Klarinet Archive - Posting 001005.txt from 2000/08

From: Spikus Spiegelus <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Which one? (Uh-oh...newby alert!)
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:20:52 -0400

On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Bill Hausmann wrote:

> improving the child's likelihood of success. The directors may ask us to
> suggest certain instruments they are short of (like low brass) or NOT
> suggest those they are overloaded with (like saxophone) but you can't
> really do much more than that without being too pushy. We can also assess

One of my saxophone professors taught that, if you saw that a lot of kids
were picking up the sax and wanting to play it, before the rest of the
group could finish, grab the demo instrument, and make some 'adjustments'
(which primarily consist of changing that demo reed from a 2 or 2.5 to a
4.5). Then just about every kid who picks it up afterwards won't be able
to get a sound out of it!

He also went on to say that this method has ALMOST always been effective;
it has backfired once. Once new student had an older brother who played
saxophone, and therefore, knew a little about saxophones. When it came
his turn to try the instrument, he blew, and couldn't make a sound, and
right in front of the class, looked up at my prof and said, "Sir, this
reed is way too hard for people my age!"

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"Never put passion before principle. Even when win, you lose."
-Miyagi-san, KKpt.II

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