Klarinet Archive - Posting 000222.txt from 2002/10

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: [kl] Saying what you want
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 07:12:27 -0400

On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 23:59:36 -0400, gnibbelin@-----.com said, in part:

> At my age of 74, I can say anything frigging thing I want to.

Indeed you can. And you could, whatever age you were, I submit.

If you were in the position I often am, though, of giving lessons to
students who come with their music plastered with pencil markings that
bear little or no relation to their understanding of the piece, and
trying to get them back to some contact with music that they might
regard as their own, but don't at all; then you would understand better
why I want to argue against, not you, but the advice you give.

Doubtless you have professional qualifications in some other field than
music. Expressing my opinions to you about some matter in that field, I
might myself, even with the best will in the world, get hold of the
wrong end of the stick, so I'm not claiming any specialness for myself
here.

Believe me, however, that as a general instruction, *telling people to
write some particular someone's expressive nuances into their parts* is
not a sensible move.

And even if you *don't* believe me, understand something of why I might
say it.

Tony
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