Klarinet Archive - Posting 001014.txt from 2002/06

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: one-hour warm-up
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 23:05:20 -0400

on 6/27/2002 11:50 AM, Arturo Ciompi wrote:

>Totally true David. My teacher, Bob Listokin could play anything with seeming
>ease and freedom. I, instead, had to have every duck in a row before I could
>walk out on stage.

I think there's a psychological thing at work here, and I've discussed it
with students many times.

You hear someone play, and it is very impressive in some way, and
seemingly without effort. You also know that you have exerted a great
deal of effort in your own practice to get to the same place.

But it's really comparing apples and oranges, because you have no actual
experience of the amount of effort it took the other player to get to
that same level of accomplishment. While I agree that some people require
less effort than others, chances are that even the "effortless" players
are putting in practice time to whatever extent is necessary for them.

David
(one of them what has to practice)

David Niethamer
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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