Klarinet Archive - Posting 000172.txt from 2002/05

From: "Joseph Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Speak!
Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 03:43:59 -0400

What a horrible guy! I never had anyone like that although my first teacher
did teach me a lot of bad habits. (Things like: in about the third or
fourth lesson, when we were going to learn Low E and I instinctively put my
fingers in the right position using the right-handed fingering, she insisted
that I use the two-fingered version - right hand pinky on F key, left hand
pinky on E key - because otherwise I "wouldn't be able to hold the keys down
properly". At the age of 10 I took this amazingly seriously and it took me
a long time to throw out this stupid way of thinking...)

Still, I had trombonist friend whose teacher's method of testing for
adequate diaphragm support was to punch him in the stomach!

-- Joe

----- Original Message -----

> My name is Jean Marie, I'm a college student in my second year. And I to
> am new to this list.
> My teacher this year has talked a lot about my very first lesson teacher
> and a lot of tihings he may have done wrong. Like tap the beat on me
> harder and harder if I couldn't keep time, or make me feel ashamed if my
> lesson wasn't prefect in a week and punish me with memorization work. And
> he's been trying to figure out to what extent this may have impacted me.
> And I'm wondering what your first teachers were like. And what age did
> you start lessons, I started in sixth grade, and had been playing since
> third.
> Thanks, Jean Marie
>
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