Klarinet Archive - Posting 000108.txt from 2000/09

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] slur?
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 20:47:37 -0400

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Wright" <Bilwright@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] slur?

> <><> Dee wrote:
> Don't fall into the "that's good enough" mentality on these.
>
>
> It's unfair for me to quote my instructor out of context. She had
> a valid reason for giving me the following advice, given the situation
> of the moment. But when I was struggling with my fingers and doing
> poorly, her advice was:
>
> "Just play the percentages and move on, Bill."
>
> It happened that I was thinking to myself at that particular
> moment, "What if I did this during a performance!?" -- which to me often
> means a stage in Las Vegas -- and the tone of her voice reminded me of a
> croupier's patter: "Play the odds and throw again!"
>
> We all know who *those* odds favor!
>
> So I burst out laughing with the mouthpiece still in my mouth, felt
> like I was going to swallow it for a moment, and it took me 5 minutes to
> recover.
> ....oh well, you had to be there....

I'm quite sure she had a very good reason. You don't want a student to get
too frustrated or it can adversely affect other things they are working on.
However when this happens, do mark it as something to come back to later.
These little finger twisters and slides pay off big time when the music gets
difficult.

Dee Hays

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