Klarinet Archive - Posting 000807.txt from 2002/11

From: "Rebecca Brennan" <rjbrennan1221@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Introducing tongueing - was "teaching clarinet"
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 00:00:35 -0500

Thank you very much James! What useful advice! I just wanted you to know how
good your teaching technique sounds, and it is definately something I will
use! I am very sure that you have extremely lucky students. My teacher at
camp helped me get used to my embouchure by using a mirror. Everyone in my
band wonders why I keep one in my case. I would have never thought to use
that though!

Thank you very much and please send me any more advice you may have!

-Rebecca

>From: JMarioneau@-----.com
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Introducing tongueing - was "teaching clarinet"
>Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 22:44:40 EST
>
>For the cheek puffing and jaw moving, I always have students practice a lot
>in front of a mirror. I have them get a small mirror and put on their
>stand
>or practice where they can glance into a mirror. Another thing I tell them
>is to have their parents watch them and tell them if their jaw is moving or
>their cheeks are puffing. I also tell them to tell and show their parents
>how their embouchure is supposed to look and have them watch as they pay.
>I
>have found that the students parents want to help. I tell the student that
>they have to show their parent how it is supposed to be because their
>parents
>will not know unless they have played clarinet before. The kids get to
>explain what they are learning to their parents and their parents feel like
>they are able help their child. I have had excellent results with this.
>Many times the parents come to me asking me to show them how the embouchure
>is supposed to be and I can have their child demonstrate and I can
>demonstrate. Then I tell them it's a process of the child learning to do
>it
>all the time so that it becomes habit. When the parents get involved in
>this
>way, they become part of the process of helping the child learn instead of
>just buying the instrument. To most parents, playing a musical instrument
>is
>like being in a foreign country. This helps them become more comfortable
>and
>more supportive.
>My $.02.
>James Marioneaux
>
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