Klarinet Archive - Posting 000220.txt from 2001/07

From: Shouryunus Sarcasticii <jnohe@-----.Edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] sit or stand in lessons
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 14:46:20 -0400

On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Cindy Christensen wrote:

> My question is: do you teachers have your students stand in lessons?

My students are middle schoolers...it's impossible to MAKE them do
anything.

"Okay, remember, keep your chin flat."
*receive THAT look, then the rolling of the eyes*

But back to the topic at hand, I generally sit with my students. The
lesson feels more relaxed that way, and when their wrist gets tired then
they can cheat a little (but not very often).

Generally thinking back to my lessons over the past five years, in
clarinet, I simply always sat, but whenever I played an etude, I
voluntarily stood up. I actually was uncomfortable playing etudes sitting
down, and felt I played them better standing. Anything else, I played
however.

In saxophone lessons, though, I've never sat down - in fact, my
professor's "office" was essentially chairless, and both of us stood for
the entire time. Of course, during jazz lessons, I would lean against a
desk or a wall (he encouraged me to..."Buddy, you just gotta lay
back...loosen up, man..."), but I still never really sat.

Personally, I guess I'm fine either way. Maybe being in marching band for
eleventy billion years helped. *grin*

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SarCaSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"I think we have a ghost in our house." - Kaycee Nicole

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