Klarinet Archive - Posting 000140.txt from 2001/11

From: "Mindy Pyle" <mmariep2@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] clarinetist's block
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 10:53:32 -0500

I completely understand your situation, as I'm sure most musicians do,
whether clarinet players or not. I am a first-year master's student and I
have just recently hit a plateau as well. Yes, it is absolutely frustrating
and a major pain in the butt. It has been my experience that the best thing
to do is push through, though it helps to find something you like about
clarinet playing every day and focus on it for a while in the practice room.
If you focus your attention on fundamentals and base your musical experience
on your success or failure of those things, you might drive yourself crazy.
Ask yourself what it is about stuying music and playing the clarinet that
drives you to the practice room every day. Is it the idea of being able to
hit that high note a little better than yesterday or maybe getting that F#
major scale a few beats faster?

The most important advice that I ever heard from anyone is to just play and
have fun and the rest will fall into place. Instead of asking yourself what
am I doing wrong or why am I not getting any better......ask yourself WHAT
AM I DOING RIGHT????????

----- Original Message -----
From: "jess crawford" <akane12@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] clarinetist's block

> Hi all--
> I'm experiencing an interesting phenomenon that I know is altogether
normal
> but still frustrating: I have hit a plateau and I appear to be stuck.....

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