Klarinet Archive - Posting 000363.txt from 2001/05

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Professor Wheeler's tongue
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 17:05:18 -0400

At 03:25 PM 05/13/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>Though of course it's nice to be agreed with, in fact I said nothing
>myself. I just reported what Professor Wheeler had said, and that I
>found it interesting.
>
>In fact, if I understand Professor Wheeler properly, his point is that
>we don't *know* whether what he says is correct or not.

Unless someone has a proven method of a) identifying a student's specific
tongue position at any given moment in their playing; b) showing that that
specific, measureable tongue position is causing a specific problem; and c)
proving that the student has moved to the specific position that solves the
specific problem, we actually do know that what Wheeler reported/concluded
regarding the inability for the concept to be "taught" is correct.

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Clarinet Professor
Director, Symphonic Winds
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
Phone: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3121

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
another's."
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)

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