Klarinet Archive - Posting 000237.txt from 2003/01

From: "Leslie Schultz" <mewsic-ls@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Poor Qlty. Instruments, Bigotry & Dreams
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 10:52:35 -0500

I think that the point was that people are not consciously quitting directly
because of bad instruments, but instead because bad instruments (that they
are unaware of) are giving them the impression that they are bad or unable
to learn, no matter how hard they try, causing them to lose interest. I'm a
sophomore in college with a sibling and many friends still in high school
band, and I know a lot of people who have discontinued their musical
involvement based on what they perceive as inadequacy. I wouldn't be
surprised at all if the quality of their instruments had been holding them
back.
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From: "Elizabeth Berry" <MarchinCharger88@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Poor Qlty. Instruments, Bigotry & Dreams

> Well, I'm a freshmen in high school, and so I'm closer to the age where
> people quit band. I've never had a friend quit because of a bad
instrument.
> It's always been because they lost interest or because we had a bad
teacher.
> Our middle school teacher taught us with force, and he forgot (I guess)
that
> music is a passion, not just another class to get an A in. He wasn't
> encouraging at all. I think that's the problem. People accept kids these
> days to encourage themselves, but if nobody else encourages them, they
begin
> to lose hope.
>
> Elizabeth
>
> Music is life. Everything else is just details.

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