell if the adjustments are working.

One of my friends who teaches strings in public school periodically
requires his students to make a tape of their practicing. He is not
strict about the how they practice, but can check on that as well. He
eases at specific intervals when he checks the tapes so that the same
practice cannot be credited next week.
Just the fact that kids are making the tape improves amount and sometimes
the kind of practicing they do.

> However, there have a number whom I have had to let go, because they
just
>don't want to have to work at anything or change anything about what
they
>are doing.

You get tired of the once a week supervised practice session? I do and i
keep wrking with them because i don't have as many students as i would
like (yet). And sometimes the coasters do start pedalling on their own.

Besides i was a reluctant piano student thru high school and figure i
still have some dues to pay off (grin)

> They want a cheering section, not a teacher. I cheer when there
>is a good play - not because I'm paid to.
Ah, integrity. And I like the students who have that trait.

annhall

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