Klarinet Archive - Posting 000271.txt from 2002/06

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] 'Pushing' and 'leading'
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 11:56:08 -0400

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From: "Tony Pay" <Tony@-----.uk>
Subject: [kl] 'Pushing' and 'leading'

> > The music student (rather than the "budding professional") should be
> > [led] as far as the teacher can take them. It shouldn't matter
> > whether the student ends up as a dropout, an amateur or a
> > professional. The teacher should give him/her whatever possible at a
> > pace that the student will accept. After all, in the early years of
> > music lessons, neither the teacher or the student probably has a clue
> > how music will play a part in the student's life.

That's really a good way to express what I meant. My point was after the
fundamentals are addressed, the teacher needs to pay more attention to the
student's input.

Dee Hays
Michigan

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